Community Health – the overall well-being - Maintain the well-being of an individual

of the community, this one is very important

CHN Practice Settings - It can be in the
as it affects the quality of the community
school – plays an important role in
and the life of individuals.
promoting the health of the students to
Causes of poor health – lack of knowledge identify health needs, provide health
about the health care facilities regarding to education, and may provide referral
teenage pregnancy
Public Health – sanitation
Concept of Community and Health –
Community Health Nursing Process –
Community and Health are interconnected
systematic approach in providing
- recognize that the health of the individuals
- Assessment – gather information about the
is influenced by the community
community’s health needs and resources
Dying patients – give pain medication to
- Diagnosis – identifying the health
alleviate the patient’s well-being as a
problems and determine the cause (conduct
nursing care
survey, review medical records, etc.
The Components of the Community Health
- Planning – setting of goals and objectives,
Care Practice
identifying intervention
Assessment – analyzing the data
- Intervention – develop an intervention to
Policy Development – involves creating and address the problem monitoring progress
implementing strategies (ex: promoting of
- Evaluation – assessing the effectiveness of
healthy behavior and etc.)
the intervention
Assurance – it involves monitoring and
Identify the Community’s Issues and
evaluating the effectiveness of intervention
Problems
and policy
Community Health Assessment – collecting
Characteristics of Community Health
data of the community and assess it to
Nursing
develop and address the specific health
- emphasizes the promotion of health needs of the community
education and prevention of the diseases
- cultural competence – must recognizes and
understand the importance of cultural
differences (key sensitivity)
Roles of CHN
- Health Educator
- Health Provider
- Prevention of Illness (Ex: Immunization)