Community health nursing

Community health nursing is a rapidly growing nursing subspecialty that aims to improve the health and well-being of individuals in a certain geographic area. Given widespread physician and healthcare provider shortages, rural locations increasingly reliant on creating a strong network of community health nurses. What Is a Community Health Nurse? A community health nurse is an RN who works closely with residents of a local community, often providing direct care and educational services to the individuals and families who live there. Community health nurses are part of the public health sector, defined by the What Do Community Health Nurses Do? Community health nurses are instrumental in maintaining the health of a community and advocating for the needs of its citizens. While they do administer medical care, the primary goal of community health nurses is to promote disease prevention and the development of healthy behaviors and habits. Nurses interested in community health typically pursue a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree to enhance their clinical decision-making, research skills and evidence-based practice. The The job responsibilities of community health nurses are wide and varied. Professionals may: • administer vaccinations; • coordinate with clinics for immunizations and wellness checks; • track disease prevalence in the community; • distribute medications and other products, such as glucose testing strips; • identify underserved and at-risk individuals or...

The role of the nurse in the Community is multifaceted and brings many challenges. In this course, we help you understand concepts at the core of Community Health Nursing, the various settings involved, and factors that influence the care of diverse populations. We also discuss how to effectively implement population-focused care while managing risks and preventing disease.

Email: Patricia Pittman is the Fitzhugh Mullan Professor of Health Workforce Equity at the Milken Institute School of Public Health, George Washington University. As director of the Mullan Institute for Health Workforce Equity, Professor Pittman she leads an extensive research, action and education enterprise that focuses on advancing policies that enable the health workforce to better address health equity, including protection of labor rights of health workers. Her current portfolio includes directing two HRSA-supported Health Workforce Research Centers. • Email: Dr. Jeongyoung Park is an Assistant Professor at the George Washington University School of Nursing and a faculty member at the Fitzhugh Mullan Institute for Health Workforce Equity (Mullan Institute). Dr. Park is a health services researcher at the intersection of nursing, health policy, and health economics. Her research interests include healthcare delivery and payment system changes, and its impacts on health workforce and patient outcomes. Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic has reset the table for a dialogue about health equity, public health, and the future of nursing. Experts anticipated that payment reforms would lead to a much-needed increase in community and public health nursing. Despite calls for the profession of nursing to take a leadership role in addressing the social determinants of health and health equity, data show that jobs for nurses in community-based clinics and public health have actually de...

Community health nurses work to improve the health and well-being of the communities they serve by educating them about illness, disease prevention, safe health practices, and how to obtain health care services. They also facilitate communication between people, their families, and the medical community in order to improve health outcomes. Community health nurses are instrumental in creating programs that allow communities to become healthier and often provide treatment for poor, culturally diverse, and uninsured populations. Their work may include performing free health care screenings, vaccinations, and other forms of preventative care at reduced costs. A Community Health Nurse (CHN) is a CHNs develop intervention plans to address the health, safety, and quality of life needs of individuals and communities. They may also identify health concerns that impact a specific population, conduct community assessments to identify potential problems, and develop or implement health education programs. Community health nursing is a vital part of the healthcare system. The CDC reports that 6 in 10 adults in the U.S. suffer from health problems that originate from The work of CHNs is particularly important in rural areas, medically underserved populations, and economically disadvantaged communities. Many people in these areas lack access to affordable healthcare options and the educational support to help them maintain good health. CHNs help fill this void by providing care to the po...

NurseJournal.org is an advertising-supported site. Featured or trusted partner programs and all school search, finder, or match results are for schools that compensate us. This compensation does not influence our school rankings, resource guides, or other editorially-independent information published on this site. Are you ready to earn your online nursing degree? Question: I am considering becoming a community health nurse. Is this a good career path for registered nurses (RNs)? Answer: A nursing career has several significant advantages (or at least I think so!). A major advantage is how easily nurses can switch from one specialty to another with just a little planning. So, if you are thinking about switching to community health nursing, it's a career choice you'll definitely want to consider. Community health nursing offers you the chance to form long-term relationships with your patients. In contrast, a hospital RN may care for patients for just a couple of days. Fostering these relationships can lead to Since community nursing is less structured, you'll need strong clinical and You can make long-term changes in a patient's life by focusing on prevention rather than symptom management in an acute care setting. Community health • Refugee care The average registered nurse made a median salary of $75,330 as per the What Do Community Nurses Do? As a community nurse, you can provide care that improves the health outcomes of underserved individuals and the health management o...

The 75 th anniversary of the NHS is an event that we should all celebrate, and also a time for us all to reflect on healthcare in this country – where it has come from and where it is going. By the time the NHS was established in 1948, the Queen’s Nursing Institute (QNI) – or Queen’s Institute of District Nursing as it was then known – had already been in operation for 60 years. In many ways the QNI provided the blueprint for community nursing as the profession continued to evolve after 1948. For example, the QNI had already established the need for national standards in community nurse education and practice and was providing the training in every region in the UK, an approach that also took account of regional variations in population need. "Community nursing is responding to innovations in healthcare technology, population and individual need" For 20 years after the establishment of the NHS, the QNI continued to set the curriculum standards and accredit regional examination centres for district nurse education, and until 1968 the title of ‘Queen’s Nurse’ was a qualification obtained after passing the exam. After that time, education for district nurses was moved into higher education institutions and the Queen's Nurse title fell into abeyance until 2007 when it returned in a new form for all nurses working in the community. In the decades preceding the NHS, there was a huge drive to improve the health of children as it became recognised that this was imperative to lifel...

“From illness focused to wellness focused; it’s like we’re flipping the health care model upside down,” Inga Antonsdottir Inga Antonsdottir and Chun-An Sun are fifth-year DNP/PhD candidates at the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, with research and scholarship focused on community care. Nurses are everywhere. Four in 10 nurses work outside of the hospital setting. Already, health care is delivered in clinics and community health fairs; in schools, long-term care facilities, outpatient clinics and even in patients’ own homes. What’s more, in the pandemic’s wake, with more virtual care available and a greater emphasis on prevention, access to care outside of the hospital setting is only growing. In this Q&A Inga and Chun-An talk about how they arrived at DNP/PhD research and scholarship, and the paradigm shift from illness to wellness-based care. How did you get here? Chun-An Sun I was a registered nurse working on a cardiac step-down unit in Taiwan. I grew frustrated seeing the same patients returning to the hospital with the same problems, which led me to become a public health nurse. In the community you can connect with people on their turf and have tough conversations about lifestyle change and medication adherence that you just don’t have time for in an acute setting. “I grew frustrated seeing the same patients returning to the hospital with the same problems.” I am passionate about primary care. I earned my master’s in international health in Norway, did field work wit...