Community based nursing and community – This book covers the entire syllabus of “Community Health Nursing” prescribed by the Universities of Bangladesh- for Basic and diploma nursing students. We tried to accommodate latest information and topics.
This book is examination friendly setup according to the teachers’ lectures and examination’s questions. At the end of the book previous university questions are given. We hope in touch with the book students’ knowledge will be upgraded and flourished. The unique way of presentation may make your reading of the book a pleasurable experience.
Community based nursing and community-oriented nursing
Community based nursing
Community based nursing is the provision of acute care and care for chronic health problems to individuals and families in the community. Health promotion and illness prevention are the focus of aspects of community-based nursing.
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The term used to describe the setting of nursing care delivery. The focus of this care was to reduce suffering & promote healing at home level by female. The next stage in the development of community health was the formal organization of district nursing.
Later, many changes in health care organization and financing, technology, and social issues made increasing demands on community health nurses to adapt to new patterns of practice.
Community-oriented nursing
Community-oriented nursing is nursing that has as its primary focus the health care of either the community or a population of individuals, families, and groups.
Community-oriented practice
Community-oriented practice is a form of care in which the nurse provides health care after doing a community diagnosis to determine what conditions need to be altered so that individuals, families, and groups in the community to stay healthy.
Difference between community medicine and public health
| Traits | Public health | Community health |
| i. Definition | It is the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life, promoting health and efficiency through organized community effort | A EURO symposium in 1966 defined communityhealth as including “all the personal health and environmental services in any human community, irrespective of whether such services were public or private ones. |
| ii. Part | It is a part of community health | It covers all the aspects of public-health, preventive medicine and social medicine. |
| iii. Components | In practice public-health components are community water supply, proper sewage disposal, good housing etc. | Its components are curative, preventive, promotive and rehabilitative services. |
| iv. Main objective | To control physical environment and communicable diseases. | To promote physical and social well- being of the people. |
| V. Community participation | Not needed. | Essential. |