Types of 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.
Types of community
Different Types of Communities
1. Interest: Communities of people who share the same interest or passion.nin Dentali
2. Action: Communities of people trying to bring about change.
3. Place: Communities of people brought together by geographic boundaries.
4. Practice: Communities of people in the same profession or undertake the same activities.
5. Circumstance: Communities of people brought together by external events/situations.
Roles of community health nurse
Community health nurse:
A community health nurse or public health nurse identifies people in need and reaches out to them. Whether they are helping young pregnant women, the elderly or victims of crime, community-health nurses spearhead efforts to aid vulnerable groups of people. They may also apply their medical expertise to specialize in a variety of fields:
- Case management.
- Clinical practice.
- Corporate or school nursing.
- Home care.
- Pharmaceutical sales.
Objectives of a community-health nurse:
- Compare the roles and responsibilities of nurses in a variety of community/public health settings.
- Analyze the influence of historical, social, cultural, political, and economic forces on the delivery of care.
- Comprehend human “needs” and describe how these change.
- Synthesize information on concepts surrounding sustainability, poverty, and health care necas in developing countries.
- Describe the role of nursing in international sustainable development projects.
Evaluate resources to become involved in international development projects.
Roles of community health nurse
Community-health nurses wear many hats while conducting day-to-day practice. The focus of nursing includes not only the individual, but also the family and the community, meeting these multiple needs requires multiple roles.
The seven major roles of a community-health nurse are:
- Care provider. “Clinician role”.
- Educator.
- Advocate.
- Manager
- Collaborator.
- Leader.
- 7.Researcher.
Seven roles & influence on people’s health
- Clinician: Focus on holism, health promotion & prevention while using expanded skills.
- Educator: Plan for community wide impact.
- Advocate: Support client self-determination & responsive systems.
- Manager: Participative approach with community.
- 5.Collaboration: Multidisciplinary collegiality & leadership
- Leadership: Change agent.
- 7.Researcher: Systematic investigation, collaboration and analysis of data for solving and bring evidence evidence-based findings to community settings.
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