Community and public health nursing



Community and public health nursing

A. Based on the nurse biographies you read this week in the Neighborhood, do you see each nurse's role as a public health or community health nurse? Explain.

The community health nurse's function is to promote healthy lifestyles, prevent disease, and protect the health of the community. Implementing policies and programs in partnership and collaboration with other agencies within the community may expedite attaining the goals set for the Healthy People 2020. Nurses educating the community on nutrition, physical activity, environmental health, safety, and preventive health screenings will decrease the percentages of disease processes within the community (Healthy People, 2012).

Carol Ramsey

Carol Ramsey is working additionally as a public nurse health. She is a community nurse who is working for Public nurse as well because one of the midwife took leaves and is away from duty for the next few months. Thus Carol's role can be identified as both community an dpublic nurse due to additional patiest she had on her list (Carol Ramsey, 2013) .

Violet Brinkworth

Violet Brinkworth is a 41 year old nurse who is working for Neighbourhood Public School system. As her husband is away on trips she had joined 2 other schools as well to provide nursing facilities. From her role she is a community health nurse because she is catering to the nursing needs of the specific community schools rather than the whole population. She is still not satisifed due to increasing nursing needs of the schools (Violet Brinkworth, 2013).

Karen Williams

Karen Williams works at Neighbourhood for Senior Center for 5 years. Karens position is supported by the funds from the city budget. She is provided information along with sdpervising nursing students. She is public health nurse because she is catering to the needs of the population which are not limited to the specific community. Her funds are allocated by the city budget. The evidence clearly explains that the she is public health nurse (Karen Williams, 2013).

B. Is it expedient to include cultural assessment in community or public health care with vulnerable populations? Explain.

Due to long working hours, sedentary activity levels, and other personal responsibilities the nurse may assess some community members display a nutrition imbalance related to excessive caloric intake in comparison to expenditure of calories, evidenced by, weight gain of more than 20% over ideal for height and frame. Interventions provided by the community nurse ...