Community health nursing back in the early 1900s was about nursing practitioners going up tenement stairs just to reach their patients. However, community health nursing today involves various settings.
Community health nursing is the synthesis of nursing theory and public health theory applied to promoting and preserving the health of populations. The focus of community health nursing practice is the community as a whole, with nursing care of individuals, families and groups being involved within the context of promoting and preserving the health of the community.
Hitchcock, J. E., Schubert, P. E., & Thomas, S. A. (2003). Community health nursing: Caring in action (2nd ed.). Clifton Park, NY: Thomson/Delmar Learning. Talbot, L. & Verrinder, G. (2005). Promoting health: The primary health care approach (3rd ed.). Sydney: Elsevier.
Public health protects the health of everyone, and community health protects the health of everyone in a particular community.
Community based nursing would include agencies like home health care and hospice. Community health nursing would include agencies like the department of health and human services (DHHS)- local agencies in the community. Public health nursing would include agencies like the CDC and FDA- government agencies.
Anne M. Lamb has written: 'Primary health nursing' -- subject(s): Midwives, Community health nursing, Public health nursing, School nurses
Linda C. Pollock has written: 'COMMUNITY PSYCHIATRIC NURSING EXPLAINED: AN ANALYSIS OF THE VIEWS OF PATIENTS, CARERS AND NURSES' -- subject(s): Health Sciences, Mental Health, Health Sciences, Nursing, Mental Health Health Sciences, Nursing Health Sciences, Public and Social Welfare Sociology, Social Work, Sociology, Public and Social Welfare 'Community psychiatric nursing' -- subject(s): Psychiatric nursing
Community-based is a PHILOSOPHY of practice that focuses care on individuals, families, and groups across the lifespan. Assisting to help manage acute & Chronic health changes in community and at home. Where community-oriented is a nursing practice SPECIALITY, focus is on individuals, families, and groups in a community. Example: public health nursing.
Waranee Dumrongrattana has written: 'COMMUNITY-ORIENTED NURSING CURRICULUM AND PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING: IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING EDUCATION IN THAILAND' -- subject(s): Curriculum and Instruction Education, Education, Curriculum and Instruction, Health Sciences, Nursing, Health Sciences, Public Health, Nursing Health Sciences, Public Health Health Sciences
Many people are confused on this topic hopefully this answers your question. Community Nursing --> Purpose - Illness care. Goal - manage acute or chronic conditions. Focus/primary client - setting specific (individual/families). Public Nursing --> Purpose - Health care. Goal - prevent disease and promote or maintain health. Focus/primary client - a) community or the whole population. individuals, groups, families that affect the health of the community.
A public health nurse is required to have the same credentials as any other nurse. You must be a graduate of a school of nursing for registered nurses or licensed practical nurses and pass a state board examination. A master's of public health with a concentration in nursing integrates advanced practices and skills in nursing with the most advanced public health training. This excellent MPH degree gives you the skills that you need to pursue your nursing career in the area of public and community health. You will be able to take on major leadership responsibilities in many community health care settings, government centers and also nonprofit organizations. If you want to go for a career in the field of nursing but also are interested in health from both the clinical and the public health angle, you should consider an MPH with a concentration in nursing.
Thomas Alan Rasco has written: 'A POLICY ANALYSIS OF PUBLIC COLLEGES IN TEXAS OFFERING ASSOCIATE DEGREE NURSING (NURSING EDUCATION)' -- subject(s): Administration Education, Community College Education, Education Health Sciences, Education, Administration, Education, Community College, Health Sciences, Education, Health Sciences, Nursing, Nursing Health Sciences
Linnea Anderson has written: 'Nutrition and family health service [by] Linnea Anderson and John H. Browe' -- subject(s): Community health nursing, Food, Nutrition, Public health nursing
Public health protects the health of everyone, and community health protects the health of everyone in a particular community
Public health protects the health of everyone, and community health protects the health of everyone in a particular community