Community Health Nursing Course Quiz

Community Health Nursing (CHN)

• This course focuses on providing basic care in terms of health promotion, maintenance, and prevention for population groups and communities.
• Topics covered include:
  • Community health and development concepts
  • Working with groups for community development
  • Community health nursing process
  • Public health nursing laws
  • Health statistics and epidemiology

Nursing Program Outcomes

• This course is in the third year of the Nursing Program.
• The program aims to develop nurses capable of:
  • Providing safe, appropriate, and holistic care to individuals, families, population groups, and communities
  • Assuming entry-level positions in any nursing field
  • Applying relevant science principles to medical-surgical nursing
  • Utilizing the nursing process for client care
  • Demonstrating perioperative nursing skills
  • Conducting research with experienced researchers
  • Justifying the value of evidence-based practice
  • Applying ethical and legal principles to professional decision-making
  • Communicating effectively through culturally appropriate language
  • Exhibiting independent learning, critical thinking, creativity, and focus
  • Demonstrating responsible citizenship and Filipino values

Community Definition

• A community consists of people with shared interests or characteristics, interacting with each other and fostering a sense of unity and belonging.
• Communities have geographic boundaries, common goals, and potential for interaction.

Community Features

• Location: Each physical community exists in a specific geographic location with characteristics that influence its health, including service placement and geographical features.
• Population: Includes diverse individuals living within community boundaries, often organized into specialized groups.
• Social System: Interacting facets of a community's social system, including the health system, family system, economic system, and educational system.

Population-Focused Nursing Care

• Focuses on meeting the majority of the population’s health needs.
• Community diagnosis is used to identify the most pressing health needs.

Primary Goal of CHN:

• To empower individuals, families, and communities to manage their own health needs.

CHN as a Community-Based Practice:

• CHN requires community diagnosis to identify nursing needs and problems.

Public Health Services:

• Not "free" but paid for indirectly through taxes.
• These services are pre-paid, like insurance.

The Goal of Public Health (C.E. Winslow):

• To enable individuals to achieve their inherent rights to health and longevity.

The Most Prominent Feature of PHN:

• Focus on preventive, not curative, services.

The Catchment Area in PHN:

• Includes residential communities, where most individuals are healthy and require preventive services over curative ones.

The Philosophy of Public Health Nursing (Margaret Shetland):

• Grounded in the worth and dignity of every individual, promoting respect and care while striving for health equity.

Department of Health (DOH) Mission:

• Ensuring the accessibility and quality of healthcare.
• Mandates devolution of basic services from the national government to local government units.