NCM 113 Community Health Nursing

NCM 113 Community Health Nursing

• The course covers the principles and concepts of health promotion, health maintenance, and disease prevention for population groups and communities
• The course curriculum includes Community Health and Development Concepts, working with groups for community development, the community health nursing process, relevant public health laws, health statistics, and epidemiology
• The course aims to prepare students to provide safe, holistic, and appropriate care to individuals, families, population groups, communities with health problems, and special needs
• The course emphasizes the nursing process and first-level entry positions in various nursing fields
• The course requires students to apply knowledge of relevant sciences to deliver medical-surgical nursing care
• Students learn to demonstrate skills in perioperative nursing and conduct research alongside experienced researchers
• Community health nursing focuses on preventive rather than curative services
• The primary goal of community health nursing is to enhance the capacity of individuals, families, and communities to cope with their health needs
• Community health nursing is community-based and utilizes a nursing process to conduct community diagnosis to identify problems and needs
• Public health services are pre-paid services, funded through taxation
• The goal of Public Health is for people to attain their birthrights of health and longevity
• The core tenet of public health nursing is prevention
• Margaret Shetland's philosophy of public health nursing is based on the worth and dignity of man
• The mission of the Philippine Department of Health (DOH) is to ensure the accessibility and quality of health care
• Republic Act 7160 mandates the devolution of basic services from the national government to local government units (LGUs)