Reflection On Community Health Nursing

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2. What course concepts from the course textbook or nursing research from community health/public health nursing journals did I use and apply to nursing practice during this rotation?

In the course article, Framework for Community Health Nursing, the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for South-East Asia discusses this topic from the perspective of future nursing education. From the literature I learned about the importance of driving the nursing profession towards the community health-care system. There is currently a need for revitalization of the primary health care systems as stated in this document. There is a need to change some of the focuses of education and training in new nurses in an effort to respond to the health care demands of today and the future since many students are not going into this field. In addition, nurses already working in community health should begin focusing on current prevention and promotion aspects of health. I plan to apply these ideas in my
To answer to my questions I looked to my clinical instructor and other resources such as course literature. From the course book I was able to learn that public health nursing can be applied to lead collaborative efforts to attain optimal health for people locally and nationally. It also helps develop innovative programs to improve health of populations and lead health care reform efforts within and across health care systems. As far as working conditions, I have learned that most public health nurses work for government agencies, nonprofit groups, community health centers and other organizations that aim to improve health at the community level. In addition public health nurses can travel locally or distances to meet with community groups to bring health care services into underserved

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