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Community health nursing practice describes the work of nurses who work in the community. Community health nurses partner with people where they live, work, learn, meet and play to promote health (CHNC, 2009).
Characteristics
In community health nursing practice, nurses build their expertise in a specialty area and demonstrate the following characteristics and features:
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Promote, protect and preserve health, prevent disease and injury
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Promote, protect and preserve the environment that contributes to health
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Advocate for healthy public policy
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Lead in the integration of comprehensive and multiple health promotion approaches that build the capacity of clients
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Respect the diversity of clients and caregivers, focus on the linkages between health and illness experiences and enable clients to achieve health
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Provide evidence informed care in a variety of settings such as the client's home, school, office, clinics, on the street, communal living settings or workplace
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Cooperate, coordinate and collaborate with a variety of partners, disciplines, and sectors
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Recognize that healthy communities and systems that support health contribute to health for all
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Engage a range of resources to support health by coordinating care, and planning services, and programs
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Work with a high degree of autonomy to initiate strategies that will address the determinants of health and positively impact people and their community
Educational Preparation:
A baccalaureate degree in nursing is an essential foundation for community health nurses to practice to their full scope of practice.
Certification
Community health nursing is one of Canadian Nurses Association certified nursing specialty. CHN may enhance their education and competencies by pursuing other certification such as occupational health nursing.
Workplace
The primary areas of work in the community are in diverse rural and urban settings such as, public health units/departments, home health, community health agencies/centres/clinics, family practices, occupational health, outposts/nursing stations, on the street, faith organizations, shelters, schools, correctional institutions, aboriginal communities, addictions, government, and educational institutions
Characteristics
In community health nursing practice, nurses build their expertise in a specialty area and demonstrate the following characteristics and features:
•
Promote, protect and preserve health, prevent disease and injury
•
Promote, protect and preserve the environment that contributes to health
•
Advocate for healthy public policy
•
Lead in the integration of comprehensive and multiple health promotion approaches that build the capacity of clients
•
Respect the diversity of clients and caregivers, focus on the linkages between health and illness experiences and enable clients to achieve health
•
Provide evidence informed care in a variety of settings such as the client's home, school, office, clinics, on the street, communal living settings or workplace
•
Cooperate, coordinate and collaborate with a variety of partners, disciplines, and sectors
•
Recognize that healthy communities and systems that support health contribute to health for all
•
Engage a range of resources to support health by coordinating care, and planning services, and programs
•
Work with a high degree of autonomy to initiate strategies that will address the determinants of health and positively impact people and their community
Educational Preparation:
A baccalaureate degree in nursing is an essential foundation for community health nurses to practice to their full scope of practice.
Certification
Community health nursing is one of Canadian Nurses Association certified nursing specialty. CHN may enhance their education and competencies by pursuing other certification such as occupational health nursing.
Workplace
The primary areas of work in the community are in diverse rural and urban settings such as, public health units/departments, home health, community health agencies/centres/clinics, family practices, occupational health, outposts/nursing stations, on the street, faith organizations, shelters, schools, correctional institutions, aboriginal communities, addictions, government, and educational institutions