Essays on Community Nursing

"I need you", said Lisa, a patient of cervical cancer, and the mother of three children, to Rocco, a registered nurse employed by the First Congregational Church in Hudson. Rocco accompanied her to the doctor's appointment, arranged volunteers to bring meals and take care of children thrice a week during her treatment. "I do not know what would I have done without you," said overwhelmed Lisa. This particular care highlights the modus operandi of parish nurses. Parish nursing is a growing movement where nurses do not give first-hand care or shots but focus on prevention of illness and promotion ...

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The current changes concerning the demographic structures of the United States population present both opportunities and challenges to the development of the nation. Notable variations in the population makeup of the country are based on the realization that the aging population is increasing by the day and as such, there is the need for developing care plans that are specifically suited for this portion of the populace (Shi & Singh, 2015). The chief solution that can adequately address these concerns has a healthcare profession that can sufficiently look into the problems brought about such as chronic diseases and propose the ...

Heritage of health and healing in a faith based community

Health is important in the community. However, with the rising cost in medical care, individuals are more likely to avoid seeking any medical care. Faith-based organizations are significant in addressing these issues by conducting several health programs, which cover areas such as health education, screening, and management of health conditions such as diabetes, high blood pressure, cancer prevention and awareness, mental health dare, nutritional guidance, smoking cessation and weight loss (DeHaven, Hunter, and Berry, 2004). Such programs benefit the community greatly. Healing in a faith-based community seeks to embrace the values and cultural heritage of the community. The nurse while ...

1. What evidence-based communication skills, change processes, and interventions are you using to guide your work in the field experience? Please be complete and provide at least 2 examples of how you are using these practices. The main process employed in change was team-based implementation. A committee consisting of staff members, this writer, and the nurse educator was formed for the project. The committee provided a venue for participants to provide input during the development of the project, and to take part in its implementation. Doing so ensured the optimization of the knowledge and skills of the committee members, ...

Introduction

A community is a group of people who live in one place and also share characteristics. A group of people who form community may either be living in the same neighborhood, city or even town. Members of the community may have a common interest, come from the same race or even share the religion. The fact that people have common interests makes them appreciate one another as members of the same community (Garcés and Martin, 2009). Since the community is made up of people who have a common interest and come from the same geographical region, it is important for the ...

British Journal of Community Nursing, 2013, Volume 18, Number 1, Pages 40 to 42

Summary of Article The article entitled “A ‘good death’ at home: community nurses helping to make it possible” was written by Elizabeth Adamson and Susanne Cruickshank and published in the British Journal of Community Nursing in 2013. The authors presented relevant concerns regarding the increasing trend of addressing end-of-life choices of patients, particularly opting to die at their respective homes. This trend was allegedly supported by thrusts in government policies which acknowledge adherence to conform to patients’ preferences for addressing end-of-life situations. The authors have emphasized that the role of community nurses were seen as instrumental in attending ...

Community Health Nurse

A community can be described as a group of individuals that possess a common attribute or interest and living together within a geographical boundary or territory. community health nursing was defined by WHO Expert committee on Nursing as that special field of nursing which combines the skills of nursing, public health and certain phases f social assistance and functions as part of the total public health program for the promotion of health, the improvement of conditions in the social and physical environment, rehabilitation of illness and disability. The goal of community health nursing is to raise the health standard of ...

Introduction

Quality clinical experience is a basic need of current health practices, and nursing researches have implemented various practices in the past couple of decades to ensure a target based approach which gives both qualitative and quantitative results. It is important to understand the right application of the different approaches applied to the nursing practices, as it will help to obtain the right approach depending upon the various social, economic, environmental and behavioral differences.

In order to implement a focused solution to the health needs, there are concepts like community and aggregate nursing which help to concentrate on a specific target population so that ...