Foundations Of Nursing In The Communiy- Chapter 28

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Public Health

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organized efforts desgined to fulfill societies intrest in ensuring conditions in which people can be healthy

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Public health nursing

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the practice of promoting and protecting the health of populations using knowledge from nursing social and public health sciences.

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U.S department of health and human services and the environmental protection agency

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the federal agencies that most influence public health activites at the local and state levels

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Primary prevention

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educate day care centers, schools, & the general community about the importance of hand hygiene to prevent transmission of communicable diseases

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Secondary prevention

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conduct contacting and tracing for individuals exposed to a client with an active case of TB or STI

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Tertiary Prevention

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provide case management services that link clients with chronic illnesses to health care and community support services, provide case management services that link clients with serious mental illnesses to mental health and community support services.

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Issues and trends in public health

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the nurse working directly as a case manager or in a clinic setting can promote culturally and lingustically appropriate services by partnerning with other community agencies such as interpreter services

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education & knowledge requirements for public health nurses

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the association of community health nursing educators states that the educational preperation of community health nurses should be at least the baccalaureate degree
**nurses with baccalaureate or masters preparation are needed to provide a strong public health system

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Core public health competencies

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1. analytical assessment skills
2. basic public health science skills
3. cultural competency skills
4. communication skills
5. community dimensions of practice skills
6. financial planning and management skils
7. leadership and system thinking skills
*8. Policy developement and program planning skills

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Function of case manager

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assist clients in identifiying and obtaining the services they need the most at the least cost

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The nurse educator

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identifies community needs (playground safety, hand hygiene, pedestrain safety, safe sex practices) and developes and implements education activities aimed at changing behaviors over time.

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Local Public Health departments

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are responsible for implementing and enforcing local, state, and federal public health codes and ordinances while providing essential public health services

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Public health

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is based on the scientific core of epidemiology

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nursing have an important role in helping with local disasters including

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planning, staffing, and evaluating events