Community General Nurse Essay

The community general nurse can assist the client to access supports and health services within the community. For the older person with a diagnosis of frailty, the community general nurse can assist the client to access a falls prevention clinic in the community. Falls prevention clinics have been proven to prevent falls among the older population in their homes as well as in hospitals and care facilities. The falls prevention clinic will allow the client to be reassessed for the risk of falling as well as receiving additional information and guidance on how to prevent falls in the home. The community general nurse can also provide information regarding falls prevention in order to reiterate what was learnt in the clinic in order to ensure a full understanding of falls risks and prevention (Evron et al, 2009).
If the older person has developed a pressure ulcer due to their frailty, it may also be beneficial for them to attend a leg ulcer clinic where their wound will be examined and dressed appropriately in order to promote healing. Leg ulcer clinics are a public health nurse led service. Although this is …show more content…
Community general nurses require skills and qualities such as communication, team work and the provision of holistic nursing care. One important quality for any nurse is the provision of person-centred care. Person-centred care is one of the guiding principles of nursing practice. Person-centred care involves putting the patient at the centre of their care and including them in decision making and planning their care. Person-centred care requires the ability to develop good relationships with patients and focus on getting to know the patient as an individual (Manley et al, 2011). Empathy is essential for person-centred care and nurses must have empathy in order to understand the situation from the patient’s perspective (Griffiths et al,