 Goals of community health nursing:

 Promote, preserve, and maintain health of populations by

delivery of services to individuals, families, and groups to

influence community health

 Who is the client in community health nursing?

 The community or population

 BOTH COMMUNITY ORIENTED NURSING AND COMMUNITY

BASED NURSING

 Public Health Nursing

 Also known as Community-Oriented Nursing

 Population focused

 Goal:

 Promoting health

 Preventing disease

 No illness cares

 Key Principles:

 Emphasize primary prevention

 Greatest good for largest number of individuals

 Client is partner in health

 Use resources wisely to promote best outcomes

 Community-oriented Nursing:

 Focus of Care:

 Aggregates

 Communities

 Populations (public health)

 At-risk or unserved individuals and families

 Primary Goal:

 Health promotion and disease prevention

 Education

 Nursing Activities:

 Indirect (programmed management)

 Can include direct care of at-risk individuals and

populations

 Community-based Nursing