Frequently Asked Questions
Chapter 23: Community Care

What is community health nursing?

Community health nursing (CHN) is the field of nursing that provides health care to a wide variety of populations.

What is the difference between the three frameworks for community care?

Critical social theory addresses the need for social change to alter health-damaging conditions and examines health issues and the history and power struggles inherent in the issue. The Citizen Ladder of Participation framework examines whether a community is at the informing, consultation, partnership, or delegated power level of participation. The ecological theory examines the social context within health issues.

What are several roles of community health nurses?

Community health nurses serve as educators, advocates, researchers, consultants, direct care providers, social marketers, and facilitators.

In what settings does community based health care occur?

Community based health care takes place in schools, the home (in direct care or through telecare), migrant clinics, rural areas, correction facilities, occupational health, and public health clinics.

What are community partnerships?

Community partnerships are combinations of community-based agencies, health care clinicians, educational institutions, and public organizations used to address the health needs of a specific community. Examples are such community partnerships as homeless advocacy, parish nursing, and international partnerships.

What are some techniques nurses use to assess the health of a community?

Nurses use surveys, observations, record review, and literature review to assess the health of a community.

What is the OMAHA system used in community health care?

The OMAHA system is a system for formulating nursing, developed by the Visiting Nurses Association of Omaha, Nebraska. The nursing diagnoses in this system are stated as problems and are classified as environmental, psychosocial, physiological, or health-related.

What are the Unites States Healthy People 2010 goals?

The United States Healthy People 2010 outcomes are health goals for the nation that can be used to evaluate the health of a community.