What is community health nursing?

Many of the hospitals in my area have a branch of home visiting nurses. The patients doctor needs to order this--like a prescription. The nurses will visit maybe 2-3 times a week. This branch of nursing care also have bath girls to go out and give the patients bathes. They receive orders from the patient"s doctor and report the patient condition to the patient's doctor. This is used mostly by the elderly, but not always.

Job Description for: DIRECTOR, EDUCATIONAL, COMMUNITY-HEALTH NURSING

Plans and directs educational program for community health agency: Develops educational plans for in-service education and orientation of health personnel. Confers with supervisors and staff to ensure efficiency of program. Cooperates with nursing specialists and supervisors to organize educational programs for staff and community. Obtains educational materials for use in teaching and demonstrating nursing and other health related activities. Confers with administrative personnel to determine procedures and techniques for patient care and to implement new programs. Assists in selecting nursing candidates and in orienting new employees. Cooperates with nursing schools and colleges in providing supervised field instruction for students to gain work experience and observe nursing techniques. Conducts surveys and analyses to determine adequacy of educational materials and effectiveness of program

Community health nurses go out into the community and visit patients that need daily care and help with something due to a medical condition. They may come to do an IV, wash and dress a surgery cut, or just to help the home care giver with bathing a patient.

community health nursing is the nursing care give in the community most especially in the community health center such as immunizations pro grammes, antenatal care, child health nursing care, minor ailments such as malaria treatment treating bruises sustained dressing of minor wound in aseptic form, home visiting domiciliary health management, such as domiciliary deliveries and minor health treatment