Community Health NursingASN 260Population-Focused CareHome care & Communicable DiseasesChapter 3-Wong/Chapter 6-ATIS. Tapp MSN, BSN, RN 1
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Objectives• The student will be able to:
• Identify common conditions amenable to home care
• Discuss the nurse’s role in providing home care
• Discuss modes of transmission associated with communicable disease
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Amenable conditions• Safe• Infection control • Support• Transportation• Knowledgeable • Telephone
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Nurses role in Home care• Care provider• Educator• Advocate• Manager• Recorder• Evaluater
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Communicable Disease• International Health Concern• Responsible for the deaths of millions each year• Leading causes
• Acute respiratory infections, AIDS, Diarrheal diseases, TB , Malaria, Measles
• Populations• Young children, older adults, immunosuppressed clients, high risk
lifestyle, international travelers, health care workers.• Modes of transmission
• Airborne, Foodborne, Waterborne, Vector-borne, Direct contact
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Community Health Nurses role• Surveillance• Reporting of communicable diseases
• Anthrax• Hepatitis A-C• Malaria• Pertussis• Smallpox• Syphilis• Vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
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Objectives Review• The student will be able to:
• Identify common conditions amenable to home care
• Discuss the nurse’s role in providing home care
• Discuss modes of transmission associated with communicable disease
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