COMMUNITY-BASED NURSING

Opportunities in CBN practice

Class Activities

Newspaper clipping (RN opportunities) Ch. 1; slide 5 Healthy People 2010 (focus areas/agency) Ch. 1; slide 7 Levels of prevention (Examples/presentation) Ch.1; slide 4 Weblinks (point of interest/share) Ch. 1; slide 3

Introduction

ANA (What is their objective?) Health Promotion and Illness Prevention

Primary health care (give examples) Secondary health care (give examples) Tertiary health care (give examples) Tri-Council: (Who is involved? What is

focus?)

Levels of Prevention

Choose the appropriate level for each example:Home health for bedbound personsImmunizationsChemotherapyCardiac rehabilitationExercise program for outpatient stroke patientsGlucose testing for diabetes at WalgreensBetter outcomes r/t diet and exerciseAdvocating for legislationDeveloping health programs to treat obesityDeveloping nutrition education for school kidsScreening school-age kids for cholesterol

Education Focus

Settings: opportunities for RN Choose from below: ADN or BSN (which

one?)home health companyhealth departmentelementary schooloutpatient surgery clinic

Community Nurses

CHN (give examples) CBN (give examples)

National Health Goals

Healthy People 2010 (think promotion) Goal 1: Increase quality & years of healthy life. Goal 2: Eliminate health disparities. Who is the lead agency in your community that

monitors the objectives of Healthy People 2010? Priority areas: Access, Cancer, Oral Health,

Tobacco use, etc…. Requires: collaboration, guidance, monitor

progress. Department of Health and Human Services

(DHHS): developed first health goals.