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    The document outlines the key qualities and responsibilities of a community health nurse. Some of the important qualities include having an interest in community health nursing, strong interpersonal skills, emotional stability, good communication skills, and being sensitive, friendly, and patient. The main roles and responsibilities of a community health nurse are to provide direct care using the nursing process, educate clients, act as a referral resource, advocate for clients, and coordinate care. They are also responsible for activities like planning care, providing comprehensive services, teaching skills, and conducting epidemiological investigations.

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    Qualities of Community Health Nurse

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    The document outlines the key qualities and responsibilities of a community health nurse. Some of the important qualities include having an interest in community health nursing, strong interpersonal skills, emotional stability, good communication skills, and being sensitive, friendly, and patient. The main roles and responsibilities of a community health nurse are to provide direct care using the nursing process, educate clients, act as a referral resource, advocate for clients, and coordinate care. They are also responsible for activities like planning care, providing comprehensive services, teaching skills, and conducting epidemiological investigations.

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    The document outlines the key qualities and responsibilities of a community health nurse. Some of the important qualities include having an interest in community health nursing, strong interpersonal skills, emotional stability, good communication skills, and being sensitive, friendly, and patient. The main roles and responsibilities of a community health nurse are to provide direct care using the nursing process, educate clients, act as a referral resource, advocate for clients, and coordinate care. They are also responsible for activities like planning care, providing comprehensive services, teaching skills, and conducting epidemiological investigations.

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    The document outlines the key qualities and responsibilities of a community health nurse. Some of the important qualities include having an interest in community health nursing, strong interpersonal skills, emotional stability, good communication skills, and being sensitive, friendly, and patient. The main roles and responsibilities of a community health nurse are to provide direct care using the nursing process, educate clients, act as a referral resource, advocate for clients, and coordinate care. They are also responsible for activities like planning care, providing comprehensive services, teaching skills, and conducting epidemiological investigations.

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    QUALITIES OF COMMUNITY

    HEALTH NURSE
    Qualities of Community Health
    Nursing
    1.INTEREST IN COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING.

    2. GOOD IPR SKILLS.

    3. INTERESTED IN PEOPLE.

    4. EMOTIONAL STABILITY.

    5. GOOD COMMUNICABILITY.

    6. GUIDING & HELPING NATURE.

    7. SENSITIVE OBSERVATION.
    8. GOOD LISTNER.
    9. A FRIENDLY DISPOSITION.
    10. INITIATIVENESS.
    11. RESOURCEFULNESS.
    12. ENDURANCE & PATIENCE.
    1. A qualified community health nurse is one
    who has undergone basic general nursing,
    midwifery training and postbasic education in
    community health nursing.
    2. A community health nurse must have interest
    in people and in understanding human
    behavour.
    3. Sincerity and ability to empathize are basic
    qualities required for a nurse.
    4. A well poised nurse has a friendly disposition,
    honest, charitable,resourdeful,and cooperative
    and takes responsibilities with initiative.
    5. Minimum essential skills of a nurse
    are observation,
    communication,interviewing,and
    bedside supportive and technical skills.
    6. She must be sympathetic
    ,empathetic and understanding
    7. She must be respectful , tolerant and
    patient
    8. She must be tactful ,observant and
    cooperative
    9. She must be able to adjust and work
    freely with different situations in the
    community.
    10. She must appreciate the effort
    of all people and correct their
    mistakes tactfully.
    11. She must create good
    interpersonal relationship with
    colleagues and other health workers
    and clients
    12. She must be trustworthy ,
    punctual and sincere with his/her
    work
    ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF
    COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSE
    Roles of community Health Nurse
    A. Client-oriented Roles
    1. Caregiver
    • Uses the nursing process to provide direct nursing
    intervention to individuals, families, or population
    groups
    2. Educator
    • Facilitates learning for positive health behavior change
    3. Counselor
    • Teaches and assists clients in the use of the problem
    solving process
    4. Referral Resource
    • Links clients to services to meet identified health needs
    5. Role Model
    Demonstrates desired health-related behaviors
    6. Advocate
    • Speaks or acts on behalf of clients who
    cannot do so for themselves
    7. Primary Care Provider
    • Provides essential health services to
    promote health, prevent illness,
    • and deal with existing health problems
    8. Case Manager
    • Coordinates and directs the selection and
    use of health care services to meet
    • client needs, maximize resource utilization,
    and minimize the expense of care
    B. Delivery-oriented Roles
    1. Coordinator/Care Manager -Organizes
    and integrates services to best meet client
    needs in the most efficient manner possible
    2. Collaborator - Engages in shared
    decision making regarding the nature of
    health problems and potential solutions to
    them
    3. Liaison- Provides and maintains
    connections and communication between
    clients and health care providers or among
    providers
    C. Population-oriented Roles
    1. Case Finder
    Identifies clients with specific health
    problems or conditions
    Geared toward awareness of population-
    level problems
    2. Leader
    Influences clients and others to take action
    regarding identified health problems
    3. Change Agent
    Initiates and facilitates change in
    individual or client behaviors or conditions
    or those affecting population groups
    4. Community Developer
    Mobilizes residents and other segments of
    the population to take action regarding
    identified community health problems or
    issues
    5. Coalition Builder
    Promotes the development and
    maintenance of alliances of individuals or
    groups of people to address a specific
    health issue
    6. Researcher
    Conducts studies to explain health-related
    phenomena and to evaluate the
    effectiveness of interventions to control
    them
    Responsibilities of community health nurse
    1. Planning ,identifying ,execution and
    evaluation of care
    2. Providing ,comprehensive care to the
    individuals , families , and groups by
    teaching , counselling and guidance
    3. Demonstrates and teaches skilled
    nursing care to family members of
    sick , chronically ill in the home
    4. Cares for the chronically ill,
    handicapped and disabled in the
    community
    5. Provides assistance to the families in
    improving environmental conditions
    6. Help the families in the adjustment of
    social ,emotional aspects of health.
    7. Provides preventive health care services
    like immunization , supplementary
    nutrition etc
    8. Renders treatment and follow up care of
    mentally ill and elderly people as both of
    these groups are intended to become
    increasingly community based rather than
    which hospital based .
    9. Development and utilization of other
    branches of health for welfare of
    community
    10. Organizing ,planned group classes
    regarding the sanitation ,nutrition, child
    care family welfare services and parent
    craft to various members in the
    community.
    11. Conducts epidemiological investigations
    in the field of communicable diseases and
    leprosy etc
    12.Coordinates her work with other
    members of health team working in the
    community.
    13. She revises the plans ,programmes in
    her area and collects the vital statistics
    ,conducts research ton study the existing
    health problems ,evaluates effectiveness of
    various health problems
    14. She trains and conducts orientation
    and in-service training classes in her
    area to nursing students and other
    nursing staffs
    15. She act as a coordinator between
    individuals and community
    16. She act as a consultant and talks on
    behalf of individual or family with
    village leaders and other members of the
    health team
    17. She plans the budget ,get the
    equipment required ,organizes primary
    health centre and to associated health
    centres
    18. She manages various
    programmes ad campaigns in her
    area
    19. She acts as administrator at
    different levels of community health
    nursing services to evaluate and puts
    all possible trails into practice to
    improve quality and quantity of care
    to the total community .
    20. Supervise the work of MPHW,
    health visitors and dias.
    SPECIAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF
    COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSE

    SCHOOL HEALTH
    MCH SERVICES SERVICES

    Specialised IMMUNIZATION
    responsibilities SERVICES

    GERIATRIC OCCUPATIONAL
    SERVICES SERVICES
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