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COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING
Difference between hospital nurse and the community health nurse
Hospital nurse Community nurse
Setting -Works in hospital Works in community settings,
homes, schools, industries,
hospitals…etc.
Nursing - Specialized i.e. works - Generalized i.e. works with
role with specific age or all groups and different
diseases. diseases
- Interdependent within - Interdependent within the
the health sector. health sector And other
sectors.
- Provide comprehensive - Provide comprehensive care
care to individual to individual, families and
patients only. community.
- Applies professional Ng - applies professional practice
practice with basic CHNg practice.
Nursing Conditions requiring Prevailing health problems and
concern hospitalization i.e sick community needs. Total
individuals and disabled. population especially under
served and high- risk groups.
Nursing - Main principle in her - Main principle in her practice
practice practice is curative, is prevention, early case
prevention of finding, health teaching,
complication and health follow up an family self-
teaching i.e. focus mainly direction i.e. focus mainly on
on secondary and tertiary primary prevention.
prevention.
- Patient well to be - Improved patient, family and
discharged. community health and self-
care.
The nurse is the hostess. The nurse is a guest.
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