What makes nursing case management special?
Nursing
New Opportunities in Community Settings
Community based nursing has new opportunities in community
settings. The rationale for these opportunities is the change in
demographics, change in disease patterns, increase in the chronic
illness and reform in the health financing system. Now various
health communities play an important role in representing the new
and advanced way of providing community nursing to a large group of
population.
On the basis of your reading, answer the following questions:
The conceptual frameworks applied to community-oriented
nursing practice expand the scope of nursing care by addressing
non-medical aspects of health. Those who are not familiar with
healthcare perceive nurses as providers of hands-on care only.
Suggest ways to change this perception.
What makes nursing case management special? Is it appropriate
for everyone? Give reasons.
Populations can be defined by inclusion or exclusion
criteria, using one or many of either type. Using factors in
addition to medical tests, diagnoses, and so forth, prioritize the
characteristics you think are important in defining a population
for community health nursing.
Health care Community Services
Identify four organizations in your community that deliver
primary health care. Based on the objective material that you can
obtain, determine whom each organization serves; what services each
provides; and where each organization gets its funding from. Also
evaluate the relative value of each organization’s services to
individuals and families in the community.
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