Content text CHN WEEK 1 & 2 - OVERVIEW of CHN 113j (A,B,C,D).pdf
Community Health Nursing Practice The essence of community health practice ▪The American Nurses Association wrote that: Promotes and preserves the health of populations by integrating the skills and knowledge relevant to both nursing and public health.(Clark,1999:50) ▪The practice is comprehensive and general, and is not limited to a particular age or diagnostic group; it is continual, and is not limited to episodic care, ▪community health nursing practice includes nursing directed to individuals, families, and groups, the dominant responsibility is to the population as a whole (Clark, 1999:50)