NUR4636 – Community Health Nursing
Case Study
Chapter 14
Theoretical Basis of Community/Public Health Nursing
Public health nursing is a community-oriented, population-focused nursing specialty
that is based on interpersonal relationships. The unit of care is the community or
population rather than the individual, and the goal is to promote healthy
communities. The community health nurse has been assigned to count and
interview homeless people sleeping in the local park to help in identifying programs
to provide food, clothing, shelter, health care, and job training for the population.
The community health nurse has to consider the eight principles of public health
nursing in community health nursing practice when completing the assignment
1. There are essential characteristics of nursing service when a community is
the client. Describe community-oriented, population-focused care, and
relationship-based care. What type of care is been completed by the
community health nurse who has been assigned to count and interview
homeless people sleeping in the local park to help in identifying programs to
provide food, clothing, shelter, health care, and job training for the
population?
2. The goals of public health nursing, to promote and protect the health of
communities, are facilitated by adhering to eight principles identified by the
American Nurses Association (2007) for public health nursing practice. The
community health nurse has to consider the eight principles of public health
nursing in community health nursing practice when completing the
assignment with homeless individuals. What are the eight principles?
3. There are numerous models of nursing practice that can be utilized in
community health nursing practice. Theories and models of
community/public health nursing practice aid the nurse in understanding the
rationale behind community-oriented care. What are five of these models of
nursing practice with a brief summary of the model?