School health: Programs that include health promotion principles throughout a school
curriculum.
Occupational health: Programs designed for health
... [Show More] promotion and accident or illness
prevention in the workplace setting.
Nurse-managed clinics: Settings that provide nursing services that focus on health
promotion and education, chronic disease assessment management, and support for selfcare and caregivers.
Block or parish nursing: Nurses who provide faith-based or neighborhood services to
older or home-bound patients.
Community health centers: Outpatient clinics that provide primary care, prevention, and
screening services to a specific patient population in the surrounding community.
Medical offices: Offices that provide primary healthcare diagnosis and illness treatment.
Forensic settings: Settings in which clients receive care that may require evidence
collection.
Correctional facilities: Facilities in which direct patient care is provided to detainees and
inmates, such as jails or prisons.
Holistic care that accounts for the cultural, social, and economic needs of communities
helps to promote health equity, social justice, reduce health disparities, and overall
improve client outcomes. Nurses who work in communities with similar cultural
backgrounds know how to communicate more effectively and help educate other nurses
on how to better care for culturally diverse populations.
Why are nurses needed in community health settings?
Nurses promote health, prevention efforts, healthy lifestyles, and advocate for clients, not
necessarily inpatient hospitalization. They provide health education and participate in
community-based research. They also provide direct patient care, not limit care, and health
education. As essential members of the healthcare team, nurses provide our communities
with the knowledge, skills, and attitudes needed to help maintain or improve patient
outcomes, increase quality of life (such as healthy living), and improve quality in death
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