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    The scope of community health nursing covers a wide range of services including home care, nursing homes, maternal and child health/family planning, school health nursing, community health nursing, industrial nursing services, domiciliary nursing services, mental health nursing services, rehabilitation centers, and geriatric nursing services. Community health nurses provide primary care, conduct routine antenatal and postnatal visits and deliveries, carry out immunizations, promote children's health through clinics, and assess social, environmental, and nutritional needs with help from social workers. The goal is to extend healthcare services and promote health across communities and populations.

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    The scope of community health nursing covers a wide range of services including home care, nursing homes, maternal and child health/family planning, school health nursing, community health nursing, industrial nursing services, domiciliary nursing services, mental health nursing services, rehabilitation centers, and geriatric nursing services. Community health nurses provide primary care, conduct routine antenatal and postnatal visits and deliveries, carry out immunizations, promote children's health through clinics, and assess social, environmental, and nutritional needs with help from social workers. The goal is to extend healthcare services and promote health across communities and populations.

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    The scope of community health nursing covers a wide range of services including home care, nursing homes, maternal and child health/family planning, school health nursing, community health nursing, industrial nursing services, domiciliary nursing services, mental health nursing services, rehabilitation centers, and geriatric nursing services. Community health nurses provide primary care, conduct routine antenatal and postnatal visits and deliveries, carry out immunizations, promote children's health through clinics, and assess social, environmental, and nutritional needs with help from social workers. The goal is to extend healthcare services and promote health across communities and populations.

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    SCOPE OF COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING

    The scope of community health nursing is wide and it is described below:

    1.Home care

    A large number of clients can be adequately cared for at home by extending certain hospital
    services. The hospital takes up the responsibility in coordinating these services by providing
    personnel or equipment. The nurse practitioners in USA replace physicians in providing primary
    care. In order to carry out this responsibility, the nurse requires certain additional skills like history
    taking and recognition of physical signs for proper treatment.

    2.Nursing homes

    The nursing homes are privately run. They have better medical care facilities than the government
    hospitals because they charge more fees. The nursing component in nursing homes is generally
    well catered for.

    3.MCH and Family planning

    The public health nurse plays a major role in the MCH and family planning services. It comprises
    antenatal, postnatal and child care services. During pregnancy or illness, people listen to the
    suggestions and advices for their welfare. Since nurses are directly in touch with patients, they
    should be trained to give proper and correct advice.

    4.School Health Nursing

    The School Health Nurse renders services to promote and protect the health of the school children.
    She provides her services in the areas like, health education, first-aid, early education of diseases,
    immunization, dental health, school sanitation maintenance of health records, follow up and
    referral services.

    5.Community health nursing

    Community health nursing includes nursing care of the family in sickness and health.

    The Community health nurses must be able to:


    1. To provide primary health care in the community
    2. To conduct routine antenatal and postnatal visits and to conduct deliveries when required
    3. To carry out immunization
    4. To promote the health of the children by conducting under five clinics and referring cases
    who requires medical care
    5. To assess the social, environmental and nutritional needs of the help of social workers to
    meet these needs

    6.Industial Nursing Services

    Nurses are employed in industries. There is provision for appointment of medical and nursing
    staff in factories where 500 or more workers are employed. The broad areas of nursing in this are:
    pre-employment and periodic health check-up, care of sick, first aid, industrial sanitation and
    safety, organizations of service o women and children, rehabilitation of the ill and disabled workers
    and administration.

    7. Domiciliary Nursing Services

    The areas where domiciliary nursing is practiced in this country are maternity services, health
    supervision disease prevention services and services for illness and accidents. The scope is
    limitless for organizing domiciliary visits.

    8. Mental health nursing services

    Many developing countries have mental health services today. These services include early
    diagnosis and treatment, rehabilitation, psychotherapy, use of modern psychotropic drugs and after
    care services.

    9. Rehabilitation centers

    Rehabilitation means restoration of all treated cases to the highest level of functional ability.
    Nursing is an important component in the rehabilitation of the disabled.

    10. Geriatric nursing services

    The number of old people is increasing in the world today. The need of the old is different and
    they need more care than the younger age groups. In many countries the old people are visited by
    the nurses and other health workers.

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