Question

What is the role of the nurse in community settings?

How does health care differ in 'illness' care?

How can nurses influence health at the community level?

please answer all of these in different paragraph

Answer 1

The roles of a nurse in community are

• To support population health
• the role and responsibilities is to treat both the sick and healthy individuals
• To deliver preventive health care services
• planning health services
• Health educate the individual
• Disease prevention
• Emergency and health care services before and after disasters

Difference between health care and illness care are as following. Health care is diagnosing ,or to rule out the diseases.. It can be screening procedures like mammogram, health check up, Health care involves the physician,nurse,NP,Managers,care taker.It enables the patient to get all his needs done under one roof.

Illness care means the care given to the patient when

The is sick in the hospital, primary health centre, clinics. This care are given both to acute and chronic illness patients.

The nurse can influence health in the community by health education , awareness program, health care policy like Medicaid and Medicare, Preventive measures taught to the community, making home visit for the needy as per the norms of the government.