Question

1. What is the principle behind public health nursing?

2. How does a community health nurse promote health and prevent disease in the community?

3. What is the goal of Healthy People 2020?

PS: Please try to answer as much as you can if not all.

Answer 1

Answer 1: The public health nurse mainly emphasize on primary intervention to create a better and safe environment for the people. It also reduces the chances of the disease development. The public health nurse on the principles of prevention, protection and promotion of health. They also indulge themselves in policy making. The public health nurse educate the public to promote health. The public health nurse achieve the greatest good. The public health nurse uses the optimal resources to bring out better results.

Answer 2: Community health nurse plays major role in promoting the health of the community and individual.. The community health nurse educate, provide instructions and preventive measures to reduce the health disparities among the community. The community health nurse enable people to manage their disease, reduce the chances of development of chronic disease by imparting knowledge to them. Intervention could also resuces the chances of disease occurrence. For example, the community health nurse can intervene about the lack of medical facilities faced by the community.

Answer3: The goal of Healthy People 2020 includes:

• promotion of good health of the people.
• To attain the high quality of life.
• To achieve disease free conditions.
• To eliminate the health disparities.
• To create safe environment for the people to stay fit and healthy.