Question Answered step-by-step FORMULATE A REFLECTION BASED ON THIS TOPIC:TOPIC: UPDATES AND TRENDS ON COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING As the health care system shifts health services delivery from the hospital sector into the community and from an illness care system toward a health protection and promotion model, it is important to understand how community health nursing will be shaped. Because most of the literature identifying issues and recommendations in nursing is aimed at nursing as a whole, and the literature specific to community health nursing is limited, it is important to gather national information on issues facing the community health nursing and to develop strategies and recommendations for shaping an improved health care system. Shaping community health nursing to align and lead this broad health system change is essential to optimizing system effectiveness and efficiency.Staff shortages and recruitment and retention issues have been recurrent challenges for health services in Community Health Nursing. Community health nursing is facing particular challenges in education, recruitment, and retention of nurses. Community health nursing is facing particular challenges in education, recruitment, and retention of nurses. Workforce challenges are compounded by inadequate preparation of graduating nurses to practice in community health settings.Home care is the most rapidly growing area of community health, and palliative care is the most rapidly growing area of home care. We are recognizing that patients can recover well with support at home, and it is very effective and cheaper than hospital care. Currently, we tend to see women living longer than men. On average, women tend to care for their ill husbands at home until the husband passes away. At that point it is common for women to move into a lodge or a seniors’ community, often for company and security. In recent years, men have begun to catch up to women in life expectancy. The expectation is that we are going to start seeing greater numbers of senior couples aging together in their own homes, and possibly a greater need for home care and community care.Overall CHNs clearly articulate a number of challenges contributing to a sense of crisis that influence their practice. Priority issues to advance community health nursing practice were a definition of community health nursing practice, practice environments that support the full scope of practice and holistic care, nurses prepared in community health nursing, and research funds for community health nursing. Health Science Science Nursing NURSING CHN114 Share QuestionEmailCopy link Comments (0)
Question Answered step-by-step FORMULATE A REFLECTION BASED ON THIS TOPIC:TOPIC: UPDATES AND TRENDS ON COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING As the health care system shifts health services delivery from the hospital sector into the community and from an illness care system toward a health protection and promotion model, it is important to understand how community health nursing will be shaped. Because most of the literature identifying issues and recommendations in nursing is aimed at nursing as a whole, and the literature specific to community health nursing is limited, it is important to gather national information on issues facing the community health nursing and to develop strategies and recommendations for shaping an improved health care system. Shaping community health nursing to align and lead this broad health system change is essential to optimizing system effectiveness and efficiency.Staff shortages and recruitment and retention issues have been recurrent challenges for health services in Community Health Nursing. Community health nursing is facing particular challenges in education, recruitment, and retention of nurses. Community health nursing is facing particular challenges in education, recruitment, and retention of nurses. Workforce challenges are compounded by inadequate preparation of graduating nurses to practice in community health settings.Home care is the most rapidly growing area of community health, and palliative care is the most rapidly growing area of home care. We are recognizing that patients can recover well with support at home, and it is very effective and cheaper than hospital care. Currently, we tend to see women living longer than men. On average, women tend to care for their ill husbands at home until the husband passes away. At that point it is common for women to move into a lodge or a seniors’ community, often for company and security. In recent years, men have begun to catch up to women in life expectancy. The expectation is that we are going to start seeing greater numbers of senior couples aging together in their own homes, and possibly a greater need for home care and community care.Overall CHNs clearly articulate a number of challenges contributing to a sense of crisis that influence their practice. Priority issues to advance community health nursing practice were a definition of community health nursing practice, practice environments that support the full scope of practice and holistic care, nurses prepared in community health nursing, and research funds for community health nursing. Health Science Science Nursing NURSING CHN114 Share QuestionEmailCopy link Comments (0)
