PRINCIPLES OF COMMUNITY HEALTH
This discussion board is aligned with the module objective “describe basic concepts/principles of community/public health.”
As part of the discussion you will:
Compare and contrast community health/public health nursing practice with hospital-based nursing practice in terms of core functions and essentials services
Examples from the student’s practice/experience are provided to illustrate the discussion concepts.
Read the following chapters from the required course text book:
Chapter 3: Thinking Upstream: Nursing Theories and Population-Focused Practice
Chapter 4: Health Promotion and Risk Reduction
Chapter 6: Community Assessment
Chapter 7: Community Health Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation
TEXTBOOK: 2019 Community/public health nursing: Promoting the health of populations* 7th edition. Nies & McEwen
Initial Post: Minimum of two (2) total references: one (1) from required course materials and one (1) from peer-reviewed references.
INTRODUCTION, BODY AND A CONCLUSION
