Community Health Nursing - Practical DNSG 2126

Course description:

This course designed to prepare the student to work in the community settings such as primary care centers, mother child health centers, schools and other work settings. In the Palestinian community centers, student can acquire different nursing skills in health promotion, home visits, health education, disease prevention and health maintenance; in addition, the course will provide the students opportunity how to deal with patient of different chronic diseases, oriented about Palestinian immunization & vaccination program, level of health care delivery and other common community health problems. 

Course Aims:

The primary goal of this course is to give students the opportunity to actively function as nurses in the community-based settings learning to manage, educate and coordinate continuity of care within the community. They participate actively in providing primary health regarding  health education health promotions, screening as well as participating in governmental and non-governmental immunization programs contributing to improving the health of the community.dealing with chronically ill patients, mother care and child care.

Course outcomes:

At the end of this of this course، students will be able to:
  • Use the community nursing process in the community.
  • Develop teaching plans appropriate to the health needs of individuals, families, groups and population.
  • Collaborate with members of health team in performing screening programs for children, families and communities.
  • Administer various types of available vaccines appropriately according to the vaccination schedule in Gaza.
  • Follow up the growth and development pattern of a baby during a routine visit to the maternal child health clinic.
  • Carry out a home visit whenever indicated considering the preparation phase of the visit.
  • Use therapeutic, communication techniques with clients, families, and groups of varying cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds.
  • Document nursing interventions with accuracy and confidentiality.
  • Provide good nursing care for chronic ill patients as teaching, nursing intervention an health promotion.