This paper examines the implications of the movement towards evidence-based health care for community-based, primary health care nursing in Australia. While both aim to improve health status, we argue that they are antithetical in many respects. Community nurse practitioners draw upon primary health care principles and adopt a holistic, preventive, empowering approach to working with and in com...

Objective To develop and validate an instrument that addresses the interventions/activities carried out by the family health team as reference for staff planning. Method Methodological research developed in stages: instrument development, content validation, and pilot test in three units located in the southeastern region of Brazil. Results 39 interventions were validated in a single instrument...

PURPOSE This paper presents findings from six community focus groups that addressed the impact of academic nurse-managed centers (ANMCs) on the overall community being served as well as the quality of care provided in the centers. DATA SOURCES Experts in focus group methodology from a public health institute conducted the six focus groups at ANMCs from four universities in the Midwest. Discus...

Nurse scientists are increasingly recognizing the necessity of conducting research with community groups to effectively address complex health problems and successfully translate scientific advancements into the community. Although several barriers to conducting research with community groups exist, community-based participatory research (CBPR) has the potential to mitigate these barriers. CBPR...

BACKGROUND Compulsory community service (CCS) for nurses commenced in South African January 2008 after it was legislated in the new Nursing Act (Act No. 33 of 2005). Nurses completing their registered nurse programme are registered as community nurse practitioners (CNPs) during the CCS period and make up the largest number of health professionals serving CCS. Whilst health institutions have wel...

Role Preparation for Advanced Practice Nursing: Practicing Consultation and Collaboration Skills Nurse educators are charged with ensuring that graduates are well prepared to function in the context of an ever-evolving and increasingly complex health care environment. Professional consultation and collaboration skills have been identifi ed as necessary for the advanced practice nurse, yet teach...

UNLABELLED BACKGROUND The patient-nurse relationship is a traditional concern of healthcare research. However, patient-nurse interaction is under examined from a social perspective. Current research focuses mostly on specific contexts of care delivery and experience related to medical condition or illness, or to nurses' speciality. Consequentially, this paper is about the social meanings and...

The purpose of this study was to identify and describe the role of the psychiatric/community mental health nurse in the context of primary health care in which mental health is an integral part of the general health care system and in a specific socio-economic background. Nine (9) community mental health nurses who graduated from a local training program for community mental health nurses at po...

In the summer of 2020, during height civil unrest across our nation, American Organization for Nursing Leadership (AONL) launched Diversity and Belonging Committee. The committee’s vision is to unleash potential a diverse united nurse leader community. Through research, education, advocacy, team aims create nursing community culture where all nurses health care workers can thrive.

The public health nurse has become an essential link in bringing the science of public health to the community. The significance of the development of this branch of the nursing profession is emphasized by a broadened objective, from the care of the sick poor in their homes to the present concept of community nursing, embracing those services which prevent and relieve sickness, prolong life, an...