What is a Community/ Public Health Nurse?
Summary
TLDRThe video script highlights the transformative power of community health and public health nursing, contrasting it with traditional bedside nursing. It follows Maria, a nurse who, after witnessing preventable suffering like that of her patient Ted, explores various nursing roles outside the hospital. She learns about maternal and child health, school nursing, public health assessments, occupational health, home care, and hospice care. Maria discovers that community nurses can impact lives on a broader scale, preventing issues before they escalate, and concludes that nursing offers diverse opportunities to make a significant difference.
Takeaways
- 🏥 Traditional nurses work at the bedside in hospitals, focusing on direct patient care.
- 🌟 Nurses are driven by a desire to make a difference in patients' lives and alleviate suffering.
- 🔍 Maria, a nurse, realizes that many patient issues could be prevented with early intervention.
- 🤔 Maria ponders how her role could extend beyond the hospital to reach patients sooner.
- 👶 Maternal and Child Healthcare nurses visit new moms and babies at home to ensure a healthy start.
- 🏫 School nurses educate children about healthy eating and conduct health screenings to detect early issues.
- 🌍 Public Health nurses assess community needs at a broader level, using epidemiology to identify trends and diseases.
- 🏢 Occupational Health nurses work in companies to ensure employee safety and identify potential health problems.
- 🏠 Home health nurses, or visiting nurses, provide care to very sick patients in the comfort of their own homes.
- 💖 Hospice nurses offer end-of-life care, providing a sense of closure for patients and families seeking a peaceful death.
- 🌱 Community Health nurses can engage in advocacy and policy work, influencing health outcomes on a larger scale.
Q & A
What is the traditional image of a nurse that most people have?
-The traditional image of a nurse that most people have is someone who takes care of patients at the bedside in a hospital.
Why do most nurses become nurses according to the script?
-Most nurses become nurses because they genuinely want to make a difference and improve their patients' lives.
What is the potential drawback of a hospital-based nursing role as seen by Maria?
-The potential drawback is that hospital-based nurses often see patients after their conditions have worsened, which could have been prevented with early detection and intervention.
Who is Ted in the script and what is his situation?
-Ted is a 53-year-old overweight patient with diabetes who has been admitted multiple times for complications related to his weight and diabetes. He is currently admitted for a below-the-knee amputation.
What role does Maria consider that could have helped prevent Ted's situation?
-Maria considers the role of a community health or public health nurse, who could have potentially helped prevent Ted's situation through early detection and intervention.
What are some of the community nursing roles that Maria learns about?
-Maria learns about maternal and child healthcare nurses, school nurses, public health nurses, occupational health nurses, home health nurses, and hospice nurses.
What do maternal and child healthcare nurses do?
-Maternal and child healthcare nurses visit new moms in their homes to ensure the babies have a healthy start and that high-risk new moms learn important childcare skills.
What is the role of a school nurse?
-School nurses teach children about healthy eating habits at an early age and perform health screenings to identify early health problems.
What does Maria discover about public health nurses?
-Maria discovers that public health nurses work at the state or municipal level, assess entire communities to identify health issues, and are skilled in epidemiology to track disease trends.
How do occupational health nurses contribute to employee health?
-Occupational health nurses work in companies or hospitals to keep employees safe at work and screen for early health problems.
What is the significance of hospice nurses' work according to the script?
-Hospice nurses care for patients at the end of life, providing a sense of closure for patients and families by ensuring a 'good death' according to the patient's wishes.
What conclusion does Maria reach about community and public health nursing roles?
-Maria concludes that community and public health nurses have a greater opportunity to positively influence patients' lives, can see the big picture, advocate for their patients, and work to prevent serious problems before they begin.
Outlines
👩⚕️ The Broad Impact of Community Health Nursing
The script introduces the concept of community health nursing, contrasting it with the traditional hospital bedside nursing. It emphasizes the potential for nurses to make a significant difference at a population level rather than on an individual basis. The story of Maria, a nurse who works in a hospital but is moved by the preventable health issues of her patients, is used to illustrate the narrative. Maria's encounter with a patient named Ted, who is facing an amputation due to complications from diabetes, prompts her to consider a career shift towards community health to prevent such issues. The script outlines various community nursing roles, including maternal and child healthcare, school nursing, public health, occupational health, and hospice care, highlighting the diverse ways nurses can contribute to public health and the potential for higher job satisfaction.
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Keywords
💡Community Health Nurse
💡Public Health Nurse
💡Maternal and Child Healthcare Nurse
💡School Nurse
💡Epidemiology
💡Occupational Health Nurse
💡Hospice Nurse
💡Grassroots Advocacy
💡Preventive Care
💡Health Equity
Highlights
Nurses often envision themselves caring for patients at the bedside in hospitals.
Nurses are motivated by a desire to alleviate patient suffering and improve their lives.
Community health or public health nurses have the potential to make a significant impact on entire populations.
Maria, a nurse, is inspired by the idea of preventing health issues rather than just treating them.
Maria's patient Ted exemplifies the preventable health complications that can arise from lifestyle choices.
Ted's story illustrates the potential for early intervention to prevent severe health outcomes.
Maria considers how her nursing role could be expanded to reach patients before severe health issues develop.
Maternal and Child Healthcare nurses support new mothers and infants, promoting healthy starts.
School nurses play a crucial role in teaching children about health and identifying early issues.
Public Health nurses assess community health needs and are skilled in epidemiology.
Occupational Health nurses ensure workplace safety and screen for early health problems.
Home care or 'hospice' nurses provide critical care for very sick patients in familiar surroundings.
Hospice nurses experience high job satisfaction through supporting patients and families at the end of life.
Community Health nurses can also engage in advocacy or policy work to influence health outcomes.
Maria concludes that community and public health nursing roles offer broader opportunities to improve patient lives.
Community nurses can address health issues on a larger scale and advocate for their patients.
Maria is excited by the variety of interesting nursing jobs available outside of traditional hospital settings.
Working in community or public health allows nurses to prevent serious problems before they start.
Transcripts
so what kind of a nurse do you want to
be most people including nursing
students have a vision of nurses that
take care of patients at the bedside in
a
hospital we all agree that nurses do not
like to see their patients suffer and
they want to make their patients lives
better and most nurses become nurses
because they really want to make a
difference so what if you can make a big
difference instead of just one person at
a time that's the power of a community
health or public health nurse they take
care of
populations let's meet Maria Maria
graduated about a year ago she works at
major city Hospital on a busy floor and
she loves her job but she realizes that
the patients she sees have one huge
thing in common mainly that the problems
they have all could have been prevented
like Ted the 53-year-old overweight
patient with diabetes in
7A he has been admitted multiple times
for complications related to his weight
and
diabetes currently he has been admitted
for a below the knee amputation which
makes Maria very sad and she wonders if
early detection and intervention could
have prevented this major traumatic
surgery and suffering Maria knows how
hard it will be for t
who has been the primary bread winner in
his family and has worked for 20 years
as a fireman she wonders what is life
will be like after his
amputation Maria also wonders how her
role as a nurse could reach patients
sooner so that patients like Ted don't
have to
suffer so Maria starts investigating
other possibilities for nursing roles
and learns that there are many jobs out
there in the community that she never
thought of before
Maria learned that there are maternal
and Child Healthcare nurses who visit
new moms in their home to ensure that
the babies get off to A Healthy Start
and that high-risk new moms learn
important Child Care
skills she discovered that School nurses
teach children healthy eating habits at
an early age and perform Health screens
to pick up early health
problems Maria discovered Public Health
nurses work at the state or Municipal
level and often assess their whole
communities to see what problems need to
be addressed they are skilled in
epidemiology and know the latest trends
and diseases like new cases of TB or a
measles
outbreak she was happy to learn about
Occupational Health nurses or employee
health nurses who work in companies or
hospitals and keep the employees safe at
work and also screen to identify early
problems although Maria had heard about
visiting nurses also called Hare nurses
she didn't realize how very sick
patients were when discharged from the
hospital and what a difference being hom
met to the patient especially Elders
they get better much faster in familiar
surroundings Maria was also surprised to
learn about the high job satisfaction of
hospice nurses who cared for patients at
the end of life she learned that there
is a satisfying sense of closure in
being there for patients and families
whose goal is to experience a good death
according to the patient's
wishes Maria also learned that some
Community Health nurses work with
Grassroots advocacy groups or as a
lobbyist and get involved at the policy
level after researching the numerous
kinds of community and public health
nursing roles Maria concluded that
nurses working in the community have a
greater opportunity to positively
influence their patients lives Community
nurses can see the big picture and know
how to advocate for their patients but
Maria's big takeaway was how many really
interesting jobs there are outside of
the hospital and by working at the
community or public health level she can
work to stop many serious problems
before they
begin so now that you've seen the light
where will you go
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