NURS 40020: Community Health Nursing: Home

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This is a guide to finding resources for completing the Community Nursing Diagnosis Assessment Instrument for the Community Health Nursing course, NURS 40020.

Click on the tabs above to learn about resources with information related to:

• Demographics
• Vital/Health Statistics
• Health Care System
• Crime
• Community Information

Have any questions on finding information about your community?

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Why do this Community Nursing Assessment?

What is the relationship between the social environment of a community and its health?

Acknowledging that the social environment influences population health, the Healthy People 2020 initiative includes a focus on the Social Determinants of Health:

• Economic Stability
• Education
• Social and Community Context
• Health and Health Care
• Neighborhood and Built Environment

How can you as a nurse help create social and physical environments that promote good health for all?

"The community health nursing course  is designed to meet the  Community Health Nursing Competencies established by the  Quad Council (ACHNE is one of its affiliate organizations) ... Students work in groups to collect community assessment data; analyze the data to determine the strengths and/or needs of an assigned geopolitical community; develop a Community Nursing Diagnosis; identify outcomes; and develop and evaluate a  real-time program."

   - Professor Nancy Jones

Click here to view the Quad Council Community Health Nursing Competencies.