Community Health Nursing
OVERVIEW
The Department of Community Health Nursing is focused on fostering and strengthening the relationship of the College with the community. The Department imparts quality education to the students and is committed to preparing them as exemplary community health nurses. The Department of Community Health Nursing is involved training of under-graduate and post-graduate nursing students in the field of Community Health Nursing. . Students are provided opportunity to participate at all level of health care delivery in order to reach the highest ladder of capacity building linkage for enhancement in public health. And well- being with other colleagues, organizations, corporate, and Government institution are also provided. At present the department includes qualified staffs who are fully involved in training students in Community Health Nursing in promoting health and preventing illness.
The department has been performs various forms of health education programs. Department of Community Health Nursing is developing the competent community health nurses by providing them with appropriate knowledge, skills, and developing positive attitude for working in community.
The department actively participates in extension activities like nutritional demonstration, school health programmes, individual and group health educations, observation visits, involved in other national health programmes and health camps.
The Department of Community Health Nursing to provide in depth knowledge in community health nursing concepts, philosophy, principles and practice. The Department functions with the belief that every patient coming to a health care institution belongs to a family and community and hence considers holistic care are of utmost importance.
Vision
Strive to attain excellence in nursing education and service in community setting and to offer diverse learning experience that facilitates the development of competent community health nurse and valuable citizens, who demonstrate excellence in community service, family & individual care, education and research.
Mission
This institution has recognized the health care needs of the society and thereby department of community health nursing aims to prepare nurses to assume responsibilities as professional, competent nurses in providing promotive, preventive, curative and rehabilitative services to the community.
Philosophy
The Department believes that a rigorous education prepares the graduates to pursue a career as a Community Health Nurse all the while maintaining their cultural, social and religious identity Community Health Nursing is a professional practice discipline which offers a valuable service to the public by working with individuals, families, groups and communities to develop and implement strategies to meet health care needs.
Community Health Nursing Department is fortified by a culture of integrity and excellence in its commitment to educate students who is prepared to face recognize the challenges that result from continual changes in the structure and delivery of healthcare; the varying complexities of health conditions; the variety of advances in healthcare settings and the explosion of health information and technology, with a spirit of fairness, justice, community service, social responsibility for others and the courage to be innovative.
Core Values
To assume responsibilities as professional, competent nurses in providing promotive, preventive, curative and rehabilitative healthcare services in community setting.
Aims
- The aim of community health nursing practice is to promote health and efficiency.
- To Prevention and control diseases and disabilities.
- Need based health care to prolong life.
- Participate in field team activities at the primary health care level.
- Identify and utilize available resources in community.
- To give health education on all peoples.
Objective
At the end of the course students will be able to
- Identify the health needs and problems of individuals, families and community. Develop skills in planning, implementing and evaluating health care services to individuals, families and community in the rural setting.
- Provide comprehensive family health care by using the nursing process approach.
- Demonstrate the ability to educate and counsel the community and school children using different approaches.
- Assist in family welfare services.
- Recognize the health care delivery systems and their role in providing services to community.
- Study various functions and participate in the activities of primary health centre.
- Identify the supervisory responsibilities of community health nurse.
- Conduct community health assessments
- Develop and implement health promotion programs
- Provide disease prevention and management services
- Coordinate care with other healthcare providers
- Advocate for health equity
Facilities
Thirubhuvani-PHC and its surrounding area of:
- Thirubhuvanai
- Kalitheerthalkuppam
- Sanniyasikuppam
- Thirubhuvani Palyam
- Madagadipet
- Kothapurinatham
- Andiyarpalayam
Urban Health training center at Villupuram and its surrounding areas of :
- Kappur
- Anangur
- Ayyur agaram
Rural Health Training Centre at Thiruvennainallur
- Kirimedu
- Chithilingamadam
- Periyasevalai
Adopted villages of Vinayagampattu and medical colleges for practicesr
- Community bags
- Flash card
- Instruments and equipments
- Drugs
- Family folder and all health assessment formats
- A.V.Aids
- Models
- Flannel graph
- Chart
- Flip chart
- Puppets
- Posters
- Banners
Research in Community
Nursing research is vital to the nursing profession and is necessary for continuing advancements that promote quality nursing care. Nursing research is essential for the development of empirical knowledge that enables nursing students to provide evidence based nursing care .The faculty and students are constantly motivated to focus on the research activities to promote quality health outcomes for individuals, families, communities and health care systems. Our department has conducted projects in and thesis in several aspects and published in national and international indexed journals for findings were published in our community settings.
Social Responsibility
Community health Nursing Department prepare the student nurses regularly work closely with members of the public. This frequent contact helps them assess the most pressing issues facing community members as well as encourage lifestyle changes and offer education on healthy living particularly to the most vulnerable in society.
Best Practices
Education
1
Disaster management training
2
Community first aid management
3
Village cleaning drive
4
Vector source reduction activities
5
Global burdening disease awareness rally
Thrust Area
- Community Based Rehabilitation Service
- Maternal and Child Health
- Community Nutrition
- Communicable & Non-communicable Disease
- Geriatric Health
- Tele-Nursing
