Syllabus
This course is designed to help students gain broad perspective of specialized roles and responsibilities of community health nurses and to practice in various specialized health care settings. It helps students to develop knowledge and competencies required for assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and nursing management of individuals and families within the community in wellness and illness continuum.
On completion of the course, the students will be able to 1. Demonstrate beginning practice competencies/skills relevant to provide comprehensive primary health care/community- based care to clients with common diseases and disorders including emergency and first aid care at home/clinics/centres as per predetermined protocols/drug standing orders approved by MOH&FW 2. Provide maternal, newborn and child care, and reproductive health including adolescent care in the urban and rural health care settings 3. Describe the methods of collection and interpretation of demographic data 4. Explain population control and its impact on the society and describe the approaches towards limiting family size 5. Describe occupational health hazards, occupational diseases and the role of nurses in occupational health programs 6. Identify health problems of older adults and provide primary care, counseling and supportive health services 7. Participate in screening for mental health problems in the community and providing appropriate referral services 8. Discuss the methods of data collection for HMIS, analysis and interpretation of data 9. Discuss about effective management of health information in community diagnosis and intervention 10. Describe the management system of delivery of community health services in rural and urban areas 11. Describe the leadership role in guiding, supervising, and monitoring the health services and the personnel at the PHCs, SCs and community level including financial management and maintenance of records & reports 12. Describe the roles and responsibilities of Mid-Level Health Care Providers (MHCPs) in Health Wellness Centers (HWCs 13. Identify the roles and responsibilities of health team members and explain their job description 14. Demonstrate initiative in preparing themselves and the community for disaster preparedness and management 15. Demonstrate skills in proper bio-medical waste management as per protocols 16. Explain the roles and functions of various national and international health agencies