Module 1

NUR4636 – Community Health Nursing

Case Study

Chapter 1: The Journey Begins: Introduction to Community

Health Nursing

The nursing student is attending a 1-day orientation at the agency to learn about

community health nursing. The nurse is reviewing that community health nursing

has opportunities and challenges to keep the nurse interested and involved in a

community-focused career for a lifetime. The presenter has provided the students

with a list of questions about what was learned during the day. The student nurses

each have to prepare a 3-minute presentation for the question assigned to them

1. What is community health and public health?

2. What is meant by the concept of community?

3. What are the differences among the three levels of prevention?

4. What are the eight characteristics of community health nursing?