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Show ROLE OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH HEALTHNURSE HEALTHNUHSE NURSE IN TIIF TJlF COBDIUNITl CO\Il\IUNIT1 CO Il IUNIT1 C011DUNITx C011DUNITxThe ! \ \ ( . publicheilth publiche'lIth publichealth The functions of the public he'lIth helIth health ' nurse are varied and com corn complex cornplex cornplex plex The community commumty mIst m ist 1st lIDder under lIDderstand understand understand stand the scope seopp and limitations of ofthese ofthese ofthese these activities in order to ut1l1ze utilize ut1l1zethem utilizethem utilizethem them fully The public health healthnurse healthnurse healthnurse nurse occ pies i 1 s ' unique lIDique position 11 it 11the itthe lithe the co-rmunlty co rmunlty comunity community , - Her salary is p'lid plid paid ' throughfunds plidby p'lidby paidby by U ti tie e a : people jeople as a \ whole hole through funds derived denved from various vanous types typesof typesof typesof . of taxes Thus . , she he is a public em employce cmplo ploce ployce } ce scnmg senmg scrsmg the whole con conmumty conmumty conmumty mumty The public publ1c health nurse nurseserves nurseserves serves a \ whole \ hole county or portion of ofa 011 011a ola a . county containing many lndlvld individ lndlvldI lndlvldual individual individual I ual to TIS 115 ns asell as \ well \\ell ell as I . isolated ohted farms farmss s altered attered over a " wide "ide ide aica alca area Be Becruse Beclusc ! c'luse cluse cruse ' of the number of people sheserves She sheserves serves and because of the tr'1\el tr'1 tr1 el tr'tsel trtsel tr'1elnece tr'tselnecesitsted tn\elncccs tn elncccs ' ' \ ] nece necesitsted < ; " itited 'Ited Ited ' the nurse must work workon \ workon ork 'on on ork'on ' on a regular schedule visiting vl5ltmg each eachIcomn eachcoma eachcomn Icomn coma unity regularly and only on ona ona ona a po ntment In each community communityespecially communityespecially communityespecially especially m 111 the school there is a aregular aregular aregular regular schedule of the nurses nursesvisits n irse s slSlts svisits \lSlts lSlts visits \ to that community commumty The pub pub1 pubI I c hsa hea th ni m tat rse is the local rep repre repre , re entatlVlof entativc entatlVl- entatlVl entahvc - of the department of ofhealth ofhealth ofhealth health and is not emplo employed } ed tu to tucompete tocompete tucompete tucompetewith compete -with with - the private pnvate duty of ofhosptal ofhospital ofhospital hosptal hospital nurses nur5es but to serve the thecommunity thecommunity thecommunity community as a unItThe unitThe unit The public publ1e health nurse is fn frc frcquently fnquenti . quentl quently } referred to as the CountY CountYNurse CountyNurse CountyNurse Nurse It is untort unfort mate that peopk people peopkstilI peoplestall peoplestill stilI stall think of her as such for that thatterm thatterm thatterm term e expresses lrcsses ) senlCe sersice sen ice to the tbe coor poor In the following follo\\mg follo mg \ resume of the thenurse thenurses thenurses nurse nurses s functions it is emphasized emphasizedthat emphasizedthat emphasizedthat that her services are available to toeveryone toeveryone toeveryone everyone in m the community commumty The ThePubllc ThePublic ThePublic Publlc Public Health Nurse is essentially essentiallya a teacher She carries carnes a generalizeanursing generallzea generalizea generallzeanUlsing generalizednuising nUlsing nursing program and e\ery e ery esery \ serVice serviceis IS designed to teach health pnnci pnncr pnncipIes pnncrplea principies pIes plea and resources In giving ser ser'JCG sersic servw \'JCG 'JCG JCG sic- sic sicto \ ' - to individuals IndlV1duals the public publtc healtl healte healtenurse healtlnurse heaittnurse nurse " works "ork.s ork.s orks . under the direction of ofthe ofthe ofthe the private pnvate physician phslcian ) No attempt attemptcan attemptcan attemptcan can be made to gn gne e a detailed 'IC IC sc 'ICcount sccount ' iccount count of the many functions of the thenurse thenurse thenurse , nurse but a . brief bnef outline outime of her herI hergeneral hergeneral hergeneral general duties folio follows " s 1 Public health education sel sea sel"ices seavices seivices I "ices ices vices " She Sbe teaches the principles pnnclples of ofhealthful ofhealthful ofhealthful healthful living phsical physical ph ; ) slcal and 11"en 11en men 11"enI'tal mental " rrental ' tal health and the prevention of ofdisease ofdisease ofdisease I'tal Ital disease 2 The instruction instrucJon ! of the parent parent'lor parentor ' or other attendant in ill the home homecare homecare homecare 'lor lor care of the sick This doe doeo " , not notmean notmean notmean mean that the nurse can give bed bed51de bedside bedside 51de side nur ing mg ring caie cale care but that she in in'structs instructs instructs 'structs structs ' structs someone in the home to tocale tocare tocaie cale care for the patient and how to tocarry tocarry tocarry carry out the physicians physician , s orders 3 Home and conference instruc mstruc instrucJons mstructions instructions Jons tions ! in the care of the newborn newborn'and newbornand newbornand 'and and ' and ths the premateuiely premateulely born Infant 4 Services to pregnant "omen omen women "omenIn womenin " womenin In the home and in health confer conferences conferences conferences ences These services are mstruc rnstruc mstructlons rnstructions instructions tlons tions in ill healthful living hVlnt ! and rou routme routine routine tme tine and llnd cannot include mclude dehvery delivery dehveryservice deliveryservice deliveryservice service 5 Services to the pie school and andschool andschool andschool school child The pievention Pleventton prevention of ofcommumcable ofcommunicable ofcommunicable commumcable communicable disease dl5ease is 15 important importantThe importantThe ImportantThe The nurs nury nurS " ' assists in m health con conferences conferences conferences ferences Immunization Immumzation cl nics nits ana mid anam midin andm m in the segregation of tl e a infect d dfrom dfrom dfrom from school She instructs the theteacher theteacher theteacher teacher m in theOlgllS thesigns the signs OlgllS of illness anahelps ana anahelps anahelps helps to w pie\ent pie ent ple\ent ple piesent \ epidemics among amongthe amongthe amongthe the school population Her most mostimportant mostimportant Important function in this res mostI ect ectIS ectis eccis I IS explaining explammg to the parents thai that thaino thaino , no child \ who \ ho Is ill 111 01 or " who "ho ho has dol al dolcold alcold acold cold should be sent to school She SheassIsts Sheassists Sheassists assIsts the phyisician phYlSlclan phyrsician with schoo schooexammabons schooexaminations schooexaminations schooexaminationsi exammabons examinations i 6 Services to the crippled or orph orphysically orphisically ph physically ) slcally handi apped child ThIs ThIsmcludes Thisincludes Thisincludes mcludes includes horre home and clinic chmc servIces servIcesand servicesand servicesand and aid in securing securmg medical medJcal or ordental ordental ordental dental attention attpntton for those unablew unableto unable | to w finance such treatment case casefinding Caseending Casefinding finding ending is an important functIOn functionof of the nurse as many parents parentshesitate parentshesitate parentshesitate hesitate to seek aid tor for the handi hands handicapped handscapped handicapped capped children through a false falsesense falsesense falsesense sense of shame sbame 7 Services ServJces to adults Includes Includessamtatton includessanitation includessanitation samtatton sanitation health instruction mstructlon nu nuItntlOn nutntion nutntion ItntlOn tntion and teaching hedsid bedsld bedsid " ' care caredemonstrations caredemonstrations caredemonstrations demonstrations and many miscel laneous functions 8 Communicable disease services servicesThe servicesThe servicesThe The nurse instructs in the home homethe homethe homethe the care of infectious mfectlous cases to w pre prevent prevent prevent vent a spread of Infectionlithu infection \lithu lithu within withinthe \ withinthe . the home and from the home to toother toother tuother other homes She aids the teachers teachersin teachersm m in segregating segregatmg possible posstble communicable communi communicablc communicable cablc cable diseases This hcrvice servIce also alsoIncludes alsoincludes alsoIncludes Includes tuberculosis and venereal venerealdl5eases venerealdiseases venerealdiseases venerealdiseasesTo dl5eases diseases dl5easesTo diseasesTo To accomplish accomphsh this thJS varied vancd pro program program program gram the public health n JJ T rsp rap < ; P must mustbe mustbe mustbe be a highly trained \ worker orlCer "Ith Ith with "Ithpost withpost " withpost post publie publlc graduate training tralmng in the pub llc lie health field Her work Is In Inclose inclose close ptgenciesin association with WJth all ptgencies agencfes agenciesin agencfesin in the thc community commumty Including the theschools theschools theschools schools welfare agency city nd ndcounty ndcounty county officials offlcmls andservice and service rv1ce clubsThe clubs clubsThe The standard set bet for pub publ ! e c cwealth erealth wealth nurses nurs's nurss ( ' in the United States StatesIS Statesis Itealth IS one public Dubhc health n\lrse n lrse nurse nurse \ for for'Ieery fores fore\ery fore ery ' es \ ery 2000 population Grand coun coup coupty county 'Ie\ery 'Ie Ie ery ty tyould \ would \\ould ould have an id rd al dl set up it If it it"ere itwere itwere "ere ere were " not for the fact that the thepopulation thepopulation Ipopulatlon population is scttpredI scttpredThe seitteredThe scittered sc\ttpred sc ttpred se-ittered se ittered scitteredThe - ' \ The pubic publ c health nurse ni m rsc rse is a apub apubl I perform publ pub ) c servant and is willing wllIing to per form any task ho hovever ve"er veer vever " UJlpleasant unpleasant unpleasantin UJlpleasantIn In hei hel her fieldMiss field tleJd fieldMiss I IMI Miss MI & Dorothy Corbin has gone to toWasatch toWasatch toWasatch Wasatch academy at Mt Ple'lsant Plelsant Pleasant Ple'lsantI"here Pleasantwhere Pleisantwhere ' I"here Ihere where " she will scull be employed emploHd on tho thoSChOOl th th"school thschool " ' SChOOl publication pubhcatlon for some time , |