Community Health Nursing
Objectives
The Department of Community Health Nursing will be accountable:
- Impart teaching to the students in the subject of community health nursing as per prescribed course of INC.
- To provide the practical experience intend to render the services to the mankind in community settings.
- To maintain and update the community health nursing and nutrition lab as per the advancement.
- To make necessary arrangements for providing placement in rural and urban health sectors annually.
- To document all activities undertaken by members of the department.
- To conduct programme for professional development.
- To provide quality nursing care to individuals, families and community people in both rural and urban areas through multidisciplinary approach.
- To expand research potential through conducting research.
- To provide advisory and consultation services in the field of community health nursing, including education and research.
Functions
- The department conducts educational activities associated with community settings.
- The department develops and refines the teaching content.
- The department manages and maintains the inventory of community health nursing and nutrition lab.
- Manages the affiliations process for affiliating the rural and urban health centres of government for providing clinical exposure.
- Prepares and refine the evaluation criteria for various procedures as well as clinical activities.
- The department hosts CNE once in two years.
- Celebrates Health days with students and in collaboration with other departments.
- The department holds meeting at least once in a year to analyse the departmental activities.
Thrust Areas in Research
- Comprehensive nursing care for the public including the role of artificial intelligence
- Rural Health Care including its monitoring, supportive supervision, evaluation
- Nutritional support for vulnerable groups
- Health Programmes and policies
- Adolescent Health
Laboratory Objectives
- To make the students understand the concept of health, community health and community health nursing.
- To make the students understand the principles of epidemiology and epidemiological methods.
- To understand and enumerate principles of Nutrition.
- To get the students acquainted with the various services provided to the community and role of the community health nurse.
- To demonstrate skill in practicing effective nursing care and nutritional assessment.
- To plan normal and therapeutic diet for individuals and families.
- To identify environmental health hazards and health problems of the country.
- To develop skill in students in providing health education.