Community Health NursingASN 260Population-Focused CareHome care & Communicable DiseasesChapter 3-Wong/Chapter 6-ATIS. Tapp MSN, BSN, RN 1

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Objectives• The student will be able to:

• Identify common conditions amenable to home care

• Discuss the nurse’s role in providing home care

• Discuss modes of transmission associated with communicable disease

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Amenable conditions• Safe• Infection control • Support• Transportation• Knowledgeable • Telephone

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Nurses role in Home care• Care provider• Educator• Advocate• Manager• Recorder• Evaluater

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Communicable Disease• International Health Concern• Responsible for the deaths of millions each year• Leading causes

• Acute respiratory infections, AIDS, Diarrheal diseases, TB , Malaria, Measles

• Populations• Young children, older adults, immunosuppressed clients, high risk

lifestyle, international travelers, health care workers.• Modes of transmission

• Airborne, Foodborne, Waterborne, Vector-borne, Direct contact

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Community Health Nurses role• Surveillance• Reporting of communicable diseases

• Anthrax• Hepatitis A-C• Malaria• Pertussis• Smallpox• Syphilis• Vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

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Objectives Review• The student will be able to:

• Identify common conditions amenable to home care

• Discuss the nurse’s role in providing home care

• Discuss modes of transmission associated with communicable disease

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