Keberadaan perawat untuk memenuhi
kebutuhan masyarakat dengan latar
belakang kebutuhan yang beragam
Perawat menggunakan pengetahuan dan
beragam ketrampilan dalam praktek
komunitas
Perawat bekerja pada area khusus atau
agregat.
Tujuan : meningkatkan derajat kesehatan
masyarakat dengan praktek : Penelitian,
pendidikan, organisasi, kerjasama
Proses aktif dengan pengalaman yang unik
dengan melibatkan pengetahuan, perhatian,
nilai, kepercayaan dan budaya pada masyarakat
Contoh : Terjadi peningkatan kasus hepatitis di
suatu wilayah . Perawat komunitas bekerja lebih
tidak hanya merawat pasien hepatitis pada
individu. Tetapi Juga :
1. Menggunakan ketrampilan untuk mengetahui
kemungkinan sumber infeksi
2. Kolaborasi dengan tim peleyanan kesehatan
yang lain untuk mencegah peningkatan
Community-oriented, population-focused
careemploys population-based skills and is
shaped by the characteristics and needs of a
given community.
Public health nurses provide community-
oriented, population-focused care when
they count and interview homeless people
sleeping in a park and, based on these data,
help develop a program to provide food,
clothing, shelter, health care, and job
training for this population
PrinsipPerawat Komunitas
1. Focus on the Community.
The client or unit of care is the population
2. Give priority to Community Needs.
The primary obligation is to achieve the
greatest good for the greatest number of
people or the population as a whole
3. Work in partnership With the people. The
processes used by public health nurses include
working with the client as an equal partner
4. Focus on primary prevention.
Primary prevention is the priority in selecting
appropriate activities
5. promote a healthful environment.
Public health nursing focuses on strategies that
create healthy environmental, social, and
economic conditions in which populations may
thrive
6. Target all Who Might Benefit.
A public health nurse is obligated to actively
identify and reach out to all who might benefit
from a specific activity or service
7. promote Optimum allocation of Resources.
Optimal use of available resources to ensure
the best overall improvement in the health
of the population is a key element of the
practice
8. Collaborate with Others in the Community.
Collaboration with a variety of other
professions, populations, organizations, and
other stakeholder groups is the most
effective way to promote and protect the
health of the people