Understanding Community Nursing: Philosophies, Roles, and Care Aspects

This presentation provides a comprehensive overview of community nursing in the United Kingdom, focusing on the core philosophies and beliefs that guide community nurses in their practice. It details the multifaceted roles these nurses play, including direct care provision, education, counseling, and patient advocacy, emphasizing the importance of a collaborative team approach and respect for patients. The presentation outlines the essential aspects of care, encapsulated in the '5 C's' – commitment, conscience, competence, compassion, and confidence – and highlights the necessary skills, knowledge, and attitudes required for effective community nursing. It also identifies the diverse types of patients cared for, ranging from the physically disabled to the elderly with poor health, and touches on the collaborative relationships with other healthcare professionals. The presentation concludes by underscoring the vital role community nurses play in UK society, emphasizing their commitment to health education and equitable patient treatment. Desklib provides access to this and other solved assignments for students.

Community Nursing

Table of Contents
Introduction
Main philosophies and belief of community nurses
Role of Community Nurses
The main aspect of care
Conclusion
References

Introduction
This presentation will aim to describe the role of community nursing in United
Kingdom. The main philosophies of nurses and their belief while working in
community nursing will cover in this presentation. The main aspects of care
including skills, knowledge and attitudes these nurses requires. Further, types
of patients nurses cared for and other health care professions do these nurses
work with will cover in the presentation.

Main philosophies of nurses
• Nurses work as collaborative team
• Accept and respect every patients
• Believe in involvement of the professional nurse in share governance.
• Incorporates evidence based research practice
• Responsible for lifelong learnings

Personal Belief of Nurses
• Patient should be number one priority
• Respect fellow health care providers
• Respecting organisational policy and code of conducts
• Work ethically
• Eliminate discrimination practices
• Improve level of knowledge, skills and competencies

Role of Nurses in community nursing
• Direct Care provider
• Educator
• Counsellor
• Advocate
• Providing care to all patient

Cont..
• Maintaining healthy environment
• Teaching
• Identifying the needs and referring them for service
• Preventing and reporting neglect and issues.

The main aspect of care
5 C's of which describe the main aspect of care in community nursing:
• Commitment: Nursing staff members must continually dedicate themselves to
putting their best foot forward. Commitment to nursing career also involves
continually improving one’s knowledge and skills.
• Conscience: Delivering the best possible care to patients involves a resilient
sense of moral responsibility born of a strong conscience.

Cont..
• Competence: By being punctual, determined and presenting in professional
ways, nurses can be competent.
• Compassion: Having compassion is essential for anyone in the health care
profession as it takes compassion to give patients a positive experience.
• Confidence: Confidence is the aspect of caring that ties the other 4 of the 5
C’s together.

The skills, knowledge and attitudes
community nurses required
Skills and Attitude
• Communications
• Leadership
• Listening
• Demonstration
Knowledge
• clinical nursing
• care and programme management
• clinical practice development
• clinical practice leadership

Types of Patient cared by Community Nurses
• Physically disabled
• Patient suffering from less critical disease
• Community nurse usually sees multiple patients by travelling from one home to
another.
• Provide health care to elderly, poor health and patient who have poor income.

Other health care professions do community
nurses work with
• Usually a community nurse works alone
• If they work in group health care professionals such as other doctors,
physicians and professionals will be included.