Community health nursing is defined as the synthesis of nursing and public health

practice applied to promoting and protecting the health of population. It is a specialized field of
nursing that focuses on the health needs of communities, aggregates, and in particular vulnerable
populations. It is a practice that is continuous and comprehensive directed towards all groups of
community members. It combines all the basic elements of professional, clinical nursing with
public health and community practice.
Community Diagnosis is a comprehensive assessment of health status of the community
in relative to its social, physical and biological environment. It is a quantitative and qualitative
description of the health of citizens and the factors which influence their health. It identifies
problems, purposes areas for improvement and stimulates action.
This community diagnosis were assign to a community to conduct a community
diagnosis they frequently do this in the morning to Thursdays up to Saturdays within three weeks
covering their duty in Community Health Nursing.
Comprehensive Community Diagnosis is defined as an integrated system of care
designed to meet the health needs of individuals, families and communities in their
local settings. It includes primary prevention, i.e. prevention of health problems
and/or diseases before they occur (health promotion and disease prevention);
secondary prevention, i.e. early detection of problems or diseases and intervention
(curative care and support); and tertiary prevention, i.e. correction and prevention
of deterioration, rehabilitation and terminal care (rehabilitative care).

The purpose of this is to know what kind of community they have and how well does the
residence their identifies the community they live in. It is important to interact with the
residence, for that the researchers may know some informations regarding to their community.

This will help the researcher to further understand the community and to gain experiences
throughout their duty in the community.
Sitio Gumamela phase 4 is in need of help to the researcher, as future nurses we have to
be flexible at all the time and responsible to the people we dont know. They need to promote
health to the community. They have to conduct health teaching to the residence there. They want
to solve the problems that the community is facing. Their top priority must be focus to the health
of the residence and to the community.
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nursing_students/comm_hlth_nsg_final.pdf