Rasmussen College Foundations of Public and Community Health Nursing Discussion

Competency

Describe the foundations of public and community health nursing.

Scenario

The faculty in your nursing program have asked senior nursing students to create an infographic to improve potential nursing students’ understanding of public and community health nursing. You are a senior nursing student who has just completed your community rotation. You are very excited to share information about the world of public and community health nursing with incoming nursing students.

Instruction

Prepare an infographic that:

• Explains the scope of the public and community health nurse’s role.
• Describes the importance of public health nursing to the community well-being.
• Illustrates the role of the public health nurse from the 1800s to present day.
• Explains how public health operations work in the local community and state-level health systems.
• Defines settings where nurses address the needs of community-based populations.
• Provides stated ideas with professional language and attribution for credible sources with correct APA citation, spelling, and grammar in the infographic.