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Nurses who decide that they want to work outside of a hospital environment and have more autonomy in their nursing practice may need to earn a bachelor’s degree in nursing. In an What Is Community Health Nursing? Community health nursing involves a holistic approach to patient care. Interventions are aimed at individuals, families and groups within a geographic area. Nursing care focuses on managing and preventing diseases as well as educating a community about maintaining well-being. To determine how to educate and treat a community, nurses should consider the following: • Cultural beliefs • Environment • Lifestyle • Socioeconomic factors Why Is Community Health Nursing Important? Community health nursing is important because there are members of society who do not have access to healthcare. Nurses work in communities to reach people who need assistance with treating medical conditions and maintaining their health. Some community members need nurses to visit them in their homes or be available locally so they can walk or take public transportation to meet with them. Some reasons why community members may not seek out medical care include: • They are unable to pay for healthcare. • They have no insurance. • They have no transportation. • They are not able to physically travel to a physician’s office or hospital. • They lack knowledge of where to go for healthcare. What Are the Responsibilities of a Community Health Nurse? Community health nurses possess strong clinical and...

On May 1, 2017, the American Nurses Association Enterprise (ANAE) launched ™ a program designed to improve the health of the Nation's 4.3M nurses - one nurse at a time by engaging individual nurses and partner organizations to take action within six domains: physical activity, rest, nutrition, quality of life, safety, and mental health. As one of the most trusted professions, nurses have enormous potential to lead health care change as role models, advocates, and educators. Nurses support patients to live life to the fullest, and they deserve the same privilege. ANA believes that nurse wellbeing must be safeguarded, and that ill-health should not be an inevitable by-product of dedicated nursing practice. A healthy nurse lives life to the fullest capacity, across the wellness/illness continuum, as they become stronger role models, advocates, and educators; personally, for their families, their communities and work environments, and ultimately for their patients. A healthier you means healthier patients Just think, if all 4 million registered nurses increase their personal wellness and support some of their family, community, co-workers, and patients to do the same, what a healthier world we would live in. About Healthy Nurse, Healthy Nation™ HNHN is a program designed to transform the health of the nation by supporting nurses to take positive action to improve their health as the program: • Broadly connects and engages individual nurses and partner organizations to take act...