OBJECTIVES

The Department of Community Health Nursing will be accountable:

Impart teaching to the students in the subject of community health nursing as per prescribed course of INC.

To provide the practical experience intend to render the services to the mankind in community settings.

To maintain and update the community health nursing and nutrition lab as per the advancement.

To make necessary arrangements for providing placement in rural and urban health sectors annually.

To document all activities undertaken by members of the department.

To conduct programme for professional development.

To provide quality nursing care to individuals, families and community people in both rural and urban areas of community through multidisciplinary approach.

To expand research potential through conducting research.

To provide advisory and consultation services in the field of community health nursing, including education and research

FUNCTIONS

The department conducts educational activities associated with community settings.

The department develops and refines the teaching content.

The department manages and maintains the inventory of community health nursing and nutrition lab.

Manages the affiliations process for affiliating the rural and urban health centres of government for providing clinical exposure.

Prepares and refine the evaluation criteria for various procedures as well as clinical activities.

The department hosts CNE once in two years.

Celebrates Health days with students and in collaboration with other departments.

The departmental hold meeting at least once in a year to analyse the departmental activities.

LABORATORY OBJECTIVES

To make the students understand the concept of health, community health and community health nursing.

To make the students understand the principles of epidemiology and epidemiological methods of community health nursing practice.

To understand and enumerate principles of Nutrition

To get the students acquainted with the various services provided to the community and role of the community health nurse.

To demonstrate skill in practicing effective nursing care and nutritional assessment of the individuals and families in clinics, as well as their homes using scientific principles of healthy living.

To plan normal and therapeutic diet for individual and family in the community settings.

To facilitate the students to identify the environmental health hazards and health problems of the country and services available to meet them.

To develop skill in students in providing health education planned and incidental.

MINUTES OF MEETING