Roles and responsibilities of a nurse

• Community Public Health Nursing 


  It also promotes wellness and prevents illness through education and health teachings, provides comfort and care through its delicate nursing care interventions, and emphasizes curative and rehabilitative interventions through efficient, individualized approaches.
• Programmer

  • Identifies the need and concerns of individuals, groups, families, and the community.
  • Formulate health plans, especially in the absence of a community physicians.
  • Interprets and implements nursing plans and programs.
  • Assists other health team members in implementing health programs in the setting.
• Health Educator/Trainers/Councilor

  • Acts as a source speaker on health and health related services.
  • Organizes orientation/ training of concerned group like pregnant mothers.
• Community Organizer

  • Promotes self-reliance of community and emphasizes their involvement and participation to planning, organizing, implementing and evaluating of health services.
  • Initiates and implements community development activities.
• Provider of Nursing Care

  • Renders direct care to various clients with different needs, may be at home, in school, clinics, or work settings
  • Involve the family in the care of the sick or dependent individual
• Health Monitor/Recorder

  • Monitors and detects the presence of health concerns in the community through contacts or home visits.
  • Utilizes various effective data gathering techniques in keeping an eye on the health status of all recipients of care.
  • Records and reports health status and presence of health problems in the community
• Researcher

  • Follows systematic process of monitoring the health status of the community through the conduct of surveys and home visits.
  • Coordinates with government and non- government organization in the conduct and implementation of studies.
• Statistician

  • Records data systematically and ensures it's validity through accurate and complete data gathering.
  • Reports prepared reports to concerned organizations for immediate necessary plans or programs.
  • Consolidates and reviews report efficiently
  • Analyzes and interprets consolidated data for monitoring the development in the health matters of the whole community.
• Change Agent

  • Promotes and motivates change in the community in their health practices and lifestyle behaviors for them to promote and maintain good health ....
  • Inculcates self-reliance to brought about development and improvement in the community.