Topic 03: ROLES OF COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSES Community health nurses wear many hats while conducting day-to-day practice. The focus of nursing includes not only the individual, but also the family and the community, meeting these multiple needs requires multiple roles. The seven major roles of a community health nurse are: 1. Care provider. "Clinician role". 2. Educator. 3. Advocate. 4. Manager. 5. Collaborator. 6. Leader. 7.Researcher. Seven roles & influence on people’s health: 1. Clinician: Focus on holism, health promotion & prevention while using expanded skills. 2. Educator: Plan for community wide impact. 3. Advocate: Support client self determination & responsive systems. 4. Manager: Participative approach with community. 5. Collaboration: Multidisciplinary collegiality & leadership 6. Leadership: Change agent. 7. Researcher: Systematic investigation, collaboration and analysis of data for solving problems and bring evidence evidence-based findings to community settings.

1. Nurse’s role in providing
community-oriented
nursing

2. ROLES OF COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSES
Community health nurses wear many hats while
conducting day-to-day practice. The focus of nursing
includes not only the individual, but also the family
and the community, meeting these multiple needs
requires multiple roles.
 The seven major roles of a community health nurse
are:

3. 1. Care provider. "Clinician role".
2. Educator.
3. Advocate.
4. Manager.
5. Collaborator.
6. Leader.
7.Researcher.

4. Caregiver
Uses the nursing process to provide direct nursing
intervention to individuals, families, or population
groups

5. Educator
 Facilitates learning for positive health behavior
change

6. Advocate
Speaks or acts on behalf of clients who cannot do so
for themselves

7. Manager Role
Community health nurses, like all nurses, engage in the
role of managing health services. As a manager, the nurse
exercises administrative direction toward the
accomplishment of specified goals by:-
- Assessing client's needs.
- Planning and organizing to meet those needs.
- Controlling and evaluating the progress to ensure that
goals are met.
The nurse serves as a manger when:-
- Overseeing client care as a case manager.
- Supervising ancillary staff.
- Running clinics.
- Conducting community health needs assessment
projects.

8. Collaborator Role
Community health nurses seldom practice in
isolation. They must work with many people,
including:-

9. --The clientsThe clients.. OthernursesOthernurses..
Physicians teachersPhysicians teachers.. Health educatorsHealth educators..
Social workersSocial workers.. Physical therapistPhysical therapist..
--NutritionistNutritionist.. Occupational therapistOccupational therapist..
PsychologistPsychologist.. EpidemiologistEpidemiologist..
--BiostatisticiansBiostatisticians.. --AttorneysAttorneys..
--SecretariesSecretaries.. EnvironmentalistEnvironmentalist..
City plannersCity planners City plannersCity planners

10. Leadership Role
Community health nurse are becoming increasingly
active in the leadership role, the leadership role
focuses on affecting change, thus the nurse becomes
an agent of change.
As leaders, community health nurse seek to initiate
changers that positively affect people's health.

11. 7. Researcher Role
In the researcher role, community health nurses
engage in systematic investigation, collection, and
analysis of data for solving problems and enhancing
community health practice.