community health nursing

com·mu·ni·ty health nurs·ing

(kŏ-myū'ni-tē helth nŭrs'ing) Health care divided into public health and home care nursing; home care nursing provides intravenous therapy and wound care; public health nursing focuses on health promotion and illness prevention. Programs such as administration of flu vaccine in shopping centers are carried out by public health nurses; allows nurses a more independent practice than offered in a hospital.

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Q. is there a nurses community in this site?! A. Here: http://www.imedix.com/Nurses.
Do you work as a nurse yourself? Do you have any special interest or questions about nursing?

Q. how do i join the nurses community? A. Go to 'My stuff' and then click on 'add your health interests', then add the tag "Nurses" to 'my interests'.
Once you have added it, click on 'save changes'.

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