Placement : 1st Year Hours of Instructions
Theory 150 hours
Practical 650 hours
Total 800 hours
Course Description
The course is designed to assist students in developing expertise and indepthunderstanding in the field of Community Health Nursing. It would
help students to appreciate holistic life style of individuals, families &
groups and develop skills to function as Community Health Nurse
specialist/practitioner. It would further enable student to function as an
educator, manager and researcher in the field of Community Health
nursing.
Objectives
At the end of the course, the student will be able to:
1. Appreciate the history and development in the field of Community
Health and Community Health Nursing.
2. Appreciate role of individuals and families in promoting health of the
Community.
3. Perform physical, developmental and nutritional assessment of
individuals, families and groups.
4. Apply the concepts of promotive, preventive, curative and
rehabilitative aspects of health while providing care to the people.
5. Apply nursing process approach while providing care to individuals,
families, groups and community.
6. Integrate the concepts of family centered nursing approach while
providing care to the community.
7. Recognize and participate in the management of emergencies,
epidemics and disasters.
8. Apply recent technologies and care modalities while delivering
community health nursing care.
9. Appreciate legal and ethical issues pertaining to community health
nursing care.
10. Conduct community health nursing care projects.
11. Participate in planning, implementation and evaluation of various
national health and family welfare programmes at local, state and the
national level.
12. Incorporate evidence based nursing practice and identify the areas of
research in the community settings.
13. Participate effectively as a member of Community Health team.
14. Coordinate and collaborate with various agencies operating in the
community by using inter-sectoral approach.
15. Teach community health nursing to undergraduates, in-service
nurses and the community health workers.
16. Demonstrate leadership and managerial abilities in community health
nursing practice
Course Content
Unit Hours Content
I 10 Introduction
Historical development of Community Health and Community
health Nursing- World and India, various health and family
welfare committees
Current status, trends and challenges of Community Health
Nursing
Health status of the Community-community diagnosis
Scope of Community health Nursing practice
Ethical and legal issues
Socio-cultural issues in Community health Nursing
National Policies, plans and programmes
• National health policy
• National Population policy
• National Health and welfare Programmes
• National Health goals/ indicators/ Millennium developmental
goals(MDG)/ Strategies
• Planning process: Five year plans
• National Rural Health Mission
• Panchayat raj institutions
II 10 Health
Concepts, issues
Determinants
Measurements
Alternate systems for health promotion and management of
health problems
Health economics
Health technology
Genetics and health
Waste disposal
Eco system
III 15 Population dynamics and control
Demography
Transition and theories of population
National population policy
National population programmes
Population control and related programmes
Methods of family limiting and spacing
Research, Census, National Family Health Survey
Unit Hours Content
IV 30 Community health Nursing
Philosophy, Aims, Objectives, Concepts, Scope, Principles,
Functions
Community health Nursing theories and models
Quality assurance: Community health Nursing standards,
competencies, Monitoring community health nursing, nursing
audits
Family nursing and Family centered nursing approach
Family health nursing process
o Family health assessment
o Diagnosis
o Planning
o Intervention
o Evaluation
Nursing care for special groups: children, adolescents, adults,
women, elderly, physically and mentally challenged- Urban and
rural population at large
Community nutrition
Concept, role and responsibilities of community health Nurse
practitioners/nurse midwifery practitioners-decision making
skills, professionalism, legal issues
V 45 Maternal and neonatal care
IMNCI(Integrated Management of Neonatal And Childhood
Illnesses) module
Skilled Birth Attendant (SBA) module
VI 15 Disaster nursing
(INC module on Reaching out: Nursing Care in
emergencies)
VII 10 Information, education and communication
IEC/BCC: Principles and strategies
Communication Skills
Management information and evaluation system: Records and
reports
Information technology
Tele-medicine and tele-nursing
Journalism
Mass media
Folk media
VIII 15 Health care delivery system: Urban,
rural, tribal and difficult areas
Health organization: National, State, District, CHC, PHC, Sub
Centre, Village - Functions, Staffing, pattern of assistance,
layout, drugs, equipments and supplies,Roles and
Responsibilities of DPHNO
Critical review of functioning of various levels, evaluation
studies, recommendations and nursing perspectives
Alternative systems of medicine
Training and supervision of health workers
Health agencies: NGO’s, Roles and functions
Inter-sectoral coordination
Public private partnership
Challenges of health care delivery system
Practical Total = 660 Hours
1 Week = 30 Hours
S.No. Deptt./Unit No. of Week Total Hours
1 Sub-centre, PHC, CHC 12 360 Hours
2 District family welfare bureau 1 30 Hours
3 Urban centers 6 180 Hours
4 Field visits 3 90 Hours
Total 22 Weeks 660 Hours
Student Activities
• Identification of community leaders and resource persons(community
mapping)
• Community health survey
• Community health nursing process- individual, family and special groups
and community
• Counseling
• Health education – campaign, exhibition, folk media, preparation of IEC
materials
• Organising and participating in special clinics/camps and national
health and welfare programmes-Organise atleast one health and family
welfare mela/fair (all stalls of national health and family welfare activities
should be included)
• Estimation of Vital health statistics -Exercise
• Drill for disaster preparedness
• Organise atleast one in-service education to ANM’s/LHV/PHN/HW
• Nutrition – Exercise on nutritional assessment on dietary planning,
demonstration and education for various age groups
• Filling up of Records, reports and registers maintained at SC/PHC/CHC
• Assist women in self breast examination
• Conduct antenatal examination
• Conduct vaginal examination
• Conduct deliveries
• Post natal visits
• Perform Episiotomy and suturing
• Prepare Pap smear
• Conduct Insertion/Removal of IUD
• Blood Slide preparation
• Field visits
• Maintenance of log book for various activities
