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◉ Rural Nursing. Answer: o Remote and isolated communities
o Cover large geographic areas
o Rural locations present challenges for adequate health care
services, such as midwifery and urgent care
◉ Occupational Health Nursing. Answer: o Individual is viewed
holistically
o Focuses on the worker by promoting health, preventing
illness/injury, protecting from risk and recommending a safe and
healthy work environment
◉ Parish Nursing. Answer: o One who promotes healing, health and
wholeness who is hired/recognized by a faith community and
integrates health and religion
o Core Competencies
§ BScN, orientation to parish nursing, spiritual maturity, personal
and interpersonal skills, teaching and facilitation, worship, faith
community context, collaboration, management, practicum and
continuing education
,◉ Forensic Nursing. Answer: o Application of nursing and medical
knowledge to the care of clients and criminal offenders whose health
issues have intersected with the law
o Collect evidence in a way that respects dignity, right to choice and
self determination
o Community education regarding risk factors for violence, social
activism to prevent violence and influencing healthy public policy to
overcome challenges associated with violence
o Work with survivors of crime and suspects
o Sexual assault nurse examiners
§ Respond specifically to sexual assault or domestic violence
§ Provide comprehensive care, collect evidence and provide
testimony
§ On call around the clock
◉ Community Mental Health Nursing. Answer: o Blend of
community nursing and mental health nursing
o Service coordination, case management, symptom
management/treatment, health promotion, crisis intervention,
advocacy
◉ Military Nursing. Answer: o Care for sick and injured Armed
Forces Members
o Work in military hospitals, outpatient health clinics or field
hospitals
, o Provide disease prevention and outbreak response functions
Needs to be physically fit, adaptable to environment, socially
adaptable, and able to be deployed at short notice
◉ Registered Practical Nurse. Answer: o Primary care, mental
health, outreach nursing, nursing stations, occupation health and
public health
§ Focus on immunization in public health
◉ Nurse Practitioners. Answer: o Additional grad level education
and strong clinical experience
o Competencies
§ Autonomously diagnose/order/interpret diagnostic tests,
prescribe meds (not controlled substances), perform procedures in
their legislated scope of practice
§ The NP will consult with the physician when the
diagnosis/treatment is beyond their skill level or unclear
o Health promotion, illness/injury prevention, rehabilitation
o Care setting varies
§ Community health, home care, public health, telehealth,
ambulatory care, long term care, mental health
o Different focuses
§ Sexual health, lactation support, homeless services, primary health
care in secondary schools, correctional facilities, palliative care