Relationship between Nurse Competence and the Performance Achievement of Public Health Nursing Program at Community Health Center

Background - Public Health Nursing program is an integration of the implementation public health and individual health program conducted at the community health centers to improve the independence and the health status of the community level. Public Health Nursing performance is a value of the public health nursing program implementation based on indicators as a benchmark for achieving of Minimum Achievement Standard goals. In order to achieve their performance, nurses have competencies and authorities based on their position in accordance with the applicable regulations and are carried out in according to their main duties and functions. Aims - This study aims to determine the relationship between nurse competence and the achievement of Public Health Nursing program at the community health centers. Methodology - This study used cross-sectional approach form secondary data with quantitative methods with the samples of 57 nurses (44 vocational and 13 professional nurses) at 5 Community Health Centers in Berau District during 2019. Findings - The findings indicated that there were significant relationships beetwen competence of vocational nurses (p-value 0.026), professional nurses (p-value 0.000), and simultaneously both (p-value 0.004) and the achievement of Public Health Nursing program at the Community Health Centers. Conclusion - The evaluation of the nurse's competence is the basis for realizing the achievements of the Public Health Nursing program at the Community Health Centers in base on their functional position level. A more thorough analysis is required to determine the effect of implementing these competencies to increase the Public health nursing performance at the Community Health Centers.

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Stakeholders’ Perceptions of Challenges in the Public Health Nursing Practicum: A Qualitative Study

Journal of Client-centered Nursing Care ◽

10.32598/jccnc.7.4.385.1 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 7 (4) ◽

pp. 285-294

Author(s):

Reza Negarandeh ◽

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Shahzad Pashaeypoor ◽

Dimitrios Theofanidis ◽

Heshmatolah Heydari ◽

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Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Nursing Education ◽

Nursing Students ◽

Qualitative Study ◽

Community Health ◽

Financial Burden ◽

Health Centers ◽

Public Health Nursing ◽

The Public ◽

Health Nursing

Background: Community health nurses have an important role to play in promoting public health. This study attempted to explore the stakeholders’ perceptions of challenges in the public health nursing practicum in Iran. Methods: This qualitative study was carried out in some schools of nursing and health centers in Iran from October 2015 to September 2017. Twenty-three participants, including faculty members of public health nursing, nursing students, home nurses, experts in health centers, and nursing education policymakers were selected by purposeful sampling. Data were collected using individual interviews and were analyzed by Lundman and Graneheim’s method of content analysis. Results: Three themes resulted from the data analysis, including organizational challenges (with sub-categories of “inappropriate implementation of the curriculum due to lack of authority”, “the treatment-centeredness of health care system”, and “limited fields for nursing practicum”), educational challenges (with sub-categories of “shortcomings of educational curricula” and “the duration and time of practicums”), and workforce challenges (with sub-categories of “the financial burden of public health nursing practicum”, “lack of job position for public health nurses”, and “factors related to the role of instructors”). Conclusion: Senior managers, community health center administrators, and educational planners can use the challenges and barriers raised in this study to make more appropriate planning for the training of nursing students in public health nursing practicum.

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Implications for Poor Public Healthcare System of South Korea Revealed in MERS Outbreak

Research Anthology on Public Health Services, Policies, and Education ◽

10.4018/978-1-7998-8960-1.ch037 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 780-788

Author(s):

MyungHee Kim

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Infectious Disease ◽

Health System ◽

Community Health ◽

Healthcare System ◽

Community Health Centers ◽

Health Centers ◽

Public Healthcare ◽

Public Healthcare System ◽

The Public

This article aims to prevent the possible recurrence of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) by understanding the status of South Korea's public healthcare system through a literature review. In addition, it presents measures to reinforce the public health system by analyzing the roles and limitations of the health authority, which plays a key role in preventing the spread of this infectious disease, through their response to the recent MERS outbreak in the country. Based on the analysis, the results showed the following implications: (1) Community health centers need to expand and reinforce their functions. It is important to publish response manuals at the national level and regularly educate and train medical service providers on infectious disease control, especially against diseases such as MERS. Accordingly, manpower and facilities must be developed. (2) Public hospitals located in regional hubs must expand to establish a public healthcare system. Public healthcare and emergency healthcare systems should be established by connecting community health centers, regional hub hospitals, and national university hospitals. The improvements in the facility must to be supported to help increase the efficiency of public health system. (3) Awareness among people must increase with respect to the prevention of infectious diseases and managing direct contact with infected patients. Most importantly, education and training on infectious disease prevention must be regularly provided to the public, and social support systems and programs must be organized for the infected people who are in self-isolation.

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