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Nurses, Community Health  

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Definition

  • Nurses whose work combines elements of both primary care nursing and public health practice and takes place primarily outside the therapeutic institution. Primary nursing care is directed to individuals, families, or groups in their natural settings within communities. A registered NURSE employed by a public health agency or hospital to promote community health and to visit and administer treatment to sick people in their homes. Term used in the UNITED KINGDOM to refer to community health nurses. They are employed by a district health authority to visit people in their homes and give help and advice on health and social welfare.

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-GQSJXKPR-K

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