Community Health Nurses Email List

Community health nurses work to improve the health and well-being of the communities they serve by educating them about illness, disease prevention, safe health practices, and how to obtain health care services. They also facilitate communication between people, their families, and the medical community in order to improve health outcomes. Community health nurses are instrumental in creating programs that allow communities to become healthier and often provide treatment for poor, culturally diverse, and uninsured populations. Their work may include performing free health care screenings, vaccinations, and other forms of preventative care at reduced costs. Some of the activities CHNs are involved in include: Educating communities about healthy lifestyles and disease prevention. This includes teaching people how to, providing in-home treatment and support services to individuals and families who need them. This can include blood pressure monitoring, pain management, medication administration, and wound care. Performing free health screenings for common diseases, including obesity, diabetes, hypertension, and high cholesterol. Counseling people who are at increased risk of illness or injury about how to take precautions to prevent illness, including performing screenings that lead to early detection of disease.