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AMBULATORY CARE NURSING

Learn about ambulatory care nursing in various settings such as clinics, schools, rural areas, and correctional facilities. Explore the roles, responsibilities, and competencies required in ambulatory care nursing practice.

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AMBULATORY CARE NURSING

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  1. AMBULATORY CARE NURSING • Presented by Lindy Peterson, RN

  2. References • McEwen, M. (2002). Community-based nursing: An introduction (2nd ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Saunders. • Chapter 3: Nursing Care in Ambulatory Settings

  3. Competencies for Ch 3 Ambulatory Settings • List and briefly describe aspects of nursing care in clinics, offices, schools, worksites, rural areas, parishes, and correctional facilities

  4. DEFINITION • “Personal health care provided to an individual who is not a bed patient in a healthcare institution” • Includes all health services provided to non-institutionalized patients

  5. AMBULATORY SETTINGS • Healthcare Provider Office or Clinic • Schools • Occupational Health • Rural Health • Parish Nursing • Correctional Institutions • Public Health • Oncology Care • Ambulatory Surgery

  6. HEALTH CARE PROVIDER OFFICE OR CLINIC • Most common outside of hospital • Scope of Practice • AAACN • Education Requirements • Certification

  7. SCHOOLS • Prevention of illness and disease transmission • Intervention in identified problems such as alcohol and drug use. • Promotion of healthy lifestyles • Health education both formal and informal

  8. OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH • OHN – specialty practice that focuses on promotion, prevention, restoration of health within the context of a safe and health environment.” (AAOHRN, 1999) • Worker’s Compensation Acts • Occupational Safety and Health Act (1970)

  9. RURAL HEALTH • Issues: • Distance • Isolation • Nursing shortage • Physician Shortage • Clinic • Home Health

  10. PARISH NURSING • Enhance the quality of life for all members of the congregation. • “Promote the health of a faith community by working with the pastor and staff to integrate the theological , psychological, and sociological and physiological perspectives of health and healing into the work sacrament and services of the congregation.” (Solari-Twadell, Djupe, and McDermott, 1990)

  11. CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES • Health Education • Suicide Prevention • Communicable Disease Control • Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation • Medication Administration • Psychosocial Counseling • Environmental Health

  12. PUBLIC HEALTH • Communicable Disease • Prenatal and Family Planning • Well Baby Care • Community Mental Health Services • Home Health Care

  13. OTHER AMBULATORY CARE SETTINGS • Ambulatory Oncology • Ambulatory Surgery • Poison Control Centers • Ambulatory Diagnostic Centers • Imaging • Radiology • Community Hot Lines • Summer Camps

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