Public and Community Health Nurses

Yes that Clark book was my best friend in my BSN program, and another great book is the Edleman et al one, sorry, I gave the whole of it to a friend for her studies.

Great insights flowerchild! In home health we have lots of paperwork, starting with The OASIS, )each letter stands for something, I forget what at this moment) but it is a 32 page assessment form, but just like anyform, you learn how to ask the oepn-ended questions so that you can get a lot of info for the answers just by asking one good question.

I remember when I did some infection control nursing there were some forms to send to CDC as flowerchild said for statistical purposes.

Do I use this in practice? Yes. I was doing disease management for a Medicaid insurance company, and I did compile data for stats, case manage, do educational presentations, and flowerchild is right, most fear or are suspicious of your motives.

So yes, I do use the processes, but I never think of it as "Gee, I think I'll implement my Dimensions moddel and focus on the cognitive domain." I just do it. I do think in a nursing process way all the time, just b/c it is a very logical approach to solve many problems, not just for nursing issues. It becomes second nature.

I will admit, gobbledeegook or not, what I learned in that program did make me a better home health nurse. I wish I could deny it but I can't, so it is good for something, I just wish the terminology weren't so.....bewildering!

Exactly the same for me.