Beyond the clinic: Expanding horizons for community health nurses in Pakistan
Document Type
Book Chapter
ISBN
9798369390924
Editor
Minhaj A Qidwai
Publication (Name of Journal)
Enhancing client, family, and community health management: Self, society, state, systems, and spirituality
Department
School of Nursing and Midwifery, Pakistan
DOI
10.4018/979-8-3693-9092-4.ch007
Publisher
IGI Global Scientific Publishing
Abstract
All schools of nursing in Pakistan offer community health nursing as a core course. Unfortunately, there aren't enough avenues open for them to practice CHN due to lack of deployment plan. Despite this there are multiple roles that CHNs are performing and can perform at local and national levels. The need is to duly acknowledge this role within the health care delivery model and there is a need for evidenced based studies to explore the impact of these roles on the health of population at local and national levels. This chapter would serve as a guiding tool to make health care delivery system more responsive to health and developmental needs of the country. Moreover, the chapter gives an insight into how the CHNs are actively engaged in various settings and provide population based services with focus on sustainability.
Recommended Citation
Gulzar, S.,
Vertejee, S.,
Ali, T. S.,
Karmaliani, R.
(2026). Beyond the clinic: Expanding horizons for community health nurses in Pakistan. Enhancing client, family, and community health management: Self, society, state, systems, and spirituality, 135-150.
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