[Durgical](https://durgical.com/en/) › [DurgiPedia](https://durgical.com/en/durgipedia/) › [Nursing](https://durgical.com/en/nursing/) › Family and community nursing # Family and community nursing Family assessment, home visits, community diagnosis, Colombia's health maintenance route, the life course and health education. 40 pages ## Safe practice - [**Caring for migrants and refugees: access to services, common risks and continuity of care** Migrants often lose access to care on the road; the nurse helps them in an emergency, guides…](https://durgical.com/en/nursing/caring-for-migrants-and-refugees-access-to-services-common-risks-and-continuity/) - [**Case management in community nursing: finding, coordinating and following up high-need people** Case management gives people with complex, long-term needs one nurse who assesses, plans…](https://durgical.com/en/nursing/case-management-in-community-nursing-finding-coordinating-and-following-up-high/) - [**Colombia's basic health teams (equipos básicos de salud): territory, families and the nurse's role** A basic health team cares for the families of a territory at home and in their settings; nursing…](https://durgical.com/en/nursing/colombia-s-basic-health-teams-territory-families-and-the-nurse-s-role/) - [**Community assessment and diagnosis: data, participation and priorities** The team gathers data about a community, with its people, to name its main health problems and…](https://durgical.com/en/nursing/community-assessment-and-diagnosis-data-participation-and-priorities/) - [**Community control of vector-borne disease: breeding sites, home visits and warning signs** The nurse helps families find and remove mosquito breeding sites, protect themselves from bites…](https://durgical.com/en/nursing/community-control-of-vector-borne-disease-breeding-sites-home-visits-and-warning/) - [**Community participation, coalitions, intersectoral action and healthy settings** Health improves faster when the community, other sectors and the health team work as partners in…](https://durgical.com/en/nursing/community-participation-coalitions-intersectoral-action-and-healthy-settings/) - [**Community vaccination: campaigns, house-to-house vaccination and rapid coverage monitoring** Outside the clinic, the nurse plans and runs vaccination days and house-to-house sweeps, records…](https://durgical.com/en/nursing/community-vaccination-campaigns-house-to-house-vaccination-and-rapid-coverage-mo/) - [**Contact tracing and partner notification: finding, interviewing and following contacts** Contact tracing finds the people exposed to an infectious person, tells them, checks them and…](https://durgical.com/en/nursing/contact-tracing-and-partner-notification-finding-interviewing-and-following-cont/) - [**Disability in the community: inclusion, caregivers and community-based rehabilitation** Disability comes from a health condition meeting barriers; the nurse removes barriers, supports…](https://durgical.com/en/nursing/disability-in-the-community-inclusion-caregivers-and-community-based-rehabilitat/) - [**Elder maltreatment and neglect in the community: warning signs, protection and reporting** About 1 in 6 older people suffer abuse each year, often from someone they trust; the nurse spots…](https://durgical.com/en/nursing/elder-maltreatment-and-neglect-in-the-community-warning-signs-protection-and-rep/) - [**Environmental health nursing: exposures, the exposure history, safe water and risk communication** The nurse asks where people live, work and play, spots harmful exposures such as smoke, unsafe…](https://durgical.com/en/nursing/environmental-health-nursing-exposures-the-exposure-history-safe-water-and-risk/) - [**Evaluating a health programme: structure, process and outcome; formative and summative evaluation** Evaluating a programme shows whether it was delivered as planned and whether it changed…](https://durgical.com/en/nursing/evaluating-a-health-programme-structure-process-and-outcome-formative-and-summat/) - [**Gender-based and intimate-partner violence: asking, safety planning and activating the care route** About 1 in 3 women suffer violence; the nurse asks in private, listens without judging, plans…](https://durgical.com/en/nursing/gender-based-and-intimate-partner-violence-asking-safety-planning-and-activating/) - [**HIV and STI prevention in the community: counselling, rapid testing, linkage and mother-to-child elimination** The nurse offers voluntary, confidential testing, gives clear prevention advice, links people…](https://durgical.com/en/nursing/hiv-and-sti-prevention-in-the-community-counselling-rapid-testing-linkage-and-mo/) - [**Nursing follow-up in chronic-disease programmes: hypertension and diabetes in primary care** In primary care the nurse follows people with high blood pressure or diabetes: measures…](https://durgical.com/en/nursing/nursing-follow-up-in-chronic-disease-programmes-hypertension-and-diabetes-in-pri/) - [**Nursing in rural and dispersed areas: access, extramural care and outreach** In rural and dispersed areas care has to travel to people: basic health teams, outreach visits…](https://durgical.com/en/nursing/nursing-in-rural-and-dispersed-areas-access-extramural-care-and-outreach/) - [**Nursing in the tuberculosis programme: case finding, directly observed treatment, contacts and adherence** In the TB programme the nurse finds people with cough, opens their treatment record, agrees how…](https://durgical.com/en/nursing/nursing-in-the-tuberculosis-programme-case-finding-directly-observed-treatment-c/) - [**Occupational health nursing: workplace hazards, the occupational history and the SG-SST** Work can make people sick; the nurse asks about every job, links symptoms to exposures and helps…](https://durgical.com/en/nursing/occupational-health-nursing-workplace-hazards-the-occupational-history-and-the-s/) - [**Outbreak response from the nursing side: notification, field tasks and control measures** When cases rise above what is expected, the nurse notifies at once, helps find and list cases…](https://durgical.com/en/nursing/outbreak-response-from-the-nursing-side-notification-field-tasks-and-control-mea/) - [**People who live on the street (habitantes de calle): health risks and how to reach them** People who live on the street get sick more and reach care late; the nurse goes to them, builds…](https://durgical.com/en/nursing/people-who-live-on-the-street-health-risks-and-how-to-reach-them/) - [**Planning a community health programme: needs, priorities, objectives and the logic model** Planning a programme means turning community data into priorities, clear objectives and a logic…](https://durgical.com/en/nursing/planning-a-community-health-programme-needs-priorities-objectives-and-the-logic/) - [**Planning, running and evaluating a health-education session or group** A good health-education group starts from what people need, uses active methods and checks at…](https://durgical.com/en/nursing/planning-running-and-evaluating-a-health-education-session-or-group/) - [**Psychological first aid after disasters, violence and crises** Psychological first aid is humane, practical support right after a crisis: look for safety and…](https://durgical.com/en/nursing/psychological-first-aid-after-disasters-violence-and-crises/) - [**Referral and counter-referral (referencia y contrarreferencia) and follow-up between levels of care** Referral sends a person to another provider for care; counter-referral sends back the answer and…](https://durgical.com/en/nursing/referral-and-counter-referral-and-follow-up-between-levels-of-care/) - [**School health nursing: screening, chronic conditions at school and the school setting** At school the nurse screens, prepares care plans for children with chronic illness, handles…](https://durgical.com/en/nursing/school-health-nursing-screening-chronic-conditions-at-school-and-the-school-sett/) - [**The differential approach: ethnic peoples, gender, victims of the armed conflict and intercultural care** Colombian law asks services to adjust care to each group's age, gender, ethnicity, disability…](https://durgical.com/en/nursing/the-differential-approach-ethnic-peoples-gender-victims-of-the-armed-conflict-an/) - [**The home visit: planning, safety, conduct and follow-up** A home visit lets the team see how a family really lives, agree on care with them and check…](https://durgical.com/en/nursing/the-home-visit-planning-safety-conduct-and-follow-up/) - [**Youth-friendly health services for adolescents and young people** Friendly services make it easy for adolescents and young people to seek care: confidential…](https://durgical.com/en/nursing/youth-friendly-health-services-for-adolescents-and-young-people/) ## Law - [**Colombia's health promotion and maintenance route (Res. 3280 de 2018) from the nursing side** Res](https://durgical.com/en/nursing/colombia-s-health-promotion-and-maintenance-route-from-the-nursing-side/) - [**The Plan de Intervenciones Colectivas (PIC) and territorial health planning from the nursing side** The PIC is the free, State-run plan of collective health interventions that each territory…](https://durgical.com/en/nursing/the-plan-de-intervenciones-colectivas-and-territorial-health-planning-from-the-n/) ## Fundamental - [**Community and public health nursing: roles, levels of prevention and settings** Community nurses care for whole groups where people live, study and work: they promote health…](https://durgical.com/en/nursing/community-and-public-health-nursing-roles-levels-of-prevention-and-settings/) - [**Disasters and the nurse: risk reduction, preparedness, response and recovery (and shelters)** Disaster care starts long before the event: the nurse helps know and reduce the risk, prepares…](https://durgical.com/en/nursing/disasters-and-the-nurse-risk-reduction-preparedness-response-and-recovery/) - [**Health promotion models in nursing: Pender, the health belief model and stages of change** These models explain why people adopt or avoid healthy behaviours, so the nurse can tailor…](https://durgical.com/en/nursing/health-promotion-models-in-nursing-pender-the-health-belief-model-and-stages-of/) - [**Population-based nursing: caring for individuals, families, communities and systems** Population-based nursing looks after the health of a whole group, not only the person who…](https://durgical.com/en/nursing/population-based-nursing-caring-for-individuals-families-communities-and-systems/) - [**Primary health care (APS): Alma-Ata, Astana and Colombia's APS strategy** Primary health care brings care close to where people live, joins health services with other…](https://durgical.com/en/nursing/primary-health-care-alma-ata-astana-and-colombia-s-aps-strategy/) - [**Public health nursing interventions: surveillance, case finding, outreach, screening, referral, advocacy and more** The public health intervention wheel lists 17 actions that public health nurses use, from…](https://durgical.com/en/nursing/public-health-nursing-interventions-surveillance-case-finding-outreach-screening/) - [**The life-course approach and its stages in Colombian health policy** Health at any age reflects everything a person has lived before, so care is planned for each…](https://durgical.com/en/nursing/the-life-course-approach-and-its-stages-in-colombian-health-policy/) - [**Vulnerable populations and health equity: who, why and how the nurse works with them** Some groups get sick more and reach care less because of where and how they live; the nurse…](https://durgical.com/en/nursing/vulnerable-populations-and-health-equity-who-why-and-how-the-nurse-works-with-th/) ## Assessment - [**Family assessment: structure, life cycle, genogram, ecomap and family APGAR** The nurse looks at the family as a whole: who belongs to it, what stage it is in, how it works…](https://durgical.com/en/nursing/family-assessment-structure-life-cycle-genogram-ecomap-and-family-apgar/) ## Procedure - [**Mass-casualty triage (START and JumpSTART) from the nursing side** When the injured outnumber resources, triage sorts them in seconds by walking, breathing…](https://durgical.com/en/nursing/mass-casualty-triage-from-the-nursing-side/) ## A to Z - [A](https://durgical.com/en/nursing/a-z/a/) - [B](https://durgical.com/en/nursing/a-z/b/) - [C](https://durgical.com/en/nursing/a-z/c/) - [D](https://durgical.com/en/nursing/a-z/d/) - [E](https://durgical.com/en/nursing/a-z/e/) - [F](https://durgical.com/en/nursing/a-z/f/) - [G](https://durgical.com/en/nursing/a-z/g/) - [H](https://durgical.com/en/nursing/a-z/h/) - [I](https://durgical.com/en/nursing/a-z/i/) - [J](https://durgical.com/en/nursing/a-z/j/) - [K](https://durgical.com/en/nursing/a-z/k/) - [L](https://durgical.com/en/nursing/a-z/l/) - [M](https://durgical.com/en/nursing/a-z/m/) - [N](https://durgical.com/en/nursing/a-z/n/) - [O](https://durgical.com/en/nursing/a-z/o/) - [P](https://durgical.com/en/nursing/a-z/p/) - [Q](https://durgical.com/en/nursing/a-z/q/) - [R](https://durgical.com/en/nursing/a-z/r/) - [S](https://durgical.com/en/nursing/a-z/s/) - [T](https://durgical.com/en/nursing/a-z/t/) - [U](https://durgical.com/en/nursing/a-z/u/) - [V](https://durgical.com/en/nursing/a-z/v/) - [W](https://durgical.com/en/nursing/a-z/w/) - [Y](https://durgical.com/en/nursing/a-z/y/) [← Nursing: fundamentals and procedures](https://durgical.com/en/nursing/) Educational content for students; 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