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Descriptor English: Nurses, Community Health
Descriptor Spanish: Enfermeros de Salud Comunitaria
Descriptor enfermeros de salud comunitaria
Entry term(s) enfermeras en salud de la comunidad
enfermeras visitadoras
enfermeros visitadores
visitadoras de salud
visitadoras sanitarias
visitadores sanitarios
Scope note: Personal de enfermería cuyo trabajo combina elementos de la enfermería de cuidados primarios y la práctica de la salud pública que se realiza principalmente fuera de una institución terapéutica. La atención de enfermería primaria se dirige a individuos, familias o grupos en sus marcos naturales en el seno de las comunidades.
Descriptor Portuguese: Enfermeiros de Saúde Comunitária
Descriptor French: Infirmières en santé communautaire
Entry term(s): Community Health Nurse
Community Health Nurses
Health Visitor
Health Visitors
Home Health Nurse
Home Health Nurses
Home Nurse
Home Nurses
Nurse, Community Health
Nurse, Home
Nurse, Home Health
Nurse, Visiting
Nurses, Home
Nurses, Home Health
Nurses, Visiting
Visiting Nurse
Visiting Nurses
Tree number(s): M01.526.485.650.655
N02.360.650.655
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D064691
Scope note: Nurses whose work combines elements of both primary care nursing and public health practice and takes place primarily outside the therapeutic institution. Primary nursing care is directed to individuals, families, or groups in their natural settings within communities.
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
EC economics
ED education
ES ethics
HI history
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
OG organization & administration
PX psychology
SD supply & distribution
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
Previous Indexing: Community Health Nursing (1975-2013)
Public MeSH Note: 2014
History Note: 2014
DeCS ID: 55448
Unique ID: D064691
NLM Classification: WY 106
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2014/01/01
Date of Entry: 2013/07/08
Revision Date: 2018/06/29
Nurses, Community Health - Preferred
Concept UI M0583017
Scope note Nurses whose work combines elements of both primary care nursing and public health practice and takes place primarily outside the therapeutic institution. Primary nursing care is directed to individuals, families, or groups in their natural settings within communities.
Preferred term Nurses, Community Health
Entry term(s) Community Health Nurse
Community Health Nurses
Nurse, Community Health
Visiting Nurses - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M0004895
Scope note A registered NURSE employed by a public health agency or hospital to promote community health and to visit and administer treatment to sick people in their homes.
Preferred term Visiting Nurses
Entry term(s) Home Health Nurse
Home Health Nurses
Home Nurse
Home Nurses
Nurse, Home
Nurse, Home Health
Nurse, Visiting
Nurses, Home
Nurses, Home Health
Nurses, Visiting
Visiting Nurse
Health Visitors - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M0004894
Scope note Term used in the UNITED KINGDOM to refer to community health nurses. They are employed by a district health authority to visit people in their homes and give help and advice on health and social welfare.
Preferred term Health Visitors
Entry term(s) Health Visitor



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