Primary Healthcare, Nursing & Neonatal Screening

Nursing in primary health care

Nursing roles across primary health care will dissent counting on the position, the population, the team composition and therefore the data, skills and confidence of the individual nurse.

Common responsibilities across primary health care settings could include:

• Health promotion

• Illness bar

• Midwifery, prenatal and postnatal care

• Treatment and care of sick individuals, sometimes in knowledge domain groups

•Rehabilitation and palliation

• Community development

• Population health and public health

• Education

• Research

• Advocacy

• Chronic health problem management.