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Community Nursing Care

Community health nurses work with people and their families to help prevent disease, maintain health and treat any existing health problems.

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Community nursing aims to support and maintain patient independence, safety and healthy lifestyle, at the same time as providing assistance to carers.

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Services a community health nurse is able to provide include:

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  • Care after a hospital stay

  • General nursing care, including assistance with chronic conditions

  • Hospital in the home' services, which provide hospital type care outside of the hospital

  • Palliative care nursing assistance, for people who have a life limiting illness and require support to stay at home

  • Wound management

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