CHN Roles

Clinician
Focus: Population
Goal: Reduce disease, discomfort, disability, premature death

Advocate
* Speaks/acts for those who may not be able to speak/act for themselves
* Self-care
* Self-determination

Collaborator
* Works with people in the community toward a common goal
* Relies on joint or shaped decision making

Consultant
* Catalyst to bring change
* Help people understand processes & actions
* Assisting in decision making

Counselor
* Key tasks:
- Listening & providing feedback & information
- Strengthening & guiding people's own decision making skills
- Exploration of feelings & attitudes to help people understand themselves

Educator
* Provide S.K.A.
* Enable clients to make informed decision
* Identification of population at risk
* Exploring learning strategies

Researcher
* Reliable research foundation allows nurses to anticipate potential health problems & interventions
Tasks:
- Identify problem
- Working with data
- Conducting research

Case Manager
* Coordinating care in a system that is made up of many different program, which has different policies, services & missions.
- To avoid the gaps in services & breakdown in the care system