... and the members of the community in health care promotion activities (Reed & Shearer, 2011). This paper, therefore, explores community-based nursing; what it entails, its importance and its different types. Importance of Community-Based Nursing Community-based nursing developed as a distinctive nursing specialty as a result of the expansion of the scientific knowledge and increased demand for better health conditions ... Hence, the role of the community health nurses became indispensable in the provision of preventive health care. Nursing role in the community setting was perceived to b...

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