Introduction

• Community Nursing Service is one of the specialty nursing services within the Hospital Authority of Hong Kong
• The main aim is to provide holistic care for clients staying in the community
• Community nurse shall provide the following services at home visitation:
  • Conduct comprehensive health assessment
  • Formulate, implement and evaluate nursing therapeutics according to clients' needs
• For clients' with chronic health condition, case management model of care will be adopted by community nurse to deliver a coordinated healthcare service by networking with other service providers

Target Group

Community Nursing Service provides care for clients of all ages with the following conditions:

• Unable to attend health care facilities for receiving nursing care because of debilitated health profiles
• Require nursing support at home for continuous monitoring of treatment regime and compliance
• Promote self-reliance and empowerment to cope with chronic illness or specific nursing condition at the early stage of discharge from hospitalization
• Adopt case management model of care while caring at home for complex chronic diseases e.g. Pulmonary, Diabetic, Cardiac or Stroke care

Scope of Service

• Chronic disease management
  • Cardiac rehabilitation
  • Pulmonary rehabilitation
  • Diabetic care
  • Stroke rehabilitation
  • Renal care
• Specialty nursing service
  • Surgical care (e.g. post-surgical care, wound and drain care, ostomy care)
  • Geriatric care
  • Postnatal and infant care
  • Continence care
  • Palliative care / End of life care
• Utilization of community resources
• Nutrition counseling and feeding tube care
• Medication management
• Home safety assessment/ Home adaptation and exercise
• Home infection control education
• Community health education

Service Hours

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Pamphlet for Download

• Introduction of Hospital Authority Community Nursing Service