Community bag: An Identity for Community Health Nurses
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.37628/ijchn.v5i1.2088Abstract
A community bag has been a vital tool for public health nurses. It is an identity for community health nurses. There are different types of bags used in different settings and areas. A bag has different compartments to keep the articles. There are certain principles to be followed to use community health bag which depends on the particular policy of different agencies. Proper procedures should be followed while performing the bag technique. In this article, we have identified the faults in a community health bag used in our setting and thus we have tried to find out the ways to overcome these faults. This can help the upcoming nursing students to use the bag more effectively and efficiently.References
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