[What family nursing really means?] / Cosa significa infermiere di famiglia e di comunità?

ABSTRACT

. What family nursing really means? The Family and Community Nurse (IFeC) was introduced in 1998 by the World Health Organization, with the aim of extending the care of nurses to the family, which represent the center of people's lives and care, and to shift the focus of care and interventions (particularly those of prevention) from the individual, to the family, and also to the community to which they belong. Investment in prevention requires strategies and foresight on the part of decision-makers, and does not guarantee immediate returns. IFeCs, if empowered to care for the community, can make a major contribution to population health.