Perkesmas adalah upaya puskesmas yang merupakan perpaduan antara keperawatan dengan kesehatan masyarakat didukung peran aktif masyarakat, serta mengutamakan pelayanan promotif, preventif tanpa mengabaikan pelayanan kuratif dan rehabilitatif secara menyeluruh ditujukan pada individu, keluarga, kelompok serta masyarakat sebagai kesatuan utuh melalui proses keperawatan sehingga meningkatkan kesehatan secara optimal. Tujuan penelitian untuk mengetahui hubungan pengetahuan perawat puskesmas dengan pelaksanaan perkesmas di Jawa Timur.Desain penelitian adalah deskriptif korelatif secara croos sectional dengan sampel 48 perawat. Analisis data dengan Chi-Square dan Uji normalitas Saphiro Wilk.Hasil analisis menunjukkan tidak adanya hubungan antara pengetahuan perawat puskesmas dengan pelaksanaan perkesmas p = 0,371; ? = 0,05 . Penelitian ini merekomendasikan peningkatan pengetahuan dan keterampilan perawat puskesmas agar pelaksanaan lebih optimal seperti pembinaan, kerja sama dengan teman sejawat, pelatihan bagi yang belum pernah serta kebijakan dukungan dinas kesehatan berupa penghargaan dan sanksi jelas seperti jenjang kerja perawat.

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Community health care Perkesmas is a service of integrated nursing care and public health which is supported by community rsquo s active cooperation and featuring promotive and preventive services without neglecting curative and rehabilitative services. The service is generally aimed for individual, family, group, and community as a whole through nursing pro ess thus improves their overall well being. The study aimed to identify relationship between health center nurses rsquo s knowledge and implementation of community health care in Eastern Java.The study design was descriptive correlative with cross sectional approach and total sample of 48 nurses. Chi square and Saphiro Wilk were employed for data analysis purposes. The result indicated that there was no correlation between health center nurse rsquo s knowledge and implementation of community health care p 0,371 0,05.The result suggested for health center nurses to improve their overall knowledge and skills to optimize the implementation of community health care through community development, cooperation with colleagues, and training for the unexperienced as well as developing supporting policy by health officials such as reward, punishment, and career ladder for nurses.