CHN Flashcards
(31 cards)
is an essential and indispensable equipment
of a public health nurse which she has to carry along during her home visits.
It contains basic medication and articles which are necessary for giving care.
Public Health Nurse Bag
takes place in a private clinic, health center, barangay
health station, or in an ambulatory clinic during a community
outreach activity.
Clinic Visit
– a professional, purposeful interaction that takes place in
the family’s residence aimed at promoting, maintaining, or restoring
the health of the family or its members
Home Visit
the nurse contacts the family, determines the family’s
willingness for a home visit, and sets an appointment with them
Pre Visit
the nurse seeks permission to enter and lasts until he or she
leaves the family’s home.
In-home Phase
involves the application of the nursing process
Implementation
consists of summarizing with the family the events during the
home visit and setting a subsequent home visit or another form of nursepatient
contact such as a clinic visit.
Termination
takes place when the nurse has returned to the health
facility. This involves documentation of the visit during which the nurse
records events that transpired during the visit, including personal
observations and feelings of the nurse about the visit. If appropriate, a
referral may be made.
Post-visit Phase
provides opportunity for initial contact between the
nurse and target families of the community
Group conference
Principles how to visit patient
Telephone calls (landline or mobile/cell)
used to give specific information to families, such
as instructions given to parents through school children.
Written Communication
a tool that helps the nurse outline the family’s structure. It is a
way to diagram the family. Generally, three generations of family members
are included in a family tree, with symbols denoting genealogy.
Genogram
provides mechanism for recording the family’s medical
and health histories.
Family Health Tree
a tool that is used to depict a family’s linkages to its suprasystems
Ecomap
Family Structure, Characteristics and Dynamics
Members of the household and relationship to the head of the family.
Demographic data – age, sex, civil status, position in the family
Place of residence of each member – whether living with the family or
elsewhere.
may be defined as dealing with problems associated with health care
with reasonable success
Coping
Two parts of the Coping index
A point on the scale
A justification statement
This category is concerned with the ability to move
about to get out of bed, to take care of daily grooming,
Physical Independence
This category includes all the procedures or
treatment prescribed for the care of ill, such as giving medication, dressings,
exercise and relaxation, special diets, use of prosthetic devices and other
adaptive appliances such as wheelchairs and walker
Therapeutic Competence
This system is concerned with
understanding of the health condition or essentials of care according to the
developmental stages of family members.
Knowledge of Health Condition
This is concerned with the
family action in relation to maintaining family nutrition, securing adequate
rest and relaxation for family members, carrying out accepted preventive
measures, such as immunization.
Application of the Principles of General Hygiene
This category is concerned with the way the family feels
about health care in general, including preventive services, care of illness and
public health measures.
Health Attitudes
category has to do with the maturity and
integrity with which the members of the family are able to meet the usual
stresses and problems of life, and to plan for happy and fruitful living. This
may be observed in behaviors such as how the family members deal with
daily challenges, their ability to sacrifice and think of others, and acceptance
to responsibility.
Emotional Competence
This category is concerned largely with the interpersonal or
group aspects of family life – how well the members of the family get along
with one another, the ways in which they take decisions affecting the family
as a whole
Family Living