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What is the definition of Community Health Nursing according to the World Health Organization?

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Special field of nursing that combines skills of nursing public health

It functions as part of the total public health program for promotion of health, improvement of conditions, and rehabilitation of illness and disability.

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What is the ultimate goal of Community Health Nursing as stated by Jacobsen?

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To promote client’s optimum level of functioning through teaching and delivery of care

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According to Dr. Ruth B. Freeman, what is the unique blend of Community Health Nursing?

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Nursing and public health practice aimed at developing and enhancing health capabilities of people

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What does Tinkham and Voorhies define as the focus of Community Health Nursing?

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Family and communities are patients, focusing on population or aggregate

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What is the philosophy of Community Health Nursing based on according to Dr. Margaret Shetland?

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The worth and dignity of man

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List the objectives of Community Health Nursing

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  • Participate in health programs
  • Conduct researches
  • Coordinate health services
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What is emphasized in Community Health Nursing regarding health strategies?

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Priority of health promotive and disease preventive strategies over curative interventions

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What is the basic unit of care in Community Health Nursing?

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Family

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Fill in the blank: The four levels of clientele in Community Health Nursing are individual, family, group, and _______.

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community

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What are the roles of a Community Health Nurse?

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  • Planner
  • Provider of Nursing Services
  • Manager/Supervisor
  • Coordinator of Services
  • Trainer/Health Educator/Counselor
  • Health Monitor
  • Role Model
  • Change Agent
  • Recorder/Reporter/Statistician
  • Researcher
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True or False: Community Health Nursing works only for individual patients.

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False

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What historical figure is known as the first visiting nurse?

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Phoebe

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Who was the philanthropist that first thought of public health nursing?

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Mr. William Rathbone

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What major public health milestone occurred in 1859?

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District nursing service established in Liverpool by William Rathbone

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According to the World Health Organization, what is Primary Health Care?

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Essential health care made universally accessible to individuals and families

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What is the goal of Primary Health Care as stated in the conceptual framework?

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Health for all Filipinos and Health in the hands of the people by the year 2020

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What legal basis established Primary Health Care in the Philippines?

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Letter of Instruction (LOI) 949 signed on Oct. 19, 1979

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List the principles of Primary Health Care.

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  • Accessibility
  • Acceptability
  • Availability
  • Affordability
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Fill in the blank: Community needs and priorities are basic for _______.

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planning health services and activities

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What are some barriers to effective Primary Health Care?

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  • Lack of motivation
  • Indifference on part of community
  • Resistance to change
  • Bureaucracy of government
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What are the essential components of Primary Health Care?

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  • Multi-Sectoral Approach
  • Community participation
  • Identify problem
  • Identify solution
  • Mobilizing resources
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What does the Philippine Health Care System consist of?

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Complex set of organizations interacting to provide an array of health services

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What is the primary level of health care composed of?

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  • Barangay health facilities
  • Municipal health facilities
  • Medicare health facilities
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What is the function of the secondary level of health care?

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District health care institutions with capabilities for hospitalization

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What is the tertiary level of health care known for?
Highly technological and sophisticated services
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Fill in the blank: The Local Government Code of 1991 or RA 7160 provides for _______.
decentralization
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What is the role of community health workers in Primary Health Care?
To provide health care and support community health initiatives
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What is the role of RHU staff in health care?
Care provided by RHU staff, with referral and supervisory system support ## Footnote RHU stands for Rural Health Unit, which focuses on delivering health services in rural areas.
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What significant change was established in the roles among RHU staff?
Redefinition of roles and relationships among RHU staff
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What are satellite health centers?
Establishment of satellite health centers in selected barangays
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What was the first Rural Health Act?
1958- RA 1082
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What did the first Rural Health Act (RA 1082) accomplish?
Employment of more physicians, dentists, nurses, midwives, and sanitary inspectors assigned to RHUs
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When was RA 5435 enacted and what was its significance?
1972- Defined authorities of regional directors for more meaningful decentralization
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What was the outcome of the IBRD-RHCDS implementation in 1974?
RHM were sent to BHS to man BHS; Midwives were trained and roles expanded
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What is the focus of EO 851 enacted in 1982?
Integrated public health and hospital systems with emphasis on importance of putting together promotive, preventive, curative, and rehabilitative components of health care
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What is the role of BHW in health care?
Utilization of BHW in health care delivery
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What is the Local Health Board responsible for?
Propose annual budget, identify problems, and identify what programs are needed
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Who are the members of the Local Health Board?
Chairman, vice-chairman, chairman of committee on health, DOH representative, NGO representative
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What is a two-way referral system?
Referral- intervention to direct client to another healthcare facility to continue his/her treatment
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What are the types of health care systems?
Traditional and Non-Traditional
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What is the belief of holistic health centers?
Believes that time, space and encouragement can help people find strength to deal with problems confronting them
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What does homeopathy involve?
Use of a variety of herbs, drugs, and chemicals that can cure or prevent disease caused by the same substance in larger doses
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Define health promotion according to WHO.
Health promotion includes encouraging healthy lifestyles, creating supportive environments for health, strengthening community action, reorienting health services to place primary focus on promoting health and preventing disease, and building healthy public policy
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What are the four major tasks of medicine defined by Henry E. Sigerist?
* Promotion of health * Prevention of illness * Restoration of the sick * Rehabilitation
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What is the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion?
Guiding principle in health promotion efforts that enables people to increase control over and to improve their health
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What are the prerequisites for health as per the Ottawa Charter?
* Peace * Shelter * Education * Food * Income * A stable eco-system * Sustainable resources * Social Justice * Equity
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What is the goal of building health public policy?
Coordinated action that leads to health, income, and social policies that foster greater equity
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What is the purpose of creating supportive environments in health promotion?
Encourage reciprocal maintenance to take care of each other, our communities, and our natural environment
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What is the focus of strengthening community action in health promotion?
Setting priorities, making decisions, planning strategies, and implementing; Empowerment of communities
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What does developing personal skills entail?
Providing information, education for health, and enhancing life skills
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What is the aim of reorienting health services?
Health services are shared among individuals, community groups, health service institutions, and government

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