CHN Flashcards
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.