CHN Notes 1 Flashcards
What is chn?
Nursing performed in the community with the goal of achieving health
BASIC PRINCIPLES
What is the means of CHN?
nursing
Nursing is?
A client - centered profession
What is the priority of nursing/CHN?
Client
The goal of CHN
Achieve health, enhance capacity, improve health status
Primary goal of CHN
Self - reliance in health
Ultimate goal of CHN
To raise the level of health of citizenry
New goal of CHN
OLOF (Optimum Level of Functioning)
MODERN CONCEPT OF HEALTH:
what is the approach used in OLOF
Eco-system
Factors of OLOF
Political
Behavior
Heredity
Environment
Socioeconomic
Health care delivery system
FACTORS OF OLOF: Political
Empowerment
safety and security
FACTORS OF OLOF: Political
Empowerment
safety and security
FACTORS OF OLOF: BEHAVIOR
Values, beliefs, customs and traditions
Practices
FACTORS OF O L O F: HEREDITY
Genes
FACTORS OF OLOF: Environment
Food, clothing, pollution, radiation
FACTORS OF OLOF: Socioeconomic
Education, employment, housing
BASIC FOOD GROUPS
Fats
Proteins
Carbohydrates
FACTORS OF O L O F: Health Care Delivery System
Promotive, curative and rehabilitation
Health care delivery system should be:
Accessible
Available
Affordable
What is the main problem of health care delivery system?
Lack of budget
Who are the client of chn?
Community
CLIENT OF CHN: Individual
The entry point of chn
CLIENT OF CHN: Individual
A single entity; male or female
It starts with marriage, the unit of society/ community and the unit of care/service
Family
It is a specific groups with same characteristics/same developmental task.
Population group
Infants and pregnant women
Population group
The entry point of chn
Individual
The unit of society/ community
Family
The unit of care/service
Family
Males with prostate cancer
Population group
Clients of chn
Individual
Family
Population group
Community
Females age 25 to 35 years old
Population group
The totality of population
Community
The two types of community
Geopolitical
Phenomenological
Barangay
Geopolitical
“specifics”
Phenomenological
Town
Geopolitical
City
Geopolitical
Province
Geopolitical
Region
Geopolitical
Country
Geopolitical
Client of chn
Community
Client of PHN
Family
The focus of CHN
Health promotion and disease prevention