COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING | Key Concepts Flashcards
- dealing with more people rather than individual
- Family, population group, community
CHN and Public health nursing
A group of people that lives in a certain area, sharing
common beliefs, values, traditions, and customs
Community`
- Mental health Nursing
- Mother & Child Nursing
- Adult Health Nursing
Unit of service: Individual
3Cs of dealing with the community
- beliefs, traditions and values
Culture
What is the understanding of Filipino when it comes to health and illness?
- physical (if no symptoms have been felt, then no illness)
- we usually seek healthcare when we are already in a full blown state of the disease
3Cs of dealing with the community
culture has to be respected and acknowledged that it should evolve and one way of helping culture to adapt to the changing times is by introducing information- educating people
Communication
3Cs of dealing with the community
- acknowledge that culture which is born of
interaction of people living in a particular area is a product of communication, therefore as a nurse we must possessed competency in communicating the right information to influence people’s behavior
- with the use of?
Change
- promote a positive change
- Use of health education
How will be a Public health nurses be an effective communicator?
- Understand people’s culture
- Meaningful communication
- Change in behavior geared towards risk reduction and improving health
How will the Public Health Nurse help the people?
helping them achieve a state of empowerment
What is the health goal focus of the public health nurse?
we want them to achieve better health, maintain and restore their health
concept of health:
“Health is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity
WHO
concept of health:
Health is a basic human right.
Philippine Constitution
concept of health:
Health is not only to be well, but to be able to use well every power we have
Nightingale
concept of health:
In community, health is??
Health is multidimensional it calls for the multidisciplinary approach
- everyone has something to contribute in improving and advancing the health of people we are competing rather we are complementing each other
Factors affecting health
- leadership, governance, unorganized systems
Political
- health professional is nonpartisan but it must be political, because it is part of the core determinants of health it should support who would genuinely invest in health and healthcare
Factors affecting health
- practice belief, cultures and values
Behavioral
Factors affecting health
- illnesses ( cardiovascular, metabolic syndrome, cancer)
. Heredity
Give the percent each
- Socioeconomic
- Physical Environment
- Health Behaviors
- Health Services
- Socioeconomic 40%
- Physical Environment 10%
- Health Behaviors 30%
- Health Services 20%
Factors affecting health
- climate change, global warming (strong typhoons)
Environment
Factors affecting health
Health Care Delivery System
- Implementing health care =
More life expectancy
The ___ ______concept recognizes the interrelationship between animal, human, and environmental health
One Health
According to Nightingale, Nursing means?
Putting people in the best possible condition for nature to restore or to preserve health.
- modifying, manipulating the environment
According to Henderson, The unique function of the nurse is to assist the individual, sick or well, in the performance of those activities contributing to health or its recovery (or to a peaceful death) that he would perform unaided if he had the necessary strength, will, or knowledge. And to do this in such a way as to help him??
gain independence as rapidly as possible.
Which can the nurse operate among these?
- Socioeconomic
- Physical Environment
- Health Behaviors
- Health Services
- Health Behaviors
