Competencies During Home Visit Flashcards
Role of nurse that Teaches a mother on how to prepare nutritious food and make nutritious food choices for her kids and family.
Educator
Role of nurse that Goes from one house to another to give immunizations or
micronutrient supplementation.
Care Provider
Role of nurse that Brings to the attention of Department of Social Work and
Development (DSWD) the concern of a bedridden older person for proper care.
Advocate
Role of nurse that Counsels a mother who is going through a hard time dealing with her
kids.
Counselor
Role of nurse that Promoting government programs like waste management in a
family, at the same time presenting the advantages of collecting recyclable
materials as additional income.
Change agent
Role of nurse that serves as frontlines in healthcare delivery, who thinks critically, sets goals and skillfully communicates and collaborates with the individual or family
members.
Leader
a vital tool for public and community health nurses since the early 1900s.
CHN bag
a tool used by the community health nurse during home visits that
will enable the nurse to perform a particular nursing procedure with ease and
deftness.
Bag technique
Arrangement of the materials inside the CHN Bag
=FRONT OF THE BAG (left to right)
Thermometer-
syringes with needles
Arrangement of the materials inside the CHN Bag
=Right side of the bag
-Test tube & Test tube holder
- Match/lighter
-Alcohol lamp and denatured
alcohol
Arrangement of the materials inside the CHN Bag
=TOP POCKET
- Sterile Gloves
- Cord clamp
- Paper waste bags-cornucopia
- Plastic bags
Arrangement of the materials inside the CHN Bag
=TOP OF THE INNER COVER
- Extra paper for making waste bag
- Plastic/linen lining
- Paper lining- for the bottom
Arrangement of the materials inside the CHN Bag
=LEFT SIDE OF THE BAG (near to the front)
-Baby weighing scale
Arrangement of the materials inside the CHN Bag
=BACK of the bag (left to right)
- Betadine
- 70% alcohol
- Hydrogen peroxide
- Ophthalmic Ointment
- Spirit of ammonia
- Acetic Acid
- Benedict’s solution
Arrangement of the materials inside the CHN Bag
=CENTER OF THE BAG ( Top to bottom)))
-Apron
-Soap dish and soap
-Hand Towel
-Hypodermic needles (g. 19,22,23,25)
-Disposable syringes with needles
( g. 23 and 25)
- Tape measure
- Sterile OS, Cotton balls,
Cotton applicators
-Bandages/ Sterile dressing
-Micro pore plaster
-2 pairs of scissors (surgical
and bandage)
-2 pairs of forceps (curved and straight)