Health Education and Family Nurse Contacts Flashcards
What is the primary focus of health education in community and public health nursing?
Health promotion and disease prevention through education.
Why is health education not just about sharing information?
Because its ultimate goal is to build health literacy, ensuring that people not only acquire knowledge but also apply it to improve their health behaviors.
What is the goal of health education?
To modify risk behavior and promote healthier choices.
What are the three purposes of health education?
Promote health, prevent disease, and restore health.
What are the three levels of health education?
Primary prevention (risk reduction), secondary prevention (early detection), and tertiary prevention (rehabilitation and management).
Under RA 9173, who is considered the principal professional in charge of health education?
Nurses are considered the principal professionals responsible for health education.
Define health literacy.
The ability to obtain, process, and understand health information to make appropriate health decisions.
Why is health literacy more than just reading pamphlets and making appointments?
Because it involves the ability to act on health information to improve personal and community health.
How does health education contribute to health literacy?
By providing knowledge and skills that enable individuals to make informed decisions and take appropriate health actions.
What are the two main types of nurse-patient contact in public health nursing?
Clinic visits and home visits.
What is the primary advantage of clinic visits?
Efficiency, as one nurse can serve multiple patients, maximizing the impact.
What is a major disadvantage of clinic visits?
Risk of exposure to communicable diseases.
What are the three phases of a clinic visit?
Pre-consultation (admit, assess), consultation (assist), post-consultation (administer care, give advice).
Define home visit in public health nursing.
A face-to-face contact between the nurse and the patient/family to provide health services.
What are the three considerations in home visits (3Ps)?
Purpose, planning, and participatory approach (engaging the family).
What is the primary advantage of home visits?
First-hand assessment of the home environment and care in a familiar setting.
What is a major disadvantage of home visits?
Time-consuming and limited resources available.
List three purposes of a home visit.
Give nursing care to sick patients, provide health education, and conduct disease surveillance
What are the principles of planning a home visit?
Have a purpose, observe aseptic technique, involve the family, and be flexible.
What are the steps in conducting a home visit?
Greet the client, explain purpose, secure consent, assess environment, provide care, give health teaching, and document findings.
What are the two types of assessment in a home visit?
First-level assessment (identifying health problems, threats, or crises) and second-level assessment (analyzing these problems to develop a plan of action).
What are the four criteria for determining priority problems in a family assessment?
Nature of the problem, modifiability of the problem, preventive potential, and salience (urgency as perceived by the family).
Give an example of a health deficit, a health threat, and a foreseeable crisis.
Health deficit: Hypertension or diabetes.
Health threat: Lack of vaccination or poor sanitation.
Foreseeable crisis: Teenage pregnancy or a recent family death.
What is the difference between modifiability of a problem and preventive potential?
Modifiability refers to whether a problem can be addressed with available resources, while preventive potential refers to how much future risk can be reduced through intervention.
What is the main purpose of the bag technique in home visits?
To prevent the spread of infection while allowing the nurse to perform procedures efficiently.
Why is the bag technique considered obsolete in modern nursing practice?
Because home deliveries are no longer encouraged, and more emphasis is placed on hospital-based care to reduce maternal mortality.
How should the nursing bag be carried?
Above knee level, facing the nurse.
Why use a lining before placing the bag on a surface?
To prevent contamination.
How can contamination be minimized when using the bag?
By limiting the number of times it is opened.
Why should the bag contain only necessary items?
To make procedures efficient and organized.
Which items should NOT be inside the bag?
Sphygmomanometer and stethoscope (not disinfected before use).
Why place the soap dish and apron in the outermost compartment?
For easy access, since handwashing is the first step.
How should the bag’s contents be arranged?
Organized for quick access without wasting time.
Why is coordination important in using the bag?
To ensure smooth, efficient procedures.
