Introduction Flashcards
What is the primary focus of Community Health Nursing?
Health promotion
What is the primary focus of Community Health Nursing?
Health promotion
Who is the proponent of Health promotion theory?
Nola Pender
Community health nursing is __________ (encompasses large scope of practice) in terms of practice.
Generalist
Enumerate the principles of Community health nursing.
Should work with the people(work with them not for them)
Unit of service is always the FAMILY - the CHN nurse must consider the health needs of the members of the family in providing nursing services.
Collaboration with the GO and NGO
Changes in the CHN practice, it changes every now and then
Educate - health teaching is the primary responsibility of the community
Supervise a s a member of a team
Social mobilization, to mobilize the people that they are involved in the planning
Contact with the client and or the families may continue over a long period of time which include all ages and all types of healthcare
True
Current knowledge derived from biological and social sciences, ecology, clinical nursing and community health organizations be utilized
True
The dynamic process of assessing, planning, implementing provide periodic measurements of progress’ evaluation and continuum of the cycle until the terminations of nursing is implicit in the practice of community health nursing
True
Enumerate the Roles of Nurses.
- Caregiver
- Educator
- Counselor
- Advocate
- Role model
- Case manager
- Collaborator
- Coordinator
- Liason
- Case finder
- Change agent
- Community mobilizer
- Coalition builder
- Policy advocate
- Social marketer
- Researcher
- Recorder
- Statistician
- Epidemiologist
Applying principles in the nursing process in the care of the client in any level
Assess client status
Make nursing diagnosis
Plan nursing interventions
Evaluate care
Performs delegated medical treatment and the provisions of nursing care
Provision of primary care to individuals and families
Caregiver
Facilitating learning that leads to positive health behavior
Provides information and insights that allows the client to make informed decision on health matters
Assesses the client needs for health education
Develop health education plan
Implement health education plan
Evaluate outcome of health education
Educator
is the process of helping the client choose viable solutions to health problems
identify problems
Help identify alternative solution
Assist client in implementing solution and evaluating care
Counselor
to act or speak for the person who cannot do or speak for themselves
client must receive a just, equal and humane treatment
Advocate
demonstrates behavior that can influence others to behave in the same manner
Role model
coordinates and directs the selection and use of health care services to meet the client needs
Case manager