Overview Of PHN Flashcards
2 Major Fields in Nursing
CHN and Hospital Nursing
A state of complete physical, mental, and
social well-being and not merely the
absence of disease or infirmity (WHO,1995).
Health
Community vitality and a result of positive
interaction among groups within the
community with emphasis on health
promotion & illness prevention.
-Social means “of or living together in an
organized groups or similar close
aggregates”
- Refers to units of people in communities
who interact with one another.
Social Health
- Family, community, society, and environment
are interrelated and have an impact on
health. - Illness, health and peak of wellness are on
a continuum
-The high level of wellness of every
individual in the community can be
integrated in the level of optimum and
continuous functioning that they are
capable to maintain
CONCEPT OF WELLNESS (Dunn,1961)
Is a group of people sharing common
geographic boundaries or values and
interests.
Community
1996 –definition focused on geographical
boundaries & social attributes of people.
Community
Recent Literature: a collection of people
who interact with one another and whose
common interests or characteristics form the
basis for a sense of unity or belonging
Community
Part of paramedical and medical
intervention/ approach which is concerned
on the health of the whole population
Community health
Part of paramedical and medical
intervention/ approach which is concerned
on the health of the whole population
Community health
Community health aims for?
Health promotion
Disease prevention
Management of factors affecting health
responsibility as a _________ to a certain community
that one of our concept goal is health
promotion where being the advocate
of every program that the community
people must cooperate and also giving
them the knowledge on how to go
through for prevention of disease
CHN
It is defined by its geographical boundaries
with certain identifiable characteristics
It is made up of institutions organized into a
social system with the institutions &
organizations linked in a complex network
having formal and informal power structure
& communicable system
A common or shared that binds the
members together exists
Characteristics of Community
A community has an area with __________ within which a problem can be identified and
solved
fluid boundaries
A community has a population __________ concept
aggregate
the attitude of the people living
in the community will greatly affect the
implementation of such health program and
activities
People
if the geographical location of the
people living in the community is far from
where the health center is located, then we
expect that those people will not
participate in the activities and that could
lead to problem source
Place
social interaction is one of the
important aspect in dealing with the
community people by letting them see that
you are showing empathy to their
community concern
Interaction
anything of these aspects that
community people will not show their
interest, then your implementation would be
affected because this is interrelated that
can be seen to the people living in the
community
Common characteristics, interests, values
and/goals
It is a type of community that is natural & man-made boundaries (barangays, municipalities,
cities, provinces, regions)
Geopolitical
relational/interactive groups, in which the setting is more abstract & people share a perspective or identity based on culture, values, interests, goals,
history (schools, churches, mosques, org)
Phenomenological
the synthesis of nursing practice & public
health practice applied to promoting &
preserving the health of the populations.
CHN
They direct the care to individuals, families, or group of people that contribute to the health state
of total population of the community
CHN
3 different fields of Community Health Nursing?
Public Health nursing, School Nursing, Occupational Nursing
The practice of promoting & protecting
the health of populations using
knowledge from nursing, social & public
health sciences.
Public Health Nursing
The goal of ____________ focuses
on the population health with the goal of
promoting health, preventing disease, and
disability for all people through the
creation of condition in which people
living the community can be healthy
Public health nursing
These practices are collaborated nursing function on how they will be able to utilize their resources to achieve each goal to have a healthy community
CHN and PHN
Application of the nursing process in caring
for individuals, families, & groups where
they lie, work or go to school or as they
move through the health care system.
It is also the specialty practice that provides the
delivery of health care services to every individual that helps to maintain and practice on promotion, protection, and restoration of individual health state
condition
Community Based Nursing
emphasis is on preservation and protection of health; primary client is community
Community Health Nursing
emphasizes managing acute or chronic conditions;
primary clients are individual and the family.
Community based nursing
