Part 1: CHN Notes Flashcards
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The primary responsibility of a CHN nurse.
Health Teaching
Roles of the Public Health Nurse
- Clinician
- Health Educator
- Facilitator
- Supervisor
Process of Community Health Nursing
1) Assessment
2) Planning
3) Implementation of Planned Care
4) Evaluation of Care and Services Rendered
5 Stakeholders of Health
- LGU
- DOH
- PhilHealth Insurance Corporation
- Communities
- NGOs
- Originated 2007
- Transformation Program of Nursing Profession
- adopted from Public governance system (PGS), as instituted by Institute for Solidarity in Asia (ISA)
Nursing Roadmap
Signing of the Nursing Roadmap by the CBGGNP (Coordinating Body for Good Governance of the Nursing Profession) and PNA (Philippine Nurses Association)
June 5, 2008
It was declared in the ALMA ATA CONFERENCE in 1978, as a strategy to community health development. It is a strategy aimed to provide essential health care.
Primary Health Care
3 Levels of Prevention
1) Primary Level
2) Secondary Level
3) Tertiary Level
Designated as IMMUNIZATION DAY
Wednesday
Legal basis of Expanded Program on Immunization
Presidential Decree 996
T or F: Lengthening the interval between doses of vaccine leads to higher antibody levels.
True
Normal immune response after vaccination of children
Local reaction
Fever
Systemic symptoms
T/F: No extra doses must be given to children/mother who missed a dose of DPT/HB/OPV/TT.
True
ROUTINE IMMUNIZATION. BCG vaccine.
Protection from: Tuberculosis
When to give: At birth
ROUTINE IMMUNIZATION. Hepatitis B vaccine.
Protection from: Hepatitis B
When to give: At birth
ROUTINE IMMUNIZATION: Pentavalent vaccine
Protection from: Diphtheria, Pertussis, Tetanus, Haemophilus Influenzae type b and Hepatitis B
When to give: 6, 10 and 14 weeks
Vaccine: Oral Polio Vaccine
When to give: 6, 10 and 14 weeks
Protection from: Poliovirus
Vaccine: Inactivated polio vaccine
When to give: 14 weeks and 9 months
Protection from: Poliovirus
Vaccine: PCV
When to give: 6, 10 and 14 weeks
Protection from: Pneumonia and Meningitis
Vaccine: MMR
When to give: 9 months and 1 year old
Protection from: Measles, Mumps and Rubella
A system used to maintain the potency of a vaccine from that of manufacture to the time it is given to child or pregnant woman.
Cold Chain
Arranging of stored vaccine according to :
Type
Expiration date
Duration of Storage
# of times they have been brought out to the field
Stages of a Disease
- Incubation Period
- Prodromal Period
- Stage of Illness
- Convalescence
Exposure to an infection to the appearance of the first symptom
Incubation Period
From the appearance of the first symptom to the
appearance of a pathognomonic sign
Prodromal Period
A stage where the patient manifest most of the signs and symptoms
Stage of Illness
Stage of recovery, and a gradual decrease of symptoms manifested
Convalescence
A process in which the PHN and the community are identifying community problems that will serve as basis in formulating community programs
Community Diagnosis
To bring about social and behavioral changes, social organizations, ideology and change agents are needed.
Often termed as EMPOWERMENT of building the capability of people for future community action.
Community Organizing
A PROCESS of enhancing community participation and development to prepare people to become the manager of their own community in the future.
Community Organizing Participatory Action Research (COPAR)
COPAR Stages
- Pre-Entry Phase
- Entry Phase
- Organization and Building Phase
- Sustenance and Strengthening Phase
- Phase Out
10 Medical Plants
Lagundi
Ulasimang-Bato
Bawang
Bayabas
Yerba-buena
Sambong
Ampalaya
Niyog-niyogan
Tsaang gubat
Akapulko
Indications:
S- skin diseases
A-aromatic bath
R- rheumatism
A- asthma, body aches
H- headache, cough
Lagundi
Indication: Gouty Arthritis
Ulasimang Bato
Indication: Hypertension, toothache
Bawang
Indications:
Mouthwash
Wound wash
Diarrhea
Bayabas
Indications:
SARAH +
menstrual pains
insect bites
headaches
body pans
Yerba Buena
Essential and indispensable equipment of a PHN
PHN Bag
4 Rights in Food Safety
1) Right Source
2) Right Preparation
3) Right Cooking
4) Right Storage
1 day late starting the next package:
Take 2 pills as soon as you remember and one pill each day after.
2 days late starting the next package:
Take 2 pills per day for 2 days, then continue
as usual.
