Role Of The Health Visitor

Question 1

What are health visitors?

Answer 1

• registered nurses or midwifes
• additional qualifications
• work in partnership with other healthcare workers

Question 2

What do health visitors do?

Answer 2

• health promotion
• safe sleeping advice
• infant feeding
• oral health
• abuse
  Etc.

Question 3

What is the assessment and health plan indicator allocation?

Answer 3

• core
• low risk eg post natal depression
• high risk eg domestic violence

Question 4

DHSW

Answer 4

Department of Health and Social Welfare
- contact with children from age of 3
- oral care advice and pack
- infant feeding advice
- promote and support dental registration