SA1 Flashcards
Its the science and Art of Preventing Disease, Prolonging Life, Promoting Health and efficiency through
organized community effort
Public health
According to _______, public health is the art of applying Science in the Context of Politics so as to Reduce Inequalities in Health while ensuring
the best health for the greatest number
WHO
Special Field of Nursing that combines the skills of nursing, public health, and social assistance for the
promotion of health, the improvement of the conditions in the social and physical environment,
rehabilitation of illness and disability
Public Health Nursing
What is this and who stated it?
- Service rendered by a professional nurse with communities, groups, families, and individuals at home, in
health centers, in clinics, in schools, in places of work for the promotion of health, prevention of illness,
care of the sick at home and rehabilitation.
Community health nursing
Ruth B. Freeman
Who stated this?
Nursing Practice in a wide variety of community services and consumer advocate areas… community
nursing is certainly not confined to public health nursing agencies
Jacobson
Who stated this?
The utilization of the Nursing Process in the Different Levels of Clientele concerned with the Promotion of Health, Prevention of Disease and Disability and Rehabilitation
Dr. Araceli Maglaya
What is the goal in CHN
To raise the level of citizenry by helping communities and
families to cope with the discontinuities
Who stated this?
The utilization of the Nursing Process in the Different Levels of Clientele concerned with the Promotion
of Health, Prevention of Disease and Disability and Rehabilitation
Dr. Araceli Maglaya
What is the philosophy of CHN
based on the worth and dignity of man (Dr. M. Shetland)
Who is the patient in CHN
Community
The (blank) is the unit of care
family
What are the 4 levels of clientele
individual, family, population group (those who share common
characteristics, developmental stages and common exposure to health problems – e.g. children,
elderly), and the community.
This theoretical model is where learning takes place in a social context. people learn from one another and that learning is promoted modeling or observing other people.
Social Learning theory
a unique clinical process which includes concepts from
nursing, mental health, social psychology, psychology, community networks, and the basic sciences
Community Mental Health Nursing
the application of nursing principles and procedures conserving the
health of workers in all occupation
Occupational Health Nursing
application of nursing theories and principles in the care of the school
population
School Health Nursing
providing nursing care to individuals and families in their own places of
residence
Home Health Care
intended to provide comfort to the terminally ill patient, improve his quality of life and provide support to the patient and family as they go through the process of dying and grieving.
Hospice Home Care
utilizes the nursing process in the care of the client in the home
setting through home visits and in public health care facilities; conducts referral of patients to
appropriate levels of care when necessary
Clinician or Health care provider
utilizes teaching skills to improve the health knowledge, skills and attitude of the individual, family and the community
Health educator
establishes linkages and collaborative relationships with other healthprofessionals, government agencies, the private sector, non government organizations and
people’s organizations to address health problems
Coordinator and collaborator
monitors and supervises the performance of midwives and other auxiliary health
workers; also initiates the formulation of staff development and training programs for midwives and
other auxiliary health workers as part of their training function as supervisors
Supervisor
influences people to participate in the overall process of community
development
Leader and change agent
influences people to participate in the overall process of community
development
Leader and chnage agent
organizes the nursing service component of the local health agency or local government unit;
also, as program manager, the PHN is responsible for the delivery of the package of services provided by
the health program to target clientele
Manager
participates in the conduct of research and utilizes research findings in practice
Researcher
What are the two basic approaches in looking at the individual?
Atomistic
Holistic
What are the perspectives in understanding the individual?
Biological (unified whole, holon, dimorphism)
Anthropological (essentialism, culture, social constructionism)
Psychological (psychosexual, paychosocial, behaviorism)
Sociological (family, kinship, social groups)
Provide examples of Vulnerable Groups
Infants and young children
school age
mothers
males
old people
adolescents
The type of assessment that responds to a particular need of a target group
problem oriented
obtain general information about the community to determine the community’s strengths and
weaknesses
• consist of collecting, organizing, synthesizing, analyzing and interpreting data
community diagnosis
obtain prevalent health conditions and risk factors (epidemiologic approach), Socio-economic
condition, and Lifestyle behaviors and attitudes that have effect on health.
comprehensive