CHN QUIZ (apr 18)

• Home visit


  A family-nurse contact which allows the health worker to assess the home and family situations in order to provide the necessary nursing care and health related activities
• Bag technique


  A tool by which the nurse, during her visit will enable her to perform a nursing procedure with ease and deftness, to save time and effort with the end view of rendering effective nursing care to clients
• Public health bag


  An essential and indispensable equipment of a public health nurse which she has to carry along during her home visits, contains basic medication and articles which are necessary for giving care
• Contents of public health bag

  • Paper lining
  • Extra paper for making waste bag
  • Plastic/linen lining
  • Apron
  • Hand towel
  • Soap in a soap dish
  • Thermometers (oral and rectal)
  • 2 pairs of scissors (surgical and bandage)
  • 2 pairs of forceps (curved and straight)
  • Disposable syringes with needles (g. 23 & 25)
  • Hypodermic needles (g. 19, 22, 23, 25)
  • Sterile dressing
  • Cotton balls
  • Cord clamp
  • Micropore plaster
  • Tape measure
  • 1 pair of sterile gloves
  • Baby's scale
  • Alcohol lamp
  • 2 test tubes
  • Test tube holders
  • Betadine
  • 70% alcohol
  • Zephiran solution
  • Hydrogen peroxide
  • Spirit of ammnonia
  • Ophthalmic ointment
  • Acetic acid
  • Benedict's solution
• BP apparatus and stethoscope are carried separately and are never placed in the bag
• Family Health Teaching Plan - HOME VISIT

  • Health Problem - Identified health condition that was presented during home visit
  • Goal of Care - Goal of care should be SMART
  • Nursing Intervention - Independent nursing action mainly will focus on how to answer the health problem through health teachings and actions that are approrpriate and evidence-based
  • Resources - Materials needed in conducting health teachings during home visit
  • Expected Outcome - Assumption after providing health teaching
• Community Diagnosis


  An in-depth process of finding out of the profiles, health status of the community and the factors affecting the present status
• Contents of Community Diagnosis

  • Introduction
  • Target Community Profile
  • Analysis of Data
  • Action Plan based from prioritized problem identified
  • Conclusion
  • Recommendation
  • Appendices
• Rationale


  Accurate, valid, timely and relevant information on the community profile and health problems are essential so that the communities' limited resources can be maximized. And because of inherent differences among communities, relevant data can best be gathered thru community-based approach
• Purpose


  To analyze the data in order to develop a responsive intervention strategies that address the root cause of the problem
• Statement of Objectives


  • General- statement of what are to be accomplished to attain the study
  • Specific-statement of what are to be accomplished to general objectives or goals