COMMUNITY HEALTH IN NURSING (1st SEM)

Learning Content:
1. Overview of Public Health Nursing in the Philippines
a. Global and National Health Situations
b. Definition and Focus:
i. Public Health
ii. Community Heath
iii. Public Health Nursing
iv. Community Health Nursing
v. Standards of Public Health
vi. Evolution
vii. Roles and Responsibilities of a Community Health Nurse
2. The Health Care Delivery System
a. World Health Organization
i. Millennium and Sustainable Development Goals
b. Philippine Department of Health (DOH)
i. Mission – Vision
ii. Historical Background
iii. Local Health System and Devolution of Health Sciences
iv. Classification of Health Facilities (DOH AO-0012A)
v. Philippine Health Agenda 2010-2022
c. Primary Health Care (PHC)
i. Brief History
ii. Legal Basis
iii. Definition
iv. Goals
v. Elements
vi. Principles and Strategies
d. Levels of Prevention
e. Universal Health Care (UHC)
i. Legal Basis
ii. Background and Rationale
iii. Objectives and Thrusts
3. The Family
a. As Basic Unit of the Society
b. Types
 i. As a Client
ii. As a System
c. Functions Developmental Stages
d. Family Health Tasks
e. Characteristics of a Healthy Family
4. Family Nursing Process
a. Family Health Assessment
i. Tolls for Assessment
1. Initial Data Base
2. Typology of Nursing Problems in Family Nursing
Practice
3. Family Health Task
4. Family Coping Index
ii. Family Data Analysis
1. Socio-Economic and Cultural
2. Home Environment
3. Family Health Status
4. Family Value and Health Practices
b. Family Nursing Diagnosis
c. Formulating Family Nursing Care Plan
i. Priority Setting
ii. Establishing Goals and Objectives
iii. Selecting Appropriate Family Nursing Interventions / Strategies
d. Implementing Family Care Plan
i. Categories of Intervention
1. Promotive
2. Preventive
3. Curative
4. Rehabilitative
ii. Tools of Public Health Nurse
1. PHN Bag and Contents
2. Principles and Techniques in the Use of PHN Bag
iii. Types of Family Nurse
1. Clinic Visit
2. Home Visit
3. Group Conference
4. Telephone Calls
 5. Written Communications
e. Family Health Care Researchers
i. Related Studies
ii. Evidence-Based Practices
f. Interprofessional Care in the Community
i. Rural Health Unit Personnel
ii. Local Government Units
iii. Government Organizations
1. DSWD
2. Nutrition Council
3. Population Commission
iv. Non-Government Organizations
1. Socio-Civic Organizations
2. Religious Organizations
3. Schools
g. Evaluation of Family Nursing Care
i. Evaluation Process and Outcomes
ii. Re-assessment
5. Records in Family Health Nursing Practice
a. Importance and Uses
b. Types of Records and Reports
6. DOH Programs Related to Family Health
a. Expanded Programs of Immunization (EPI)
b. Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses (IMCI)
c. Early Essential Intrapartla and Newborn Care (EEINC)
d. Newborn Screening
e. BE mONC / CE mONC
f. Nutrition
g. MhGAP
h. Other Related Programs
7. Ethical Considerations in Community Health Nursing
8. Public Health Laws
a. Magna Carta for Health Worker
b. Sanitation Code
c. Clean Air Act
d. Generic Act
e. National Health Insurance Act (PhilHealth)
 f. National Blood Services Act
g. Laws on Notifiable Disease
h. Senior Citizen Laws
i. Revised Dangerous Drugs Law
j. Act on Cheaper Medicine
k. Save the Children
l. Violence Against Women
m. Disaster Risk Reduction Management
n. Rooming-in and Breast-Feeding Act of 1992 (Milk Code)
o. Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Law of 2012
p. Mandatory Infants and Children Health Immunization Act of 2011
q. Children Safety on Motorcycles Act of 2015
r. Children’s Emergency Relief and Protection Act of 2016
s. Child and Youth Welfare Code of the Philippines
t. Tobacco Regulation Act of 2003 (RA 9211)
u. Other Related Laws
9. Filipino Culture, Values and Practice in Relation to Health Care of
Individual and Family
a. Family Solidarity
b. Filipino Family Values
i. Communication
ii. Helping Others and Gratitude
iii. Respect
iv. Independence
v. Service
vi. Trust
c. Filipino Family Culture and Tradition
10.New Technologies Related to Public Health Electronic Information
a. Government Sites
b. Nursing and Health Care Sites
11.Nursing Core Values as a CHN
12.Health-Related Entrepreneurial Activities in the Community Setting