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At its inception, the profession of nursing adopted a holistic approach toward health promotion and the
prevention of illness and injury. Florence Nightingale founded modern nursing on the tenet that the role
of the nurse was primarily to modify the environment in ways that enhanced health and healing. Her
classic text Notes on Nursing (Nightingale, 1860), the first volume to codify nursing practice, includes
topics such as ventilation and heating, health of houses, noise, light, food, and cleanliness. In
Nightingale's view, any factor that can affect the health of the patient and the health of the public was
relevant to nursing practice.
At the time that nursing began to emerge as a profession, the interaction of
the environment and health was difficult to ignore. Nurses worked predominately in the community,
overseeing the care of the sick in homes, work sites, and schools, where environmental threats
to health were often extreme and highly visible (DeWitt, 1990; Kalisch and Kalisch, 1986; Moore, 1990;
O'Reilly, 1990; Pierson, 1990; Scovil, 1990). In those early days, nursing care included responsibility for
"the construction, sanitation, and hygiene of all places where people pass their waking hours or sleep"
(Davis, 1990). However, despite the good fit between environmental health concerns, core nursing values,
and the profession's early history, over the years environmental factors increasingly came to be treated as
separate from the nursing domain. As hospitals assumed a greater role in the health care system, more
nurses were employed in noncommunity-based settings (Kalisch and Kalisch, 1986). Nursing care
focused increasingly on the individual patient's health, specifically, the treatment of disease and
rehabilitation. Less emphasis was placed on preventive care in general, including the elimination of
harmful environments and the enhancement of healthful environments.
This study focuses on Rubiano Family, a resident of Calara St, West Calaguiman, Samal, Bataan.
Rubiano Family lives with their 3 daughters. I will identified their cause of problem through home visit
where I will do an interview to know their biographic data and also their past and present illness.
CHAPTER I
Initial Data Base
Mother
Father
Children ( one or more)
Rubiano Family, was a nuclear family, it consist of mother , father , and three daughter’s, who lives at
Calara St, West Calaguiman Samal Bataan. They have 1 mother, 1 father, and 3 daughter’s. The Rubiano
Family consists of two legally Married parents and 3 daughter’s. The Father is Edgar Rubiano, 53 years
old works as seaman. And the mother is Rosmelita Rubiano , 52 years old a house wife. And the eldest
daughter, Kennix Rubiano 20 years old a student of bs nursing, the second daughter, Krizette Rubiano 19
years old nursing student also, and the youngest 18 years old student in Arellano in 12 grade.
Health is determined by several factors including genetic inheritance, personal behaviors, access to
quality health care, and the general external environment (such as the quality of air, water, and housing
conditions). In addition, a growing body of research has documented associations between social and
cultural factors and health (Berkman and Kawachi, 2000; Marmot and Wilkinson, 2006). For some types
of social variables, such as socioeconomic status (SES) or poverty, robust evidence of their links to health
has existed since the beginning of official record keeping. For other kinds of variables—such as social
networks and social support or job stress—evidence of their links to health has accumulated over the past
30 years.
It should be emphasized at the outset that the social determinants of health can be conceptualized as
influencing health at multiple levels throughout the life course. Thus, for example, poverty can be
conceptualized as an exposure influencing the health of individuals at different levels of organization—
within families or within the neighborhoods in which individuals reside. Moreover, these different levels
of influence may co-occur and interact with one another to produce health. For example, the detrimental
health impact of growing up in a poor family may be potentiated if that family also happens to reside in a
disadvantaged community (where other families are poor) rather than in a middle-class community.
Furthermore, poverty may differentially and independently affect the health of an individual at different
stages of the life course (e.g., in utero, during infancy and childhood, during pregnancy, or during old
age).
In short, the influence of social and cultural variables on health involves dimensions of both time (critical
stages in the life course and the effects of cumulative exposure) as well as place (multiple levels of
exposure). The contexts in which social and cultural variables operate to influence health outcomes are
called, generically, the social and cultural environment.
Education - The current trend in nursing education is to put more emphasis on practice in the
community. Pre-service nursing education has included community health nursing as part of the
curriculum for several decades. Recently, there has been a renewed interest in how to best prepare
students to practise in the community setting. Most programmes focus on caring for individuals and
families in the community, while others emphasize the community as a client (McKnight & Van Dover,
1994). Experts suggest that nursing students working for the Bachelor of Science degree should work
with a group of people with different health issues such as the elderly, those with disability, etc.
(Baumann & Schmelzer, 1994; Caretto & McCormick, 1991), based on the belief that by improving the
health of the community, the health of individuals and families is improved. Some experts have suggested
that care should be given to the entire community as a client not merely to special groups (Flick, Reese, &
Harris, 1996; McKnight & Van Dover, 1994). The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends that
basic nursing education for community health practice should prepare nurses to identify, assess, plan,
implement, and evaluate the population at risk (WHO, 1985). 16 A framework for community health
nursing education According to the proposed four core functions, most basic nursing education
programmes have selected clinical contents and learning experiences related to community health
assessment and community health interventions, care, services, and the design and implementation of
interventions, care and service to varying degrees. Two of the other functions have appeared less
frequently in most recommendations for basic nursing education and have not been included in advanced
nursing practice, although research highly recommends them. It is crucial for a nursing education
programme to be responsive to the country’s health-care system. The competency requirements of nurses
working in community health care must be tailored to meet the country’s expectations, although common
features must be maintained. The key in attaining the challenges of the new paradigm of community
health care is a focus on preparing new nurse graduates to be generalists with strengths in community
health nursing interventions, not as specialists in community health care. Thus, the proposed four core
functions must be applied in the context of the health-care system and the functions must be
conceptualized in ways that are workable in the particular community health-care context. Educators must
be well aware that they are educating future nurses for the future community health-care system.
SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS
Mrs. Rubiano depends on the monthly income of Mr. Rubiano who has a salary of 60,000 a month. Mr.
Rubiano work is a seaman. Mrs. Rubiano said that Mr. Edgar Rubiano is a good husband and good father
to their daughter’s. Mr Edgar is the one who supports the financing and all of the expences of he’s family.
Mr. Edgar Rubiano always sending the 35,000 every month to Mrs. Rubiano for all the expences of their
family.
Environmental Factors
Environmental hazards and their health effects rarely lend themselves to simple solutions applied from a
single discipline. Effective interventions for environmentally related illness require collaborative efforts
from many disciplines due to the complex nature of environmental health issues, the rapidly advancing
science base in environmental health, and the need for primary prevention strategies that often must
involve professionals from fields other than nursing. Such collaboration includes ongoing dialogue and
fluidity of roles and responsibilities.
Nurses are accustomed to working with members of other disciplines toward a shared goal, although it is
often in a multidisciplinary manner, with members of each discipline performing their activities
independently and with clear role delineation. Various nursing associations and other health professions
advocate a more collaborative approach to health problems that is highly interactive and more likely to be
termed interdisciplinary. This issue is important to consider in order to most effectively address
environmental health issues.
The ANA's draft Nursing Social Policy Statement notes that nursing has an "external boundary" that
interacts with other professions in response to changing societal needs and the advance of scientific
knowledge. The boundaries are fluid rather than firmly defined, with members of various professions
cooperating in the exchange of knowledge, techniques, and ideas on how to deliver quality health care.
Collaborative practice, with some overlap of function, enables members of various disciplines to interact
with a shared overall mission (ANA, 1994).
The National League for Nursing (NLN) has described several aspects of the complex nature of health
care: technological advances that increase access to information, the need to educate professionals to
recognize patterns and engage in innovative problem solving rather than simply mastering didactic
content, and an increasingly broad and integrated knowledge base that is not discipline specific (NLN,
1992). These issues are particularly relevant to environmental health, a field that requires (1) an ability to
access information that is current and comprehensive, (2) the ability to recognize patterns of disease, and
(3) engagement in interdisciplinary actions to gain expertise from disciplines such as physics, sociology,
political science, history, and ecology as well as various health disciplines.
History
Mrs. Rosmelita Rubiano is an 52 years old with a history of appendicitis and gallstone surgery.
She has no known allergies. She also said that she have a complete immunization when she was a
child. Mrs. Rubiano also said that she is healthy. Mrs. Rubiano also verbalize that she was
hospitalized when she found out that she has a vertigo. She also said when she feels dizzy she
takes care of herself to prevent the presence of vertigo. And Mrs. Rubiano have no maintenance
medicine. Also she got her first pregnancy at the age of 30 and now he has a 3 daughter.
She lives in #326 Calara St, West Calaguiman, Samal Bataan. Their home has an inadequate
living space , 2 rooms ,have a small kitchen inside and has dirty kitchen outside the house have 1
toilet room. And the house space is exact for the whole family.
BREAKFAST:
- 1 slice bread
-1 egg
-1 hotdog
- 1 glass of coffee
LUNCH:
- 1 cup Rice
- 1 serving of chicken
Adobo
- 1 glass of coke
DINNER:
- Half cup of Rice
- 1 serving of Tocino
History
Ms. Kyle Rubiano is 18 years old. According to her, her childhood illness she had chicken fox and she
was hospitalized by infection. She has no known allergies. And she had complete immunization when she
was a child. Ms. Rubiano have no maintenance medicine.
BREAKFAST:
- 1 cup of Rice
- 1 egg
- 1 hotdog
LUNCH:
- 1 cup of Rice
- 1 serving of pork
(sinigang)
- Juice
DINNER:
- 1 cup of Rice
- 1 serving of Cornbeef
C. Elimination Subjective Data:
Sa isang linggo dalawang beses
lang akong dumumi. Madalas
naman akong umihi dahil madalas
akong uminom mga 5 beses akong
umihi sa isang araw. As verbalized
by the patient
Color of urine: White
Consistency of Stool: Type 3 and
Type 2
Head Skull and Face Inspection -The shape of the face Normal
Palpation Rounded with frontal,
parietal, and occipital.
-symmetric facial
movements
Eyes and Vision Inspection “pag maliit na letra hindi Risk for injury
ko na mabasa , medyo R/t environmental hazards
malabo narin ang
paningin ko’’ as
verbalized by the patient.
- She uses glasses
- Her eyelash and
eyebrows are Normal
evenly
distributed.
- in her eyelids
there is no Normal
discharge, no
discoloration lids
close
symmetrically
Ears and Hearing Inspection -No presence of Normal
Palpation tenderness masses and
drainage. Symmetrical
ears and equal in size
aligned on the outer
canthus of the eye
-Coordinated, smooth
movements with no
discomfort.
-Equal strength
Musculoskeletal
It appears regular with no evident of masses, lesions ,
Head and Neck foreign bodies or other abnormalities. No tenderness
to palpation. Neck and shoulder are stable. Range of
motion and tone are within normal limits
Left upper extremity It appears regular symmetric with the right upper
extremity. No evident of masses, lesions , foreign
bodies or other abnormalities. No tenderness to
palpation. Joints are stable.
Right upper extremity It appears regular symmetric with the Left upper
extremity. No evident of masses No tenderness to
palpation. Joints are stable.
Right lower extremity It appears regular symmetric with the Left lower
extremity. No presence of swelling and tenderness in
joints.
Left lower extremity It appears regular symmetric with the right lower
extremity. No presence of swelling and tenderness in
joints. Have some scar because of the warts due to
pregnancy.
Head Skull and Face Inspection -The shape of the face Normal
Palpation Rounded with frontal,
parietal, and occipital.
-symmetric facial
movements.
Coordinated, smooth
movements with no
discomfort.
Equal strength
Flat
Musculoskeletal
It appears regular with no evident of masses, lesions ,
Head and Neck foreign bodies or other abnormalities. No tenderness
to palpation. Neck and shoulder are stable. Range of
motion and tone are within normal limits
Left upper extremity It appears regular symmetric with the right upper
extremity. No evident of masses, lesions , foreign
bodies or other abnormalities. No tenderness to
palpation. Joints are stable.
Right upper extremity It appears regular symmetric with the Left upper
extremity. No evident of masses No tenderness to
palpation. Joints are stable.
Right lower extremity It appears regular symmetric with the Left lower
extremity. No presence of swelling and tenderness in
joints.
Left lower extremity It appears regular symmetric with the right lower
extremity. No presence of swelling and tenderness in
joints.
CHAPTER II
FIRST LEVEL OF ASSESSMENT
A.Health Threat conditions that promote disease or injury and prevent people from realizing
health potential or disease to a person
Insects
Consider it as health threat because mosquito bites can cause serious diseases such as viruses malaria and
dengue virus. The family member may be transmitted of serious disease like, Zika and West Nile virus.
That can lead to potentially deadly effects.
Insects like mosquitoe have a health threat like mosquitoes bites that causes serious diseases like malaria,
dengue viruses that can lead the family members to serious diseases and might have deadly effects such
as ( encephalitis, meningitis, from mosquitoes carrying certain viruses or parasites can cause severe
illness.
No close Neighbors
Consider it as a health threat for all the members of the family because no neighbors are difficult to
handle because like if your in an emergency, and you need to go to the hospital it’s difficult to go ask for
help in the middle of the night. And you have nothing to call incase of emergency. Though not having a
neighbor is good but there is also a threat or a side effect of not having it. Because having a neighbors can
help you onto something. Especially when it’s life threatening. Although having a neighbors have bad
effects too because some people are complaining about their neighbors but in terms of health having a
neighbor is good to help each other’s in terms of emergency.
It is consider as a health threat because If you, or your family needs something important to buy like
medicines or first aid but you don’t have choice to just go in a town. Also if you’re in a emergency or in a
hurry you need a faster transport but you don’t have choice but to go to the corner and wait for the jeep to
come. It’s difficult especially when you’re in a emergency especially at night there’s no transport and
neighbors to call for an emergency.
Slippery Area
Consider it a health threat because it can cause a possible injury to a Family member because of the
slippery area.
Slippery floor is dangerous for children and elders, because it can cause accidents. Like when they slip
suddenly on the floor. It can cause break bones or worst. And They came here when they will get
something and when they are doing laundry. If they don’t maintain the cleanliness it can cause them
harm and accidents and worst is injury.
CHAPTER III
SECOND LEVEL OF ASSESSMENT
LIST OF PROBLEM IDENTIFIED
CHAPTER IV
SCALE FOR RANKINGS
A. CRITERIA
CRITERIA SCORE WEIGHT
Nature of problem
a) Health deficit
b) Health threats
c) Forseeable crisis
Modifiability
a) Easy
b) Moderate
c) Non Modifiable
Preventive/Potential
a) High
b) Moderate
c) Low
B. SCORING
Divide score by the highest possible score and multiply by the weight.
Score
------------------x weight
Highest Score
Sum up the scores for all the criteria. The highest score is 5, equivalent to the total weight.
The higher the score (near 5 and above) of a given problem, the more likely it is taken as
PRIORITY
With the available scores, the nurse then ranks the health problem accordingly.
CHAPTER V
Chapter V
Ranking and Scoring Of Each Health Problem
Prone to insects
No neighborhood
Slippery Area
a. Insects
Nature of problem
a) Health deficit
b) Health threats
c) Forseeable crisis
Modifiability
a) Easy
b) Moderate
c) Non Modifiable
Preventive/Potential
a) High
b) Moderate
c) Low
Salience of the problem
a) Problem needing
urgent attention
b) Problem not needing
urgent attention
c) Not perceive as a
problem
Total Score :
NEIGHBORHOOD
Nature of problem
a) Health deficit
b) Health threats
c) Forseeable crisis
Modifiability
a) Easy
b) Moderate
c) Non Modifiable
Preventive/Potential
a) High
b) Moderate
c) Low
Salience of the problem
a) Problem needing
urgent attention
b) Problem not needing
urgent attention
c) Not perceive as a
problem
Total Score :
Nature of problem
d) Health deficit
e) Health threats
f) Forseeable crisis
Modifiability
d) Easy
e) Moderate
f) Non Modifiable
Preventive/Potential
d) High
e) Moderate
f) Low
Salience of the problem
d) Problem needing
urgent attention
e) Problem not needing
urgent attention
f) Not perceive as a
problem
Total Score :
D. SLIPPERY AREA
Nature of problem
g) Health deficit
h) Health threats
i) Forseeable crisis
Modifiability
g) Easy
h) Moderate
i) Non Modifiable
Preventive/Potential
g) High
h) Moderate
i) Low
Salience of the problem
g) Problem needing
urgent attention
h) Problem not needing
urgent attention
i) Not perceive as a
problem
Total Score :
Chapter VI
No near Inability to After the After the Educate the Home Visit Time and effort of
shops and provide the nursing nursing family they the student nurse
transport needs of the intervention intervention should do and and family
(HEALTH family in the s the family s the family immediately members.
THREAT) environment will be able should know buy before
Due to not to do a all the and after the
residential adjustments important situation for
area. to have all things to do the readiness
their needs in terms of of the family
for the emergency member in
future needs. terms of
emergencie emergency
s. situation.
HEALTH FAMILY GOAL OF OBJECTIVE NURSING METHOD OF RESOURCE
PROBLEM NURSING CARE S OF CARE INTERVEN NURSE- S
PROBLE TIONS FAMILY REQUIRED
M CONTACT
Slippery Inability to After nursing After the Teach the Home Visit Time and
Area recognize interventions nursing family effort of the
the the family interventions member on student nurse
risks/hazard will be able to the family will how to clean and family
s due to maintain the be able to the slippery members.
inadequate cleanliness of know the area
knowledge the area harmful effect
about future of slippery
illness or floor
disease.
Chapter VII
SUMMARY
#326 Calara st, West Calaguiman Samal Bataan is the area where Rubiano Family Resides,
Their Religion is Roman Catholic. They are composed of 5 members in the Family, ( Edgar
Rubiano, Rosmelita Rubiano, Kennix Rubiano, Krizette Rubiano, Kyle Rubiano) were considered
as Nuclear Family, this is composed of 2 Parents, and 3 daughters. Rubiano Family has no history
of illness.
Conclusion
Maintaining of our good health is very important. Having a healthy body accompanied by a
healthy mind can lead to a healthy living. Taking care of your mind and body will obtain with
healthy choices for diet, exercise, and a positive outlook that can improve your over health.
The simplest and most effective way to eat healthy is to focus in real food. Nourished
your body with real foods with regular exercise can help to reduced risk of other diseases
A. Recommendations