MIDTERMS COVERAGE

Community health Implementing Family Care Plan

Prof. Luke Avila

nursing September 28, 2021

Sources: PPT, Lecture

intended to alleviate the symptoms

or cure a current medical condition.
It stives to reduce pain, improve
CATEGORIES OF INTERVENTION function, and help improve the
quality of life for patient’s
A) Promotive impairment
o Enabling people to increase control ▪ There is presence of s/s
over and improve their health. It ▪ Example: giving of
involves the population as a whole antibiotics 3x day; prn for
in the context of their everyday pain/fever
lives, rather than focusing on D) Rehabilitative
people at risk for specific disease, o Nurses assist patients with
and is directed toward action on the temporary and long-term
determinants or cause of health. disabilities or chronic illnesses.
▪ A general intervention They assist in adapting to their
▪ Example: handwashing conditions, meeting their highest
There are four core service elements related to potential, and living more
health promotion: independent lives
▪ Chronic illnesses
(1) Prevention of disease, injury and ▪ Example: cancer, stroke,
illness; dialysis
(2) Health education, anticipatory
guidance and parenting skill TOOLS OF PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE
development; PHN Bag (Public Health Bag) – an essential and
(3) Support that builds confidence and is indispensable equipment of the public health nurse
reassuring for mothers and careers; which he/she has to carry along when he/she goes
and out home visiting. It contains basic medications
(4) Community capacity building and articles which are necessary for giving care.

B) Preventive • Examples:
o Deals with the prevention of illness o Tape, bandage, alcohol
to decrease the burden of disease o Apron, soap, soap dish, Bunsen
and associated risk factors. burner, paper lining, test tubes,
Focuses on preventing disease and forceps
illness and promoting overall ▪ biosticks (pregnant women
general health and wellbeing. – find out if there is
Nurses work to prevent risk factors glucose),
for disease through patient ▪ benedict solution (for
education. They provide instruction albumin)
on healthy diets, immunizations
Bag Technique – a tool making use of public
and exercise
health bag through which the nurse, during his/her
▪ Involves a specific illness
home visit can perform nursing procedures with
▪ Example: antibiotics
ease and deftness, saving time and effort with the
propylaxis
end in view of rendering effective nursing care.
C) Curative
o Is to cure a disease or promote • For efficiency, to save time, and for
recovery from an illness, injury or effectivity
condition; involves treatment

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 TYPES OF FAMILY NURSE CONTACT
• Clinic Visit – a health care service
provided to patients on an ambulatory
basis, rather than admission to a hospital
or other health care facility. The services
may be a part of a hospital, augmenting its
inpatient services, or may have provided at
a free-standing facility
• Home Visit – a family-nurse contact which
allows the health worker to assess the
home and necessary care and health
related activities. In performing home visits,
it is essential to prepare a plan of visit to
meet the needs of the client and achieve
the best results of desired outcome
• Group Conference – often involves the
entire family and can be done at home,
clinic, school or work place. It is useful in a
situation where the family has a chronic
problem that is having a negative effect on
the entire family
o Act as counselor for their problem
• Telephone Calls – may be effective and
appropriate if the objectives and outcomes
of care require immediate access to data,
given problems on distance or travel time.
• Written Communication – is another
time-consuming option for the nurse when
there are large number of families needing
follow-up on top problems o distance and
travel time if the family is motivated and
independent.
o Advantage: make family
independent
INTER PROFESSIONAL CARE IN THE
COMMUNITY
Interprofessional Practice (IPP)
A collaborative practice which occurs when
healthcare providers work with people from within
their own profession, with people outside heir
profession and with patients and their families.
• Rural Health Unit Personnel
• Local Government Units
• Government Organizations
GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS
DSWD (Department of Social Welfare and
Development)
• Primary government agency mandated to
develop, implement, and coordinate social
protection and poverty-reduction solutions
for and with the poor, vulnerable, and
disadvantaged.
• The following agencies are attached to the
DSWD:
o Council for the Welfare of Children
o Inter-Country Adoption Board
o National Youth Commission
o National Council on Disability
Affairs
Nutritional Council
• National Nutrition Council Core functions:
1. Formulate national food and
nutrition policies and strategies and
serve as the policy, coordinating
and advisory body of food, nutrition
and health concerns
2. Coordinate planning, monitoring,
and evaluation of the national
nutrition program
3. Coordinate the hunger mitigation
and malnutrition prevention
program to achieve Millennium
Development Goals;
4. Strengthen competencies and
capabilities of stakeholders through
public education, capacity building
and skills development.
5. Coordinate the release of funds,
loans, and grants from government
organizations (GO’s) and
nongovernment organizations
(NGO’s)
6. Call on anu department, bureau,
office, agency, and other
instrumentalities of the government
for assistance in the form of
personnel, facilities and resources
as the need arises.
The Commission on Population (POPCOM)
• Is a government agency mandated as the
over-all coordinating, monitoring and policy
making body of the population program. It
is the lead agency promoting population
activities.
NON-GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS
1) Socio-Civic Organizations – a nonprofit
organization or corporation that is operated
exclusively for the promotion of social
welfare.
2) Religious Organizations
3) School
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