LORIEGA,FAYE ANN V.

BSN-2D
CHN
1. What are the different types of family nurse contact?
• Clinic Visit- takes place in a private clinic, health center, baranggay health station or in an
ambulatory clinic during a community outreach activity.
• Home Visit- allows the health worker to assess the home and family situations in order
to provide the necessary nursing care and health related activities.
• Telephone Conference-monitoring of health status or progress during the acute phase of
an illness state, change in schedule of visit or family decision, and updates on outcomes
or responses to care and treatment.
• Written Communication- This is used to give specific information to families, such as
instructions given to parents through school children.
• School Visit or Conference-It is done to work with family and school authorities on how
to appraise the degree of vulnerability of and worked out interventions to help children
and adolescence on specific health risks, hazards or adjustment problems.
• Industrial or Job Site Visit-the nurse encounters the realities in family nursing practice
that motivates her to try out creative innovations or overwhelm her to frustration or
inaction. A dynamic attitude on personal and professional development is, therefore,
necessary if she has to face up challenges of nursing practice.
2. What is the purpose of home visit?

Home visit fulfils the needs of individual, family and community in general for nursing service and
health counselling. A home visit is considered as the backbone of community health service. A
home visit is a family nurse contact which allows the health worker to assess the home and family
situation in order to provide the necessary nursing care and health-related a activities.so the
purpose of home visit are:

• To find out needs of individual, family and community in relation to health, socio-
economic and cultural aspects.
• To provide domiciliary midwifery as care for pregnant, delivery, and puerperal mother
and infant.
LORIEGA,FAYE ANN V.
BSN-2D
CHN
• To give care to the sick, to a postpartum mother and her newborn with the view teach
a responsible family member to give subsequent care.
• To assess the living condition of the patient and his family and their health practices
in order to provide the appropriate health teachings.
• To provide counseling on family planning, immunization, nutrition.  To give health
teaching regarding the prevention and control of diseases.
• To establish a close relationship between the nurses and the public for promotion of
health.
• To make use of an inter-referral system and to promote the utilization of community
services.
3. What are the Laws affecting Public Health and Practice of CHN?
What are the advantages and disadvantages of each Public Health law?

Republic Act No. 11469 - Bayanihan to Heal as One Act (Bayanihan Act)

• Advantages: the power to adopt temporary emergency measures to respond to the

COVID-19 national health crisis.
• Disadvantage; Refusal to prioritize and accept contracts for materials and services
necessary to promote the herein declared national policy;
Republic Act No. 11223 - Universal Health Care (UHC) Law

• Advantages: It is the policy of the State to protect and promote the right to health of all
Filipinos and instill health consciousness among them.
• Disadvantage: of universal healthcare include significant upfront costs and logistical
challenges. On the other hand, universal healthcare may lead to a healthier populace,
and thus, in the long-term, help to mitigate the economic costs of an unhealthy nation.
R.A. 7160 – or the Local Government Code

• Advantages: It can reach people directly to address public health to the community.
• Disadvantage: It requires more manpower that can elicit narrow and parochial health
concerns from the respondents
R.A. 2382 – Philippine Medical Act.

• Advantages: Its allows the medical student to educate them standardize practice of
treatment.
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BSN-2D
CHN
• Disadvantage: It maybe expensive to have jurisdiction degree in completing doctorate.
R.A. 1082 – Rural Health Act.

• Advantages: It allows people within the community in building a relationships with the
neighborhood to develop psychological attributes.
• Disadvantage: Lack of ownership on health.
R.A. 6425 – Dangerous Drugs Act

• Advantages: It allows give information to the health care provider in using dangerous
drugs.
• Disadvantage: It allows give information to the health care provider in using dangerous
drugs.
R.A. 8749 – Clean Air Act of 2000
P.D. No. 825

• Advantages: It helps the community to have a clean and bright surroundings.

• Disadvantage: It would people don’t feel comfortable in their habitat.
P.D. No. 856 – Code on Sanitation

• Advantages: It promotes protections to people educate the of proper sanitation as well

as in foods.
• Disadvantage: Lack of educating in maintaining quality sanitation especially for the
foods.