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CHN 1 PPT Ethico-Legal Considerations in Community Health Nursing - 2023
CHN 1 PPT Ethico-Legal Considerations in Community Health Nursing - 2023
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Health Nursing I
Considerations
in Community
Health Nursing
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OUTCOME
▪ Practice nursing
in accordance
with law, legal,
ethical and moral
principles.
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Laws are formal written rules of behavior that govern conduct and
ensure the protection of citizens.
▪ It includes, but not limited to, nursing care during conception, labor,
delivery, infancy, childhood, toddler, preschool, school age,
adolescence, adulthood, and old age.
Article 3
Section 6: Human life is inviolable.
1. Right to
Appropriate Medical 2. Right to Informed 3. Right to Privacy
Care and Humane Consent and Confidentiality
Treatment
5. The Right to
4. Right Choose Health Care 6. Right to Self-
to Information Provider and Determination
Facility.
13. Right
Right to be Informed of His Rights and
Obligations as a Patient.
be conscious of their obligations as
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community concerns.
Article 5
Section 14 be equipped with knowledge of health
Be resources within the community and take
active roles in primary health care.
Project
project an image that will uplift the
nursing profession at all times.
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▪ Food establishment
▪ Public Laundry
▪ Industrial Hygiene
(b) To encourage their families and the communities they live with
to reaffirm the valued Filipino tradition of caring for the senior
citizens;
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▪ (d) To recognize the rights of senior citizens to take their
proper place in society. This must be the concern of the
family, community, and government;
▪ Deliveries by
Caesarian. - Infants
delivered by
caesarian section
shall be roomed-in
and breastfed within
three (3) to four (4)
hours after birth.
▪ Right of the Mother to
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Breastfeed. - It shall be the
mother’s right to breastfeeed
her child who equally has the
right to her breastmilk.
Bottlefeeding shall be allowed
only after the mother has
been informed by the
attending health personnel of
the advantages of
breastfeeding and the proper
techniques of infant formula
feeding and the mother has
opted in writing to adopt
formula feeding for her infant.
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R.A. 10354: The Responsible Parenthood and
Reproductive Health Act of 2012 (RH Law)
▪ (2) Maternal, infant and child health and nutrition, including breast
feeding;
▪ Requires that
mandatory basic
immunization shall be
given for free at any
government hospital or
health center to infants
and children up to five
(5) years of age
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▪ SEC. 3. Coverage.—The mandatory basic immunization for all
infants and children provided under this Act shall cover the
following vaccine-preventable diseases:
▪ (a) Tuberculosis;
(b) Diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis;
(c) Poliomyelitis;
(d) Measles;
(e) Mumps;
(f) Rubella or German measles;
(g) Hepatitis-B;
(h) H. Influenza type B (HIB); and
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▪ (2) Every child has the right to a wholesome family life that
will provide him with love, care and understanding, guidance
and counseling, and moral and material security.
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▪ (3) Every child has the right to a well-rounded development of his
personality to the end that he may become a happy, useful and active
member of society.
▪ (4) Every child has the right to a balanced diet, adequate clothing,
sufficient shelter, proper medical attention, and all the basic physical
requirements of a healthy and vigorous life.
▪ (9) Every child has the right to live in a community and a society that
can offer him an environment free from pernicious influences and
conducive to the promotion of his health and the cultivation of his
desirable traits and attributes.
▪
z (10) Every child has the right to the care, assistance, and protection
of the State, particularly when his parents or guardians fail or are
unable to provide him with his fundamental needs for growth,
development, and improvement.
▪ (5) To stimulate his interest in civic affairs, teach him the duties of
citizenship, and develop his commitment to his country;
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▪ An omnibus law
regulating smoking in
public places, tobacco
advertising, promotion
and sponsorship, and
sales restrictions,
among other
requirements.
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▪ Sub-national jurisdictions may enact smoke free laws that are more
stringent than the national law.
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Penalty
▪ On the first offense, a fine of not less than Five hundred pesos (Php500.00)
but not more than One thousand pesos (Php1,000.00) shall be imposed.
▪ On the second offense, a fine of not less than One thousand pesos
(Php1,000.00) but not more than Five thousand pesos (Php5,000.00) shall
be imposed.
▪ On the third offense, in addition to a fine of not less than Five thousand
pesos (Php5,000.00) but not more than Ten thousand pesos
(Php10,000.00), the business permits and licenses to operate shall be
cancelled or revoked.
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