CHN

Involves a set of actions by which the status of family as client, it's ability to maintain itself as a system and functioning unit.

Tools for assessment

a guide in data collection for information about the environment, community context, and information about the family.

tool that helps the nurse outline the family's structure.

provides mechanism for recording the family's medical and health histories.

portrays and overview of the family in their situation it depicts the important nurturant or conflict-laden connections between the family and world.

uses general systems and communication concepts to conceptualize the health needs of families

Data Gathering Methods

data collection is done through the use of the sensory capacities

done through IPPA reviewing body system

completing a health history for each family member

gather information through reviewing existing records and reports pertinent to the client

performing laboratory test diagnostic procedure

what data are needed to arrive at a measure of the family's ability to achieve health and well-being among it's members

tool used to assess the coping ability of the family for certain health situation with it's purpose of providing a basis for estimating the nursing needs of a particular family

dealing with problems associated with the care with reasonable success.

when the family is unable to cope with one and other aspect of health care.

ability or capacity to deal with health situation the control with the health competence of the family

consist of brief statements or phrases that explain why you have rated the family as you have

refers to the family members mobility and ability to perform activities of daily living, such as feeding themselves and performing personal hygiene ex: arthritic patient unable to get out of bed alone, no one available to help.

family's ability to comply with prescribed or recommended procedures and treatments to be done at home ex: believes overweight in school-age is "healthy".

understanding the health condition or essentials of care according to the developmental stage of the family members.

includes practice of general health promotion and recommended preventive measures.

refers to the family's perception of health care in general.

it is concerned with the degree of emotional maturity of family members according to their developmental stage

refers to interpersonal relationships among family members, management of family finances, and the type of discipline in the home

includes home, school, work, and community environment that may influence the health of family members.

it is the ability of the family to seek and utilize, as needed, both government -run and private health, education, and other community services.

are actions that the nurse performs in behalf of the family when it is unable to do things for itself, such as providing direct nursing care to sick or disabled family member

refer to actions that remove barriers to appropriate health actions, such as assisting family to avail of maternal and early child care services.

aim to improve the capacity of the family to provide for its own health needs, such as guiding the family to make responsibile health decisions

health promotion and disease prevention programs focus on keeping people healthy, enables people to increase control over their own health ex: teaching a child on the proper way of handwashing.

aims to improve and maintain health by ensuring people do not fall ill. includes doctor visits etc.

refers to health care practices that treat patients with the intent of curing them not just reducing the pain ex: chemotherapy

helping a person who has suffered from illness or injury to restore loss skills a d so regain maximum self sufficiency

The Magna Carta of Public Health Workers

The Barangay Health Workers' Benefit and Incentives Act

The Local Government Code

an agency under the DOH responsible for creating, monitoring, and policy environment national a d local nutrition

government agency mandated as the over-all coordinating, monitoring and policy making body of the population program created by virtue of RA 6365 August 15 1971

refer to the forms on which information about an individual or family is recorded.

these are account or statement describing in detail an event situation or like usually as the result of observation inquiry etc a formal presentation of facts

are given when the information is for immediate use and not for permanency

are to be written when the information to be used by several personnel, which is more or less of permanent value.

gradual increasing and continuing record procedure

all records, which relate to members of family, should be placed in a single family folder.

EPI EXPANDED PROGRAM OF IMMUNIZATION was established in

MANDATORY INFANTS AND CHILDREN HEALTH IMMUNIZATION ACT OF 2011

provided for compulsory immunization against HEPA B for infants and children below 8 years old

Newborn Screening Act of 2004

states the national policies on infant and young feedingR. A

EONo. 51

EONo. 38

R. A. 7600

R.A 8172

R. A 8976

R. A 10028

AO 36, s2010

science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life, and promoting health and efficiency through organized effort for

extends the realm of public health to include organized health efforts at the community level through both government and private efforts

refers to the practice of nursing in national and local government which includes health centers and rural health units, and public schools.

synthesis of nursing practice and public health practice applies to promoting and preserving the health of populations