Niñez Manzanillo

Anni Agu
What is Family health
Nursing?

 Focus: HEALTH/Health Promotion

 FAMILY HEALTH: ways families
communicate, provide care for each other.
Principles of CHN:
1. The community is the patient in CHN, the family is the
unit of care and there are four levels of clientele:
individual, family, population group (those who share
common characteristics, developmental stages and
common exposure to health problems – e.g. children,
elderly), and the community.
2. In CHN, the client is considered as an ACTIVE partner
NOT PASSIVE recipient of care
3. CHN practice is affected by developments in health
technology, in particular, changes in society, in general
4. The goal of CHN is achieved through multi-sectoral
efforts.
5. CHN is a part of health care system and the larger
human services system.
Goal of family health Nursing

 Strengthen, maintain, restore the family’s

ability to deal with health related illnesses
that affects the family member’s function.
 ROLE

 help individuals and families to cope with illness

and chronic disability, or during times of stress,
by spending a large part of their time working in
patients‘homes and with their families.
 give advice on lifestyle and behavioural risk
factors as well assisting families with matters
concerning health.
 Ensure that the health problems of the family
are treated at an early stage.
 Public health and social issues and other social
agencies, they can identify the effects of
socioeconomic factors on a family‘s health and
refer them to the appropriate agency.
 They can facilitate the early discharge of people
from hospital by providing nursing care at home
 Can act as link between family and family health
provider
 whole continuum of care, including health
promotion, disease prevention, rehabilitation
and providing care for those who are ill or in the
final stages of life
Family Coping Index
 Physical Independence – ability of the family to move in
& out of bed & perform activities of daily living.
 Therapeutic Independence – ability of the family to
comply with the therapeutic regimen (diet, medications)
 Knowledge of Health Condition- wisdom of the family to
understand the disease process
 Emotional Competence – ability of the family to make
decision maturely & appropriately (facing the reality of
life)
 Health Care Attitude – relationship of the family with the
health care provider
S-E-X
 either of the two divisions, male or female,
into which persons, animals, or plants are
divided, with reference to their reproductive
functions
 the character of being male or female; all the
attributes by which males and females are
distinguished
 anything connected with sexual gratification
or reproduction or the urge for these; esp.,
the attraction of those of one sex for those of
the other
DID YOU KNOW?
 44% of teenagers say they don’t trust the sex
advice they get from their friends and would
rather get information by talking to their
parents*.
 Asking your parents, older brothers and
sisters or another adult you trust about sex
will help you get past the myths and set the
record straight.
 Incest is sexual activity between close family
members who are forbidden by law or
custom from marrying. Incest is considered
taboo, and forbidden (though not always
punished severely) in the majority of current
and past cultures.
Reproductive
Health Bill
 I N C E S T

 Incest is sexual activity between close family

members who are forbidden by law or
custom from marrying. Incest is considered
taboo, and forbidden (though not always
punished severely) in the majority of current
and past cultures.
abuse/ child
molestation
ASSESMENT:
Sleep problems (e.g., sleeplessness or oversleeping, nightmares,
sleepwalking, sleeping in strange place [avoiding offender])

Fatigue

Ego Integrity

Negative self-appraisal, acceptance of self-blame/making excuses for the

actions of others

Low self-esteem (offender/survivor)

Negative self-appraisal, acceptance of self-blame/making excuses for the

actions of others

Feelings of guilt, anger, fear and shame, helplessness, and/or powerlessness

Minimization or denial of significance of behaviors (most prominent defense
mechanism)

Avoidance or fear of certain people, places, objects; submissive, fearful

manner (particularly in presence of offender)

Report of stress factors (e.g., family unemployment; financial, lifestyle

changes; marital discord)

Hostility toward/mistrust of others

NURSING PRIORITIES

1. Provide physical/emotional safety.

2. Develop a trusting therapeutic
relationship.
3. Enhance sense of self-esteem.
4. Improve problem-solving ability.
5. Involve family/partner in therapeutic
program.
 GOALS
1. Physical/emotional safety maintained.
2. Trusting relationship with one person
established.
3. Self-growth and positive approaches to
problems evident.
4. Client/SOs participating in ongoing
therapy.
5. Plan in place to meet needs after
discharge.
S-T-I’s
ASSESSMENT

 Painful urination
 Genital ulcers such as open sores and blisters
 Warts
 Skin rash
 Discharge from penis or vagina
 Abdominal pain, mostly in women
Nursing priorities
 Provide necessary information regarding
STI’s
 Develop a trusting relationship
 Imply the need of consultation to physician.
And following treatment regimen.
 Involve the family in therapeutic program.
 GOALs:

 Trusting relationship with one person

established.
 Be able to verbalize the importance of a
single sexual partnership, etc.
 Over-all physical safety is maintained.
Reproductive Health
Bill