home visit.ppt

Community nurses

1. SaharBalla
MScCHN

2. Why we doing home visiting in
our community?
1-Majority of the patients are found in
the home.
2-The home is utilized for many reasons
in relation to health of family.

3. 3-to give a more accurate assessment
of the family structure and behavior
in the natural environment.
4-home visiting provide
opportunities to observe the home
environment.

4. Home visit:
1-A process of providing nursing care to
clients at their doorsteps.
2-Home visiting is a purposeful interaction
in a home directed at promoting and
maintaining the health of individuals and
the family.

5. 1-should be Plannedwith purposesand
beneficialto clients or patients.
2-Purpose should be clear and must be
meet the need of clients or patients.

6. 3-Home visiting should be regular and
flexible according to need of clients or
patients.
4-Home visiting should be educative.
5-Home visiting should be convenient
and acceptable.

7. 6-The nurse should make an attempt to
include each family member while using
nursing process.
7-The nurse must be flexible and must
respect the patient's right to accept or reject
care.
8-Home visit should be recorded in diary and
family folders.

8. 1-provide excellent opportunity to
implement the nursing process.
2-provide an excellent opportunity to
study the home and family situation.

9. 3-create a good understanding between
nurse and family and builds good image of
nurses.
4-clarify the doubt raised by the family
member.
5-help to prevent and handling the
problems.

10. 6-Home visiting are convenient for the
patients.
7-Home visit is best option for patient
unwilling or unable to travel.
8-Home visit provide natural
environment for the discussion of
concerns and needs.

11. 1-Consumes lot of time and energy:
overcome by proper street map or
guidance
2-Unforeseen events:
e.g. some family may be rowdy sycophant,
may be addict or alcohol, What we do?
Gradually build relationship by getting
assistance from neighbors or leader of
community

12. 3-Non acceptance:-
Family may not accept the nurse due to:
a -cultural deference.
b -Personal characteristic of the
nurse.
To overcome this problem , the nurse
give an accurate and complete
description of the purposes and the
natural of home visit and the nurse must
be careful while communicating to
family

13. 4-Problem of local language:-
5-Role confusion:

14. the following group of people should
given priority in home visiting:-
pregnant, postnatal and lactated
mothers.
mothers of premature infants or
twins.

15. very young mothers(teenage
pregnancies).
mothers less babies.
Single parent families.
Families with special
problems(handicap child, elderly.)..
Continue risk group:-

16. Children under five .
families with an infectious illness e.g.
Families with TB, leprosy, mental
health problems .
elderly people living alone.

17. non clinic attendant.
malnourish mothers and
children.
families with poor health history
e.g. recurrent hospital admission.
Continue risk group

18. follow up visit following discharge
from hospital to insure that
treatment is being carried out e g.
Diabetics have been following the
correct course of treatment..

19. Any Question?