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Family Health Nursing: Ms - Neethu Vincent Asst Professor KVM College of Nursing

This document discusses family health nursing. It defines family health nursing as focusing on the family as a unit of care, with health as the goal. The objectives of family health nursing are to identify health problems and needs of each family, ensure family understanding and acceptance of issues, plan and provide services with family participation, help families develop abilities to deal with health needs, and educate families on health habits and maintaining a healthy environment. General principles of family health nursing include establishing relationships with families, providing services based on family needs within available resources, ensuring family responsibility for health with support, and providing continuous education and evaluation of services. The roles of community health nurses in family health include being a teacher, coordinator, care provider, advocate, consultant,

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Family Health Nursing: Ms - Neethu Vincent Asst Professor KVM College of Nursing

This document discusses family health nursing. It defines family health nursing as focusing on the family as a unit of care, with health as the goal. The objectives of family health nursing are to identify health problems and needs of each family, ensure family understanding and acceptance of issues, plan and provide services with family participation, help families develop abilities to deal with health needs, and educate families on health habits and maintaining a healthy environment. General principles of family health nursing include establishing relationships with families, providing services based on family needs within available resources, ensuring family responsibility for health with support, and providing continuous education and evaluation of services. The roles of community health nurses in family health include being a teacher, coordinator, care provider, advocate, consultant,

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FAMILY HEALTH NURSING

MS.NEETHU VINCENT
ASST PROFESSOR
KVM COLLEGE OF NURSING
Family Health Care
 It is the art and science of
providing comprehensive health
care to family as a whole for the
purpose of prevention of
disease ,prolonging life
,promoting health and efficiency
of family through organized
efforts.
Family Health Nursing
 Family Health Nursing is
nursing aspect of organized
family health care services
which are directed or focused
on the family as the unit of
care with health as the goal.
Objectives of Family Health Nursing
 To identify health problems and nursing
needs and problem of each family
 To ensure family‘s understanding and

acceptance of these needs and problems


 To plan and provide health and nursing

services with the active participation of


family members
 To help families develop abilities to deal

with their health needs and health


problems
 To contribute to family’s performance of
developmental functions and tasks
 To help family make intelligent use of

promotive ,preventive ,therapeutic and


rehabilitative health and allied facilities
and services in the community .
 To educate ,council and guide family

members to cultivate good personal


health habits ,practice safe cultural
practices and maintain wholesome
physical ,social and spiritual
environment
General Principles of Family Health Nursing
1. Family health nursing is family focused
2. Must establish good working relationship with
the family
3. FHN is part of family health care services and is
based on identified family health and nursing
needs
4. Family relates to community where it lives and
depends on community in various ways
5. Family health nursing services should be
realistic in terms of resources available
6. Family as a units responsible for their members
health and has a right to make healthcare
decision
7. Health education , guidance and
supervision are integral part of family
health nursing
8. Continuous services are effective
services
9. Effective system of record and report of
family health nursing services is essential
10. Periodic and continuous appraisal and
evaluation of family health services are
basic to family health nursing care.
11. FHN services should be rendered to
all families without any discrimination
Role of CH Nurse in family Health
 Health teacher:
 Coordinator, collaborator, and liaison.
 Deliverer and supervisor of care and technical expert.
 Family advocate.
 Consultant.
 Counselor
 Case finder and epidemiologist.
 Environmental modifier.
 Clarifier and interpreter.
 Surrogate
 Researcher
 Role model
 Role model.
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