Community Health Nursing Process Flashcards

Vocabulary flashcards covering core topics in Community Health Nursing, including nursing process phases, community factors, FHSIS tools, diagnosis systems, and evaluation standards.

Community Health Nursing Process

A systematic, scientific, dynamic, ongoing interpersonal process and rational method of providing nursing care for disease prevention and health promotion in a community.

Urban Area (Philippines NSCB Definition)

An area classified as having a population of 5,000 or more, at least 1 business establishment with a minimum of 100 employees or 5 establishments with a minimum of 10 employees, and 5 or more facilities within a 2-kilometer radius from the barangay hall.

Rural Area

A community setting characterized by wide open spaces and low population density, where nearly 80% of the country's poor reside and health facilities are limited.

Social System

A patterned series of interrelationships existing between individuals, groups, or institutions that forms a coherent whole within a community.

Ottawa Charter (1986)

A landmark international document on health promotion that established five key action areas: Building Healthy Public Policy, Creating Supportive Environments, Strengthening Community Action, Developing Personal Skills, and Reorienting Health Services.

Planned Approach to Community Health (PATCH)

A community health planning model based on Green's PRECEDE Model that collects quantitative and qualitative data including community profile, morbidity/mortality, behavioral risk factors, and leader opinions to build community capacity.

Comprehensive Needs Assessment

A systematic data collection process regarding all aspects of a community to identify actual or potential health problems, focusing on community capabilities and resources.

Perceived Needs

Community or health needs based on what individuals subjectively feel their needs are.

Expressed Needs

Community health needs defined by the number of individuals who have explicitly sought help or voiced requests.

Absolute Needs

Health needs deemed universal for basic human survival, such as clean water, food, safety, and shelter.

Relative Needs

Community needs rendered necessary based on equity, social context, and comparison to general population standards.

Ocular Survey (Windshield Survey)

An observational data gathering method in which the nurse drives, rides, or walks through a community to observe people, environmental conditions, and existing facilities.

Focus Group Discussion (FGD)

A primary data collection method involving a small, homogenous group of 6 to 12 members sharing similar sociocultural or health conditions to assess specific health needs.

Republic Act No. 3753

The Civil Registration Law of the Philippines that established the civil registry system and created the National Statistics Office (NSO) as its central repository.

Republic Act No. 10625

The Philippine Statistical Act of 2013, which merged the NSCB, NSO, BLES, and BAS to form the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA).

Presidential Decree No. 856

The Sanitation Code of the Philippines, which mandates obtaining a death certificate prior to allowing the burial of a cadaver.

Field Health Service Information System (FHSIS)

The official recording and reporting system of the Department of Health (DOH) in the Philippines, mandated under Executive Order 352 (1996), used to monitor population health status and generate statistics.

Individual Treatment Record (ITR)

The primary building block of the FHSIS that contains patient demographic data, presenting complaint, diagnosis, treatment, and consultation date.

Target Client List (TCL)

The second building block of the FHSIS used to plan, monitor, and report specific health services such as prenatal care, postpartum care, immunization, family planning, and sick children.

Summary Table (ST)

An FHSIS recording tool accomplished by a midwife and retained at the Barangay Health Station (BHS), composed of 12 monthly columns tracking health program accomplishments and morbidity trends.

Monthly Consolidation Table (MCT)

An FHSIS recording tool accomplished by the public health nurse based on the Summary Table, serving as the source document for quarterly forms.

De Jure Census

A census enumeration method that counts individuals according to their legally established place of residence.

De Facto Census

A census enumeration method that counts individuals based on their actual physical location on the day of the census.

Shuster and Goeppinger Diagnosis Format

A three-part community nursing diagnosis statement comprising: (1) the specific health risk or problem, (2) the target aggregate or community, and (3) the related influencing factors.

The Omaha System

A research-based, standardized practice and documentation taxonomy designed to describe client care through three components: Problem Classification Scheme, Intervention Scheme, and Problem Rating Scale for Outcomes.

Omaha Problem Classification Scheme

An assessment structure within the Omaha System consisting of 4 domains (Environmental, Psychosocial, Physiological, Health-related Behavior) and 42 neutral client problem categories.

Omaha Intervention Scheme

A care planning component in the Omaha System consisting of 4 broad categories (Teaching, Guidance, and Counseling; Treatments and Procedures; Case Management; Surveillance) and 75 target areas.

Problem Rating Scale for Outcomes

An evaluation component in the Omaha System utilizing three 5-point Likert scales to measure client progress across Knowledge, Behavior, and Status (K-BS-S).

Nominal Group Technique

A priority-setting method where group members evaluate identified health problems using criteria weights and ratings to compute a total priority score ($\text{Weight} \times \text{Rating}$).

Structure Evaluation

An evaluation approach assessing whether manpower, facilities, equipment, and physical resources allocated for interventions are adequate and effective.

Process Evaluation

An evaluation approach focused on examining the manner and quality with which the nursing process steps (ADPIE) were implemented.

Outcome Evaluation

An evaluation approach that assesses the degree to which established community health goals and objectives were achieved.

CDC Evaluation Standards

The four criteria established by the CDC for evaluating health programs: Utility (usefulness), Feasibility (doability), Propriety (ethics/legality), and Accuracy (validity/reliability).