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 Planned with purposes and
beneficial to 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
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..
