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A home visit is
a family –nurse contact which allows the health worker to assess the home and
family situation in order to provide the necessary nursing care and
health-related activities. home visit is defined as the process of
providing the nursing care to patients at their doorsteps. It is also known as
Domiciliary Nursing..
Objective of home visiting-
- To assess the family as a unit and as individuals.
- To observe the family in its real situation and environment.
- To give teaching and advices in their home environment.
- To give each family member a chance to raise questions.
- To collect health information and survey.
- To identify the needs of each family member.
- To observe the nursing care given to a sick member at home.
- To identify health hazards and problems that can not be dealt with during a clinic visit.
- To identify high risk family members and refer as needed.
- To provide antenatal visits and antenatal care.
- To provide postnatal visit and care to moters after delivery
- For surviellence in case of spread of communicable disease.
Principles of home visiting-
- A home visit must have a purpose or objective.
- Planning for a home visit should make use of all available information.
- In planning for a home visit, we should give priority to the essential needs
- Planning and delivery of care should involve the individual and family.
- The home visit plan should be flexible.
- Home visiting should be regular.
- Home visiting should be convenient to the family.
- Home visits should serve as demonstration session of good hygiene.
- Home visiting should be an opportunity to develop good IPR
- Home visiting should be educative and inforemative in relation to health.
Home visit plan-
It consists of :
u Family
health record including family folder.
u Map
of the area
u Addresses
of the families to be visited
u Micro
plan which includes route from first family to last family for the particular
day
u Home
visit plan format
Technique of home visiting/Steps
- Greet the patient and introduce yourself.
- Be polite and friendly in approach.
- State the purpose of the visit.
- Be ready to change the plan of visit as family needs.
- Observe the environment of the family.
- Ask for suitable place for bag to put.
- Put the bag in a convenient place and then
- Proceed to perform the bag technique.
- Observe the patient and determine the health needs.
- Perform the nursing care needed and give health education.
- Evaluate the nursing care given.
- Record all important date, observation, care rendered and evalution.
- Make appointment for a return visit.
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