Community Health Nursing 2 / Reproductive health nursing

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Community Health Nursing Overview:

This course is of 6 credit hours. It will focus on the role of community health Nurses in providing family centered care and basic concepts of Reproductive Health for male and female through emphasis on obstetrics, gynecological morbidities, infertility, family planning, adolescent related health problems, immunization, tropical disease, abortions, reproductive health indicators, and related health education.

Course Objectives:

By the completion of this course, learners will be able to:

  • Discuss the role of a nurse and other health team members in providing reproductive health care.
  • Discuss attitudes and practices towards marriage, birth, family planning, communicable diseases and immunization
  • Integration of reproductive health and its relationship to poverty, access and quality of care. Issues related to maternal morbidity and mortality.
  • Discuss the maternal and child health care programs in Pakistan and integrate the relevant concepts into nursing practice.
  • Discuss the common communicable and tropical disease in Pakistan and integrate the relevant concepts into nursing practice.
  • Provide family centered care with focus on mother and child.
  • Begin to demonstrate the legal and ethical nursing practice while providing care to the family.
  • Identify the role of the individual and the family in the promotion and maintenance of health and prevention of disease.

Teaching/Learning Strategies:

Role playing, Group Activities, Interactive discussions, Visual Aids, Individual Assignments & Field Visits

Evaluation Criteria:

  • Midterm 30%
  • Interview based report writing assignment 20%
  • Community based group teaching 20%
  • Final Exam 30%
  • Practicum pass /fail/grade


CHN 2 Outline:

This unit will include the following objectives or units.

UNIT I: Introduction to Reproductive Health Download

By the end of the session you will be able to:

  1. Integrate the role of a community health nurse and other health team members in reproductive health care.
  2. An overview of women’s health and its relationship to poverty, access and quality of care.


Unit II: Immunization and Tropical Disease 

In this unit you will be able to understand the basic concept of immunization.

At the completion of the unit, you will be able to:

  1. Overview of Expanded Program for Immunization (EPI) in Pakistan.
  2. Review different types of Immunity.
  3. List seven childhood Communicable Diseases covered by EPI.
  4. Explain the types of vaccines.
  5. Describe the importance of childhood immunization in family context.
  6. Discuss the process of cold chain.
  7. Discuss the responsibilities of a nurse to maintain cold chain.
  8. Discuss the Family/Communities practices towards immunization.
  9. Health Education and Post Vaccination teaching.


Unit III: Family Centered Care:

In this unit you will be able to assess the family by utilizing functional health pattern tool. In addition they will be able to identify the needs of family and apply family centered nursing process.

By the end of the unit, you will be able to:

  1. Define family and discuss its functions.
  2. Describe the types, structure/organization of a family.
  3. Describe the different roles adopted by family members.
  4. Discuss the concept of boundaries, family power and decision-making.
  5. Identify the stressors prevalent within and outside family.
  6. Explain how coping mechanism can help to maintain family functions.
  7. Differentiate between values and beliefs.
  8. Identify Pakistani family values and beliefs.
  9. Understand the importance of knowing values and belief as a nurse.
  10. Discuss the steps of family centered nursing process.
  11. Define eight stages of family developmental life cycle.
  12. Discuss the roles/tasks of family members in each stage.
  13. Discuss the roles and functions of nurse in family centered care.

Unit IV: Safe Motherhood and Newborn related care:

In this unit you will be able to discuss the importance, purposes and services of MCH Program in Pakistan.

At the completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  1. Discuss the objectives of MCH Services and get the introduction to the concepts of Reproductive Health.
  2. Discuss the physiological changes during pregnancy.
  3. Identify minor ailments during pregnancy and discuss their management.
  4. Discuss the causes of maternal mortality in Pakistan.
  5. Identify high-risk mothers and discuss the need of referral.
  6. Describe the guidelines for antenatal assessment, care and teaching.
  7. Explain the preparation of mothers for home delivery.
  8. Discuss Home Delivery process and its management.
  9. Discuss the postnatal complication.
  10. Describe the nursing guidelines for post partum assessment, care and teaching.
  11. Explain the care of newborn baby at home and emphasize on Breast Feeding.

Unit V: Family Planning (FP) Download

In this unit you will be able to identify the need for family planning and explain the importance of various methods of Family Planning. In addition, they will understand the importance of counseling skills.

At the end of this unit, you will be able to:

  1. Describe the consequences of population growth in Pakistan.
  2. Identify Family Planning (FP) services available in Pakistan.
  3. Identify social, economic, political and religious aspects of FP in Pakistan.
  4. Discuss the responsibilities / role of a nurse for Family Planning.
  5. Describe the indications, contraindications, advantages and side effects of different contraceptive methods.
  6. Discuss the importance and steps of counseling skills.

Unit VI: Adolescent reproductive and sexual health Download

By the end of this unit you will be able to develop understanding of adolescent reproductive and sexual health in Pakistani context.

  1. Identify changes during puberty
  2. Discuss common problem occur during puberty
  3. Demonstrate Nursing care and counseling


Following are some of the units from tropical disease.


Tropical  Disease (Download)

References:

1. Ansari. I. M. (2006). Community Medicine and Public Health (6th ed.) Karachi:

2. Khalid, F. (2003) Family planning and islam. A Review, article from Hamdard Islamicus, 17 (3).

3. Brouwere, V. D., Tonglet, R., & Lerberghe, W. V. (October 1998). Strategies for reducing maternal mortality in developing countries: What can we learn from the history of the industrialized west? Tropical Medicine and International Health, 3 (10), 771-782

4. Evan, R. L; & Reiser, D. J. (2004). Role transitions for new clinical leaders in perinatal practice. Jognn clinical issues, 3(33), 355-360

5. Fikree, F. F. (2004). Reproductive health in Pakistan: Evidence and future directions., 11 (52), 1-6

6. Gerein, N., Mayhew, S., and Lubben, M. (Feb 2003). A framework or a new approach to antenatal care. Journal of Gynecological and Obstetrics., 80 (2), 175-182

7. J., Fortney. (2005). Antenatal risk screening and scoring: A new look. International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics, 50 (Suppl 2), S53–S58

8. K, Park. (2004). Textbook of preventive and social medicine (24th ed). Jabalpur India.: Banarsidas Bhanot.

9. Mac, M. N. J; Dulski, L. A; & Meagher, B. (2005). Red alert perinatal hemorrhage. The American journal of maternal / child health nursing, 30(1), 46-51.Lippincott.

10. Matthews, R; & Callister, L. C. (2004). Childbearing women’s perceptions of nursing care that promote dignity. Jognn clinical issues, 4 (33), 498-507

11. Rehman, S. A, Janjua, T., Farooq,T, & Muynck A. D. (2000). Unmet obstetrical needs in the districts of Attock & Jhelum, Punjab province, Pakistan. (3.).HAS Press: Public Health Monograph Series.

12. Simkin, P. (2002). Supportive care during labor: A guide for busy nurses. Jognn clinical issues, 6 (31), 721-732.

13. Sittner, B. J; Defrain, J; & Hudsen, D. B. (2005). Effect of high risk pregnancies on families. The American journal of maternal / child health nursing, 30 (2), 121-126.Lippincott.

14. Vincent, C. V. H. (2005). Nurses’ knowledge, attitude, and practice regarding children’s pain. The American journal of maternal /child health nursing, 30 (1), 177-183.Lippincott.