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FUNDAMENTALS OF NURSING
CHAPTER 6
HEALTH CARE DELIVERY SYSTEM
CHAPTER 7
COMMUNITY NURSING AND
CARE CONTINUITY
The Philippine Health Care Delivery System
Lead Agency:
•DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
DR. FRANCISCO DUQUE III
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
5 MAJOR FUNCTIONS:
1. Ensure equal access to basic health services
2. Ensure formulation of national policies for proper
division of labor and proper coordination of
operations among the government agency
jurisdictions
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
3. Ensure a maximum level of implementation
nationwide of services regarded as public health
goods
4. Plan and establish arrangements for the public
health systems to achieve economies of scale
5. Maintain a medium of regulations and standards
to protect consumers and guide providers
VISION BY 2030 (DREAM OF DOH)
A Global Leader for attaining better health
outcomes, competitive and responsive health
care systems, and equitable health financing
Principles to attain the vision of DOH
What is a community?
•a group of people with common characteristics
or interests living together within a territory or
geographical boundary
•place where people under usual conditions are
found
CLASSIC CONCEPT OF HEALTH
WHO (1995)
CHAPTER 8
HOME CARE
HOME HEALTH NURSING/VISITING NURSE
•Includes the nursing services and products
provided to clients in their homes that are
needed to maintain, restore or promote their
physical, psychological, and social well-being.
HOSPICE NURSING
•Support and care for the dying person and
family.
•Delivered to clients who are terminally ill on
their own residence or a shelter.
ROLES OF THE HOME HEALTH NURSE
•HEALER
•CAREGIVER
•EDUCATOR
•ADVOCATE
ROLES OF THE HOME HEALTH NURSE
HEALER
• recognizes that most human beings value health, are
responsible and active participants in their health
maintenance and illness management, and desires
harmony and wholeness with their environment
• Holistic approach is essentially viewed in context of
their biological, emotional, social, cultural and
spiritual elements.
ROLES OF THE HOME HEALTH NURSE
CAREGIVER
•Conscientious application of nursing process to
care of the elders.
•Providing care, efficiency and best interest that
rob them of their existing independence
ROLES OF THE HOME HEALTH NURSE
EDUCATOR
•Formal and informal opportunities to share
knowledge, skills related to care of older adults.
•Educating others including normal aging,
pathophysiology, geriatric pharmacology and
resources.
ROLES OF THE HOME HEALTH NURSE
ADVOCACY
•includes aiding older adults in asserting their
rights and obtaining required services,
facilitating a community or other group’s effort
to affect change and achieve benefits for older
adults.
UNIT 2
CHAPTER 9
ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS
AND INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY
INFORMATICS
•Science of computer information systems.
•Use of information and technology to
communicate, manage knowledge, mitigate
error and support decision making
RESEARCH