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Home Visit

A home visit by a nurse has several purposes: to provide care, assess living conditions and health practices, and give health teachings. When performing a home visit, the nurse should have a clear objective, plan using available patient information, prioritize needs, and involve the patient and family. Home visits allow for direct assessment and observation of the family's situation and care, but can be time-consuming. Key steps include introducing oneself, stating the purpose, making observations, providing care and teachings, and scheduling follow-up.

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Home Visit

A home visit by a nurse has several purposes: to provide care, assess living conditions and health practices, and give health teachings. When performing a home visit, the nurse should have a clear objective, plan using available patient information, prioritize needs, and involve the patient and family. Home visits allow for direct assessment and observation of the family's situation and care, but can be time-consuming. Key steps include introducing oneself, stating the purpose, making observations, providing care and teachings, and scheduling follow-up.

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Definition:

• a professional face to face contact made by


the nurse with a patient or the family to
provide necessary health care activities and
to further attain the objectives of the agency
• A nursing home visit is a family-nurse
contact which allows the health worker to
assess the home and family situations in
order to provide the necessary nursing care
and health related activities.
Purposes

• To give care to the sick, to


a postpartum mother and
her newborn with the view to teach a
responsible family member to give the
subsequent care.
• To assess the living condition of the
patient and his family and their health 
practices in order to provide the
appropriate health teaching.
• To give health teachings regarding the
prevention and control of diseases.
• To establish close relationship between the
health agencies and the public for the
promotion of health.
• To make use of the inter-referral system and to
promote the utilization of community services
Principles

•The following principles are involved when


performing a home visit:
•A home visit must have a purpose or objective.
•Planning for a home visit should make use of
all available information about the patient and
his family through family records.
• In planning for a home visit, we should
consider and give priority to the essential
needs if the individual and his family.
• Planning and delivery of care should
involve the individual and family.
• The plan should be flexible.
Following guidelines to be considered
regarding the frequency of home visits:
• The physical needs, psychological needs
and educational needs of the individual
and family.
• The acceptance of the family for the
services to be rendered, their interest and
the willingness to cooperate.
• The policy of a specific agency and the
emphasis given towards their health
programs.
• Take into account other health agencies
and the number of health personnel
already involved in the care of a specific
family.
• Careful evaluation of past services given
to the family and how the family avails of
the nursing services.
• The ability of the patient and his family to
recognize their own needs, their
knowledge of available resources and their
ability to make use of their resources for
their benefits.
Advantages of HV

• It provides a more direct and personal


contact between the nurse and family.
• It provides the opportunity for the nurse to
assess the real situation or conditions of
the family
• It provides an opportunity to observe the
actual care that is being given to the family
members.
• Family members become less hesitant to
raise questions that they might be in
another situation.
Disadvantages of Home Visit

• Burdens of the responsibility of the


hostess to the nurse
• Distractions in the home may make
instruction difficult
• Unable to share their experiences to other.
• Expensive in time, energy and money.
Steps in conducting homevisit

1.Greet the patient and introduce yourself.


2.State the purpose of the visit.
3.Observe the patient and determine the
health records.
4.Put the bag in a convenient place then
proceed to perform the bag technique.
5.Perform the nursing care needed and give
health teachings.
6.Record all important data, observation
and care rendered.
7.Make appointment for a return visit.

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