Community bag technique

Table of Contents • • • • • • What is a community bag? DEFINITION The Community health bag is designed to carry equipment and material needed during a visit to the home, school or factory. Equipment and material are needed to make tests and to demonstrate patient care such as eye irrigation, application of ointments ,medications. What is a community health nursing bag? Community Health Nursing (CHN) Bag. Public health bag – is an essential and indispensable equipment of the public health nurse which he/she has to carry along when he/she goes out home visiting. How many pockets are in a community bag? Community Health Bag It is light waited community bag with 4th chamber , outer cover is water proog and there are 4 pocket in outer cover. Why is bag technique important? PURPOSE: To prevent contamination of bag and equipment, avoid cross infection, and establish a clean work area. Protect patients, family members, and healthcare workers from the spread of infection. What are the two main components of community health promotion? Community based health promotion emphasizes primary prevention and population based perspective (traditional prevention). Which is the primary goal of community health nursing? The primary goal of community health nursing is to help a community protect and preserve the health of its members, while the secondary goal is to promote self-care among individuals and families. Why is bag technique important in community health? Which is true of primary faci...

Questions 1. Which is the primary goal of community health nursing? A. To support and supplement the efforts of the medical profession in the promotion of health and prevention of B. To enhance the capacity of individuals, families and communities to cope with their health needs C. To increase the productivity of the people by providing them with services that will increase their level of health D. To contribute to national development through promotion of family welfare, focusing particularly on mothers and children 2. CHN is a community-based practice. Which best explains this statement? A. The service is provided in the natural environment of people B. The nurse has to conduct community diagnosis to determine nursing needs and problems C. The service are based on the available resources within the community D. Priority setting is based on the magnitude of the health problems identified 3. Population- focused nursing practice requires which of the following processes? A. Community organizing . B. Nursing, process C. Community diagnosis D. Epidemiologic process 4. RA 1054 is also known as the Occupational Health Act. Aside from the number of employees, what other factor must be considered in determining the occupational health privileges to which the workers will be entitled? A. Type of occupation,: agriculture, commercial, industrial B. Location of the workplace in relation to health facilities C. Classification of the business enterprise based on net profit D. Sex and a...

Name: Hadassah Sulamith T. Labrador BSNI-II Community Health Nursing Bag Technique I. Purpose The purpose of the bag technique is to enable the nurse to perform a nursing procedure to save time and effort and also to prevent and minimize the spread of infection during the visit of the nurse in the community. II. Principles  Performing the bag technique will minimize, if not, will prevent the spread of any infection.  It saves time and effort in the performance of nursing procedures.  The bag technique can be performed in a variety of ways depending on the agency’s policy, the home situation, or as long as principles of avoiding transfer of infection is always observed. III. Contents of the Bag The bag contains the basic fundamental, essential and indispensable equipment of a nurse in which a nurse carries during the conduct of his or her home visits. The bag gives and offer an immediate access to infection control supplies such as the following;  Paper lining - is a wall covering that is similar to wallpaper but has been designed to be used underneath paint or wallpaper for a smoother finish.  Extra paper for making waste bag - is a disposable bag used to contain solid waste  Plastic/linen lining - commonly referred to as poly liners, are flexible plastic liners specifically designed to line the inside of a flexible intermediate bulk container.  Apron - a protective or decorative garment worn over the front of one's clothes and tied at the back  Hand towel - a piec...

Description: The most important infection prevention activity that staff can deploy when implementing bag technique is performing hand hygiene. This webinar will discuss best practices when performing bag technique in the home care setting. This educational offering no longer includes contact hours at this time. Learning Objectives: At the end of this webinar, participants will be able to: • Describe guidelines for best practices in home care bag technique • Explain the science behind bag technique and hand hygiene • Describe the steps in the practice of hand hygiene and bag technique Audience: Community Health professionals from CHAP-accredited and non-accredited organizationslooking for best practices, tools and resources to achieve better outcomes. CHAP’s VP of Quality Assurance and Compliance is Margaret Terry PhD, RN. Peg, as is her preference, brings a breadth of valuable experience. Peg has been the CEO of a private duty company offering homemaker and home health aide services to Area Agencies on Aging and counties in Maryland and Virginia. In her role as VP of Clinical Operations and Compliance Officer at MedStar Visiting Nurse Association in the DC/Maryland area, she also led efforts to integrate home health services with primary care-the first Blue Cross/Blue Shield primary medical home project. That practical experience and vision of new care models supported her two most recent national roles, namely as the Vice President of Quality and Innovation at the Visiti...