NURSING IMPLICATION

The family as the nucleus of the society is the focus of a

field of Community Health Nursing practice, Family Health Nursing. All goals
of care and nursing interventions are directed towards the family to somehow
help them augment their situation.
For at least 4 weeks of exposure in the community, the
group never thought that the experience would be as fulfilling and as
worthwhile. All we have expected was a “championship” out of a critical
game since CHN rotation is highly noted as the climax of all rotations within
the semester. As we had our immersion in the community, we identified a
family for the sake of presenting a family case presentation. But it turned out
that we were not merely complying for requirements, rather, we nourished
and facilitated our roles in the community as practicing student nurses. Being
a health provider, counselor, teacher and facilitator in the community makes
our work a wonder. As a health provider, we aim to sustain a balanced and
healthy lifestyle of community residents through carrying out appropriate
nursing interventions for disease prevention and health maintenance; as a
counselor, we establish rapport with the family and through that, we were
able to facilitate their consultation with regards to their health concerns and
others; as a teacher, we were able to impart health teachings to little by little
modify their unpleasant practices that contribute to the risks of health and
augment their situation; and lastly, as a facilitator, wherein we were able to
make services available for the family, imparting instructions and facilitated
the use of basic interventions such as proper handwashing to prevent the
spread of infection and any kind of diseases.
Certainly, these encounters were added to our bank of
experiences. Every moment spent were worthwhile specially that we were not
only learning, but we were also continuing to build strong friendships and
relationships that were very useful in making the exposure successful and
fulfilling. Ü