Health Education (Prelims)
Health continuum – all you do is related to health
• Decrease hypovolemia BP
• Increase cardiac pulse (give blood + iv fluid)
• Menopause (decrease in calcium) → woman
takes milk decrease the risk for osteoporosis,
woman does not take milk is risk for
osteoporosis.
Health education – a system of activities intended to
produce health or illness related learning. It may
clarify values, brings a shaft in belief or attitude,
facilitate the acquisition of skills and causes changes
in behavior or lifestyle.
• Body – 70% carbs, 30% exercise
• H20 → 3L (24 hrs.)
• Sleeping habits – 8 hours
• Hospital – alcohol (no body fluid exposed),
handwash (with fluid exposure)
• High altitude and cold weather → decrease in
immune system
• Cultural – be sensitive in speaking
Nurses roles – health education is considered a
function of nursing.
Article VI Section 28 of the Philippine Nursing Act of
2002 (R.A. 9173) – a nurse is to “provide health
education to individuals, families and communities”
Benefits of health education
Provides benefits to various sectors, to us, to the
society and the clients.
1. To the clients
a. Through health assessment – they are
taught how to identify their own healthy
benefits and practices and to continue
believing and practicing these.
b. Clients – the health education facilitates
the adoption of other healthy beliefs and
practices needed to attain an optimum
level of functioning. (health-illness
continuum)
i. Sleeping is ok when you are full,
but you need to be in side-lying
position (LEFT) to avoid backflow.
ii. Rationale behind hurting stomach
at midnight – gastritis (bolus →
closure of pyloric and cardiac
sphincter then it will release acid,
could lead to ulcer in duodenum)
→ avoid fried, veggies, coke, coffee,
alcohol
iii. Stomach of baby → size of
calamansi, 15 mins of nipple
sucking in order for it not to vomit
iv. Diabetes - erectile dysfunction
c. Health education allows clients to have
better access to information regarding
general prevention of diseases: using
these methods lessens the risk of
contracting these diseases
i. If there’s methods to lessen the
risks, pag sinabi sa isa, dapat lahat
ng nasa house eh susunod.
ii. Secondary
hypertension
–
medicine (headache – migraine →
do not take meds)
iii. In hospital, BP = 11/9 means
110/90
d. Health education helps ill clients cope with
disease and its effects: promote recovery,
prevent complications, reduce anxiety,
alleviate suffering, and control the spread
of communicable diseases.
e. Therefore, health education promotes
autonomy and empowerment of clients in
terms of health-related decisions.
2. Nurse
a. health education can ease the burden of
care giving among nurses
b. well informed client would tend to be
more cooperative, thereby facilitating the
nursing interventions
i. situation: co-amox 1 g BOD 7 days
(please
cooperate,
if
not,
resistance)
c. nurses can derive fulfillment when they
have given to their clients.
d. Health education for example to babies –
fever (emergency room dapat agad ipunta,
PAG NAGKAROON, GORA AGAD!)
3. Society
a. Health education promotes a healthier
population
i. Family – planning
b. a healthier population contributes to
greater productivity; it also translates to
less expenses for treating diseases and its
consequence
c. health education promotes a betterinformed population
d. Knowledge may dispel some myths and
fallacies about certain disease
e. It also helps change the society’s views
towards persons affected by the diseases
that have associated stigma (eg. Mental
disorders)
f. Thereby, promoting empathy rather than
discrimination.
Correct usage of mask (outside)
White – protect from the environment
Colored – protect from self
Opportunities for health education in nursing
- Who, Where, When can we teach?
- Every person can teach in any settings 24/7
Learning
- A process that brings together internal and
external influences to acquire, enhance, or
revise one’s knowledge, skills, values, world
view, and behavior.
Types of Learning
- Cognitive – mental skills
o LEVELS: Remembering-client states
back a normal BP (ask the same
question)
o Understanding-client predicts danger
of having a high BP
o Applying-client uses what is learned in
new situation
o Analyzing-client breaks down what is
learned into parts
o Evaluating-client judges in relational
terms
- Affective – emotions
- Psychomotor – motor skills
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