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The Role of Family Health Care in Tuberculosis

The Role of Family Health Care in Tuberculosis. Associated with the family's ability to implement The Role of Family in Tuberculosis Health Care, namely:

a. Know the family health issues

Health is a family needs that should not be ignored because without health, everything is meaningless, and because sometimes the entire health care resources and the power of family funds depleted.

Inability of the family in identifying health problems in the family one of which is caused by a lack of knowledge. Lack of knowledge about the understanding of the family, signs and symptoms, treatment and prevention of tuberculosis.

b. Decide what is right for family health

This task is a major effort for families seeking help appropriate to their family circumstances, to consider who among families who have decided to determine the ability of the family action. Health measures undertaken by the family of the right to expect health problems can be reduced even resolved.

Family's inability to take decisions in doing the right thing, because the family did not understand the nature, weight and extent of the problem and did not feel the prominence of the issue.

c. Caring for families experiencing health problems

Families can take appropriate action and correct, but the family has its limitations. The inability of families caring for a sick family member due to not knowing how to care on the disease. If so, family members who experienced health problems need to obtain follow-up or maintenance can be performed in health care institutions.

d. Modify the family environment to ensure the health of family

Maintaining a good environment will improve the health of families and assist healing. The inability of the family in modifying the environment can be caused due to limited family resources such as financial, physical condition of the home who are not eligible.

e. Utilize health care facilities in the vicinity of the family

Family's ability to utilize health care facilities will help family members who are sick get help and get treatment immediately so the problem is resolved.

Family Nursing Care Plan for Tuberculosis

Home Health Care Patients with Hypertension

Home health care is one type of long-term care, which can be given by professionals and non professionals who have received training. Home health care, which is one form of health care is a component of a continuous range of health services and comprehensive given to individuals and families in their homes that aim to enhance, maintain or restore health and maximize independence and minimize the consequences of diseases including terminals. Services that fit the needs of individual patients and families, planned, coordinated and provided by service providers who are organized to provide home care staff or through contractual arrangements or a combination of both (C Warhola, 1980).

According Sherwen (1991), home health care as an integral part of nursing services performed by nurses to help individuals, families and communities to achieve self-reliance in solving health problems that exist. Meanwhile, Stuart (1998) describe the home health care as part of the nursing process in the hospital, which is a continuation of the repatriation plan (discharge planning), for clients who have time to go home from the hospital. Home treatment is usually done by nurses from the hospital initially, carried out by community nurses where the client is located, or carried out by special teams who deal with home care.

Purpose of Health Care

Home health care aims to:

1. Help clients maintain or improve health status and quality of life,
2. Improve the adequacy and effectiveness of care in family members with health problems and disabilities,
3. Strengthen family functioning and closeness among family,
4. Helping clients stay or return home and get the necessary treatment, rehabilitation or palliative care,
5. Health care costs will be more controllable.

Equipment required - Home Health Care Patients with Hypertension :

1. Tensimeter
2. Stethoscope
3. Scale
4. Syringe
5. Infusion set
6. Drugs


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Evaluation

1. Evaluation of nurse
2. Evaluation of patient / family

Inform Concern

Consent of the patient and family
Approval of financing and participation in care
Approval of the system of salary / wages of home care personnel.