Learning Insight

My objectives and how I achieved them during our community health nursing clinical
activities are captured in this learning insight. The experiences I gained during my
participation in the clinical rotation at Buyoan are particularly satisfying, especially those
gained while I was working with the families as well as other barangay members with different
backgrounds. Working in the community is very different from working in a hospital because
working in a community setting simply means we are embedded with unique challenges, the
ability to form meaningful, long-term relationships with clients and learn in a different
context.
Last July 31- August 1, 2017, we conducted a simple health education to the mothers
as well as their children with the theme “HEALTHY DIET GAWING HABIT FOR LIFE”.
Since the Nutrition Month just ended, we focused on giving health education regarding
proper nutrition and as well as recommendations on how to prevent malnutrition. Most of
what we taught were all basic, but when we think about it, everything starts from the basic.
Eating vegetables, avoiding such unhealthy foods as well as abstaining from smoking and
alcoholic beverages are all simple things and it serves as a stepping stone for us to have a
healthy life. We also assisted the members of the community to explore motivations,
behaviors, and feelings regarding their determination to increase their level of wellness. In
response to the person’s self- awareness for the desired elevation of maximum health, we
reinforced the need to modify and plan more achievable personal goals.
The role of the community health nurse in the participating family’s community is to
focus on the health needs of the group. Community health nursing refers to a systematic,
comprehensive focus on wellness, health protection, and disease, and injury prevention for
the population residing in a specific area. As nurses, we should function as an advocate,
consultant, case manager, educator as well as collaborator for a healthy outcome of the
community. In dealing with individual clients or a group I made sure that I was methodical
and analytical, being always of a questioning mind. I also applied some of the principles of
safety to myself, avoiding being alone on lonely roads and carrying as little personal
belongings as possible on my person. Whenever the need arose I took notes and made
reference to a patient’s history. I also carried out an assessment of patients’ appreciation of
the subject matter when ever teaching was involved. Treatments and their efficacy were also
assessed by monitoring, reviewing and follow up actions to ascertain progress of improvement
in client’s conditions.

SERYLL ANNE T. BONDAD BSN IV-B GROUP 2