A framework for planning public health nursing services to families.
We designed a model to assist public health nurses and nursing supervisory staff in planning, delivering, and evaluating their services to families. Specifically, the intent was to assist nurses to estimate the numbers and types of services required. The model includes a gradient of family health characteristics, an original delineation of nine basic public health nursing services, a coping index and scoring guidelines, and a methodology for integrating assessment of health needs and coping abilities.
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D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D005190:Family; D005192:Family Health; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D010347:Patient Care Planning / Q000592:standards*; D011637:Public Health Nursing / Q000592:standards*; D011787:Quality of Health Care