UNDER FIVE ASSESSMENTS – Purposes, Symbol of Under Five Clinics, Equipment Needed and Procedure (COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING)
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Under five clinic is also called the well-baby clinic that offers preventive and promotive services for the benefit of the under-five or preschool children
PURPOSES
- To provide carafe during illness
- To provide adequate nutrition
- To immunize the child at right time
- To plan and prepare for family planning
- To provide health teaching or education to promote health
- To assess the growth and development of children
SYMBOL OF UNDER FIVE CLINICS
- Care in illness
- Adequate nutrition
- Immunization
- Family planning
- Health teaching/education
EQUIPMENT NEEDED
- Weighing machine
- Inch tape, Snellen’s eye chart
- Shakir tape to measure midarm circumference
- Nutrition cups, infantometer to measure the length of infant
- Flash cards or posters and records or health chart
PROCEDURE
- Wash hands and warm
- Keep ready with the articles such as inch tape, shakir tape, nutrition cups
- Explain the procedure to the parent or the group
- Weight the infant using weight balance or Bar scale weighing machine or path weighing machine
- Check the height by using inch tape, use infantometer, if the child’s age is below 2 years
- Record the height and weight in the chart inform to their parents
- Measure the chest and head circumference and record
- Anthropometry should be entered in health record
- General physical examination can be done by the nurse to rule out any abnormalities
- Rule out any refracting errors among children by using Snellen’s chart
