Health care team and its members in community health nursing




Health care team :-
Definition :
The health team consists of a group of people who coordinate their particular skills in order to assist a patient his/her family. The personal who comprise a particular team will depend  upon needs of the patient.
The personal commonly included in the health team are:-
1.       The physician :- in hospital setting the physician is responsible for the medical diagnosis and for determining the therapy required by a person in ill or injured.  A physician is a person who is legally authorized to practice medicine in particular jurisdiction .
2.       The nurse : -
·         A number of nursing personal may be involved in health team and may have their own nursing team.
·         A nursing team composed of personal who provides nursing services to a patient or his family.
·         The team leader ‘ head nurse’ is responsible for delegation to duties to number of her team and care given to the patients.
3.       The dietician or nutritionist :-
·         When dietary and nutritional services are required dietician or nutritionist may also be a member of health team.
·         Dietician design special duties and they supervise the preparation of mean according to doctors prescription.
·         The nutritionist in a community setting recommends healthy diets for people and frequently involved in broad advisory services in regard of purchase and preparation of food.
4.       The physiotherapist:-
The physio therapist provides assistance to a patient who was problem related to his muscular skeleton system.
Function of physiotherapist :-
·         Assessing mobility and strength
·         Providing therapeutic measures
·         Teaching patients now skills and measures.
5.       The social worker  :-
The patient and his/her family are assisted by social worker with such problems as finances, rest home accomdation , counseling or marital problems, adoption of children.

6.       The occupational therapist :-
·         The occupational therapist assists patients with some impairments of function to gain skills as they are related to activities of daily life (ADL) and help with a skill that therapeutic.
·         It provides some satisfaction.
Example :- teaching a who has severe in his arms and hands how to adjust kitchen utensils so that he can continue to cook.
7.       The paramedical technologist :-
It includes laboratory technologist .
·         Laboratory technologist :
Examine and study specimens such as urine, feces, blood and discharge from world .
·         Radiologic technologist : -
Assist with wide variety of X-ray procedures from simple chest radiograph to more complex fluoroscopy . through use of radioactive material nuclear medicine the chrogist can provide diagnostic information about functioning of patient liver etc.

8.       The pharmacist : -
·         The pharmacist prepares and dispensar  pharmaceutician  in hospital and community setting.
·         The role of pharmacist in monitoring and evaluating the action and effect of medications or patients is becoming in increasingly prominent.
9.       The inhalation therapist :-
·         The inhalation therapist or respiratory technologist in skilled in therapeutic measures used in care of patients with respiratory problems.
·         These therapist are knowledge about oxygen therapy devices intermittent , positive pressure breathing  respirators artificial , mechanical ventilators,assessor devices used for inhalation therapy.

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