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Goal: Provide the community with graduate nurses who are equipped
with the knowledge, skills, and attitudes needed to conduct home visits

that meet the needs of families.

Intended Learning Objectives of Course (ILOs)

a- Knowledge and Understanding:

1. Define home visit.
2. List the advantage and disadvantages of home visit.

3. State the principles of home visit.
4. List factors affecting home infection.

5. List principles to control infection at home.

b- Intellectual Skills:

1. Explain the importance of home visiting
2. Explain the goals of home visiting

3. Identify special risk groups who should be given high priority in
home visiting

4. Explain the technique of home visiting.
5. Discuss the role of the nurse in providing home visiting

6. Discuss infection control and prevention at homes
7. Explain patient education guidelines

c- Professional and Practical Skills

1. Demonstrate the steps in conducting a home visit .

2. conduct a home visit
 Assess the health status of the family members.

 Assess the nutritional status of the family and each
individual.

 Assess the mental and psychosocial health status of the
family and each individual.

 Assess –age-specific issues of growth and development for
each family member.

 Assess the environmental sanitation.
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