FAMILY NURSING CARE PLAN

FAMILY HEALTH PROBEM: BREASTFEEDING AS A FORESEEABLE CRISIS

General Objective: At the end of 2-hour home visit, the family will be able to understand the importance and benefits of breastfeeding, achieve
effective breastfeeding, demonstrates how to properly position the baby, infant manifest signs of adequate intake at the breast, and mother
explains a safe alternative method if unable to continue breastfeeding
Family Health Task Specific Objective Intervention Evaluation
I. Inability to recognize the At the end of the visit, the family Explain what is breastfeeding, as
presence of the condition will be able to: well as the importance and its
/problem due to: 1. Understand the benefits to the mother and
 Inadequate knowledge importance and benefits newborn child
of breastfeeding  Importance and benefits
of breastfeeding
 Food to eat for a
breastfeeding mother
 Complications of not
breastfeeding

II. Inability to make 2. Achieve effective Monitor effectiveness of current

decisions with respect to breastfeeding breastfeeding efforts
taking appropriate health
action due to:
 Failure to comprehend the
nature of the problem 3. Return demonstrate the
III. Inability to provide
adequate nursing care to
the sick, disabled,
dependent or
vulnerable/at-risk member
of the family due to:
 Inadequate knowledge
and skill in carrying out
the necessary procedure
IV. Inability to provide a 4. Determine the relevance
home environment
conducive to health
maintenance and personal
development due to:
 Inadequate family
resources specifically
limited family resources
Demonstrate or educate the
proper positioning of the family the proper positioning of
baby the baby when breastfeeding
 Cradle hold
 Football hold
 Side-lying
 Face-to-face
 Chest-to-chest
 Tummy to tummy
Distinguish the factors that can be
of sanitation the baby seen inside their house that can
affect the baby due to poor
sanitation
 Dog can go inside the
house
 Uncleanliness of the floor
 Breeding Sites
 Inadequate knowledge of
importance of hygiene
and sanitation
 Inadequate knowledge of
preventive measures
 Lack of skill in carrying
out measures to improve
home environment Educate the family on the specific
V. Ability to utilize 5. Know the community community resources they can
community resources for resources they can avail avail in terms of health care
health care due to: for health care  Barangay Health Center
 Adequate knowledge pf  Public hospital that is
community resources for runned by the government
health care