Today our topic of discussion is Community Bag.
Community Bag
COMMUNITY BAG
The community health nurse requires some tools and instruments for doing procedures during home visits. The purpose of community-bag is to carry out nursing procedures in home, which includes weighing the children, performing minor dressing and to conduct delivery in emergency situations.
The community health bag can be made of khaki material or any material with an aluminum or iron frame to fit inside. Leather bags can also be used if the agency can afford this. It is designed to carry equipment and material needed during a visit to the home, school or factory.
The nursing bag is a vehicle for carrying the material and equipment needed during. The bag should have outside packets for keeping a note book, waste paper bag, folder, newspaper, stationeries and tablet container (Fig. 31.3).
Definition. Bag technique-a tool making use of public health bag through which the nurse, during his/her home visit, can perform nursing procedures with ease and deftness, saving time and effort with the end in view of rendering effective nursing care.
COMMUNITY BAG The Community-Bag is otherwise known as Public Health Bag which is made up of material like linen, plastic, fiber. It is an essential tool of Community health nurse during his/her home visit.
It is an identity for community health nurses. There are different types of bags used in different settings and areas. A bag has different compartments to keep the articles. There are certain principles to be followed to use community health bag which depends on the particular policy of different agencies.
Importance of Community Bag
- It is essential during each home visit, school and industrial visit to do some nursing procedures
- The community-bag and material required are kept ready to use at any time
- The community-bag helps to demonstrate some nursing procedures during home visit
- The community-bag acts as a vehicle for carrying the tools during a home visit.
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