1. Clinics provide primary diagnosis and treatment and are arranged in various community locations like sub-centers and hospitals. 2. Clinics are classified into general clinics, MCH clinics, and specialty clinics. MCH clinics include antenatal clinics for prenatal care, intrapartum clinics for delivery care, and postnatal clinics for post-birth mother and child care. 3. The community health nurse plays an important role in conducting clinics by assessing patients, providing nursing services, assisting doctors, selecting clinic locations, providing education, and ensuring availability of resources.

1. OMKAR COLLEGE OF NURSING,GUNA
SUBJECT:- COMMUNITYHEALTHNURSING-II
TOPIC:- PPTON clinic ‘s

2. INTRODUCTION:-
Initially the word “clinic” was used for a place where a group of physician
would sit to treat and study patient requiring medical and surgical treatment.
It is the place where the primary diagnosis of patient is done and treatment
given
According to latest concept clinic are also known as “ambulatory care
centre”.

3. PLACES FOR CLINIC:-
Clinics are mainly arranged at following places.
1. sub-center
2. Primary health center
3. Community health center
4. Hospitals
5. Low income group colonies, slums, bus stands, schools, and similarly
community places.

4. FEATURES OF GOOD CLINIC:-
1. Planned and follow the time-table
2. Physicians and members of health team should be specialist and skilled in their
work and sufficient in number.
3. Proper arrangement of places, equipment, medicines etc.
4. Behaviour of medical staff should be satisfactory.
5. Requirement of community should be kept in mind while setting up clinic.
6. Arrangement should be made for effective health education.

5. TYPES OF CLINIC:-
CLINIC
GENERAL CLINIC MCH CLINIC SPECIALITY CLINIC
Immunization clinic Antenatal clinic Diabetic clinic
Dental clinic Intra natal clinic T.B. clinic
Poly clinic Post natal clinic Cardiac clinic
Child guidance clinic Nutrition clinic
Under-5 clinic Sex clinic
RCH clinic

6. TYPES OF CLINICS:-
Clinic may be classified in various ways, these are describe in 3 groups:-
1. General clinic:- These are arranged for examination, diagnosis, and treatment of
minor ailments. Example :- immunization clinic, dental clinic and poly clinic etc.

7. 2. Maternal and child health clinic:-
MCH services are mostly provided through these clinic, some important
clinic of this category-
I. Antenatal clinic:- Antenatal care means looking after the women
during pregnancy,
This care should be start before the pregnancy
(before the conception) in a planned manner.

9. TYPES OF CLINIC:-
Activities in antenatal clinic:-
• collection of facts
• Antenatal examination
• identifying high risk women and treating them
• Prenatal counselling
• Immunization and health protection

10. TYPES OF CLINICS:-
II. Intra natal clinic :- Care required at the time of delivery is called intra natal care.
Delivery may arranged at home or at hospital. Institutional delivery (delivery in
hospital ) is considered safe and better these days.
Activities in intra natal clinic:-
• Maximum possible care to mother during delivery.
• Minimum harm to mother and child.
• Prevention of complication.
• Neonatal care.

11. Intra natal care

12. TYPES OF CLINIC:-
III. Post natal clinic:- post natal care refers to the care given to mother after delivery .
Both mother and infant care are a part of it and together it is called
“perinatology”.
Activities in postnatal clinic:-
* Prevention against complication during postnatal period.
* Post natal examination.
* providing health education.
* preparing mother for breast feeding.
* family planning.
* postnatal home visit.

13. Postnatal care

14. TYPES OF CLINICS:-
IV. Child guidance clinic:- some children suffer from abnormal behaviour or
psychological problem, child guidance clinic are organised to solve such problem of children.
Psychiatrist, paediatrician, community health nurse, and other auxiliary worker serve in these
clinics.
Children suffering from following problems:-
• Enuresis
• Refusing to go to school
• Hating from family members
• Not behaving as per age
• Cruel behaviour toward the other children and animal.

15. Child Guidance

16. TYPES OF CLINICS:-
V. Under five clinic:-
Under five clinic is a Centre, where preventive
,promotive , curative, referral and educational services are
provided in a package manner to under five
children under one roof.
To overall goal of under five clinics to provide
comprehensive health care to young children in a
specialized facility.

17. Symbol of under-5 clinic
Growth monitoring
Health education Preventive care
Family planning Care in illness

18. TYPES OF CLINIC:-
3. SPECIALITY CLINICS:- Medical and counselling services for certain specific disorders
are provided through these clinics.
Specialist doctor and nurses essential for conducting these clinics.
Example:- Diabetic clinic
T.B. clinic
Sex clinic etc.

19. ROLE OF COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSE IN CONDUCTING CLINIC:-
1. Assessing the health status of patients
2. Providing nursing services to patients
3. Assisting Doctor’s
4. Selecting place for clinic
5. Providing special knowledge, skill and technique as per health need of patients
6. Educating patients for improving health and skillful adjustment
7. Taking care or the availability of medicine, equipment and other resources
8. Monitoring record which are preserved at clinic
9. Supervising other health and nursing staff working at clinic
10. Providing health education to patient and his family

20. PRESENTED BY:-Mr. Ashok Dhakad
Assistant Professor [M.Sc. Nursing (CHN)]
Omkar College Of Nursing, Guna (M.P.)