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BOX B.1: Domains and Problems of the Omaha System Problem Classification Scheme
Environmental Domain
Material resources and physical surroundings both inside and outside the living area, neighborhood, and broader community:
Psychosocial Domain
Patterns of behavior, emotion, communication, relationships, and development:
Physiological Domain
Functions and processes that maintain life:
Health-Related Behaviors Domain
Patterns of activity that maintain or promote wellness, promote recovery, and decrease the risk of disease:
Nutrition
Sleep and rest patterns
Physical activity
Personal care
Substance use
Family planning
Healthcare supervision
Medication regimen
From: Martin, K. S. (2005). The Omaha System: A key to practice, documentation, and information management (Reprinted 2nd ed.). Omaha, NE: Health Connections Press.
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BOX B.2: Categories of the Omaha System Intervention Scheme
Teaching, Guidance, and Counseling
Activities designed to provide information and materials, encourage action and responsibility for self-care and coping, and assist the individual, family, or community to make decisions and solve problems.
Treatments and Procedures
Technical activities such as wound care, specimen collection, resistive exercises, and medication prescriptions that are designed to prevent, decrease, or alleviate signs and symptoms for the individual, family, or community.
Case Management
Activities such as coordination, advocacy, and referral that facilitate service delivery; promote assertiveness; guide the individual, family, or community toward use of appropriate community resources; and improve communication among health and human service providers.
Surveillance
Activities such as detection, measurement, critical analysis, and monitoring intended to identify the individual, family, or community's status in relation to a given condition or phenomenon.
From: Martin, K. S. (2005). The Omaha System: A key to practice, documentation, and information management (Reprinted 2nd ed.). Omaha, NE: Health Connections Press.
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BOX B.3: Targets of the Omaha System Intervention Scheme
anatomy/physiology
anger management
behavior modification
bladder care
bonding/attachment
bowel care
cardiac care
caretaking/parenting skills
cast care
communication
community outreach worker services
continuity of care
coping skills
day care/respite
dietary management
discipline
dressing change/wound care
durable medical equipment
education
employment
end-of-life care
environment
exercises
family planning care
feeding procedures
finances
gait training
genetics
growth/development care
home
homemaking/housekeeping
infection precautions
interaction
interpreter/translator services
laboratory findings
legal system
medical/dental care
medication action/side effects
medication administration
medication coordination/ordering
medication prescription
medication setup
mobility/transfers
nursing care
nutritionist care
occupational therapy care
ostomy care
other community resources
paraprofessional/aide care
personal hygiene
physical therapy care
positioning
recreational therapy care
relaxation/breathing techniques
respiratory care
respiratory therapy care
rest/sleep
safety
screening procedures
sickness/injury care
signs/symptoms-mental/emotional
signs/symptoms-physical
skin care
social work/counseling care
specimen collection
speech and language pathology care
spiritual care
stimulation/nurturance
stress management
substance use cessation
supplies
support group
support system
transportation
wellness
other
From: Martin, K. S. (2005). The Omaha System: A key to practice, documentation, and information management...