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Family Advocacy Nurse
Summary
Title:Family Advocacy Nurse
ID:1369
Location:Medical Treatment Facility
Facility:Ramstein AFB
Facility Hours of Operation:7:00AM - 4:30PM
Employee Work Hours:7:00 A.M. - 4:30 P.M.
Description
FAMILY ADVOCACY NURSE

Family Advocacy Nurse ("FAN") shall perform duties to include, but not limited to those listed below:

1. The FAN shall implement and manage the NPSP. At installations with more than one FAN,
project management responsibilities will be shared.


2. The FAN is a member of the multidisciplinary FAP team and is responsible for providing
comprehensive home-based prevention services to families to prevent child and partner
maltreatment.

3. The FAN shall interface with the MTF Chief Nurse regarding standards of nursing practice
and integration into the MTF. The FAN shall be responsible for remaining current in relevant
areas of maternal, child, and family violence nursing practice.

4. The FAN shall provide nursing home-based services that include education, support, and
anticipatory guidance in such areas as growth and development across the life span, nutrition,
parenting, attachment and bonding, individual and family health-related issues, family violence
dynamics, problem solving, family communication skills, and bereavement.

5. The FAN shall establish an effective process to locate and administer the Family Needs
Screener to members of the base population who are eligible for NPSP services and offer
home visitation services to families at risk for maltreatment (See FAP Standard P-lU,
Attachment 6).

6. The priority for the FAN is to provide NPSP prevention services to families in their homes.
Teaching a class or facilitating groups is not a FAN priority, but may be considered if time
allows. Work and case management priorities for the FAN are as follows:
a. Priority 1: Home visits to NPSP high needs clients
b. Priority 2: Home visits and other contacts with low needs NPSP client
c. Priority 3: Support to FAP maltreatment clients
7. The FAN shall develop family service plans, which include a nursing diagnosis that
incorporates secondary prevention services for NPSP families and maltreatment cases, when
applicable.

8. The FAN participates in the OPMC, the CCS, and the NPSP Case Staffing.

9. The FAN shall provide nursing prevention services in conjunction with maltreatment
intervention plans and attend the CCS. The FAN shall not take an investigative role or be a
case manager or primary provider in a maltreatment case. The FAN shall provide nursing
intervention services to families in the maltreatment program only when safety can be
assured. The FAN shall document nursing interventions in the FAP maltreatment record using
FAPNet. Documentation of nursing services in the maltreatment record does not require a co-signature
by the case manager. Further, nursing service documentation in the maltreatment
record does not require a corresponding outpatient record note.

10. The FAN shall work in collaboration with the prevention team, led by the FAOM to provide:

11. Prevention services focused on the prevention of family maltreatment via briefings, educational
presentations, and providing input for FAP marketing.

12. Supportive FAP services and guidance in parenting education, parent-child interaction,
bonding and problem-solving skills.

13. Supportive and educational services targeting fathers.

14. Advocacy services with a community organization for military families to increase awareness
of FAP services and promote the effectiveness of community response.

15. The FAN shall provide services for all clients and administer "high-needs" record review
Checklist quarterly and document JAW FAP Standard P-14 (Attachment 9) to maintain a
green NPSP grid light.

16. The FAN shall not provide the following:
a. "Hands-on" clinical nursing care for acute or chronic medical conditions such as
apnea monitor oversight, or tube feedings
b. Special needs identification and assignment coordination
c. Psychotherapy

17. The FAN shall evaluate the effectiveness of the NPSP services he/she provide.

18. The FAN shall assume responsibility for the oversight and completion of the administrative
duties that support NPSP processes to include:

19. Entry ofNPSP client information, assessment tools, and case information into the FAPNet
automated record system.
20. Entry ofNPSP data into the FAPNet automated record system JAW AF FAP guidance.

EXHIBIT C
FAMILY ADVOCACY NURSE
LOGISTICAL SUPPORT

The following forms of Logistical Support will be provided to healthcare providers on a space-available basis. Not all support may be available at all locations.

A. Commissary
B. Air Force Air Force Exchange Service
C. Armed Forces Recreation Facilities
D. Military dining facilities
E. Class VI (alcoholic beverages, including rationed items)
F. Legal assistance (on a 'space available' basis)
G. Military Banking facilities
H. Military postal services
I. Officer and NCO Club memberships
J. Mortuary services
K. Privately Owned Vehicle (POV) authorization
L. Petroleum, Oils, and Lubricants (POL) purchases
M. Transient billets on space available basis
N. Air Force Continuing Education Courses
0. Credit union facilities
P. Dependent schools, on a tuition paying basis
Q. Medical/Dental on a reimbursable basis. Dental on emergency basis only
R. Pet and firearm registration and control
S. Customs exemptions
WJM assumes no liability for the unavailability of any form of logistic support at any particular time
location.
Family Advocacy Nurse and their authorized dependents overseas qualify for Logistical Support,
to the extent available at the service location. Authorized dependents include Family Advocacy
Nurse's lawful spouse, if the spouse resides in the host country with the contract provider, or an
unmarried child, including stepchild or lawfully adopted child of the contract provider who will
reside in the host country with the health care provider. The child, to qualify as an authorized
dependent, must have either: Not passed his/her 21st birthday, or, if past, be incapable of self-support
because of mental or physical incapacity that existed before that birthday and is dependent
on a healthcare provider for over one-half of his/her support. The existence of the facts must be
demonstrated to the Government, and approval obtained for the person in question to
qualify as an authorized dependent.
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