Introduction of Nursing PDF

Introduction of nursing  Definition of nursing: Nursing is an art and science based on knowledge, skills and attitudes, aimed to assist individuals, family and community in health and illness, as promotion of health, prevention of illness, care and management of diseases , prevent complicatio...

Introduction of nursing  Definition of nursing: Nursing is an art and science based on knowledge, skills and attitudes, aimed to assist individuals, family and community in health and illness, as promotion of health, prevention of illness, care and management of diseases , prevent complications and rehabilitation.  Nursing practice: It assisting individuals or groups to maintain optimal health throughout the life process by assessing their health status, establishing a diagnosis, planning and implanting care to accomplish defined goals and evaluating responses to care and treatment.  Nursing Auxiliary: The person who assist in nursing practice under the standards and direct or indirect supervision of nurses are referred to in a general as auxiliaries or assistants.  Definition of nurse: The nurse is a person who has completed a program of basic generalized nursing education and has authority to practice nursing in his or her country.  The nurse is prepared and authorized to: Engage in general scope of nursing practice (promotion of health, prevention of illness, and care of diseases, and disabled person in all health care settings. Carry out health care teaching.  Participate fully, as a member of the health team. Supervise and train nursing and health care auxiliaries. Involved in research.  Registered nurse (RN): A person who practice professional caring out the practice, directly or indirectly in collaboration with a client and with other health workers, have as their effective objective, promotion of health, prevention of illness, alleviation of suffering, restoration of health and maximum development of health potential and without restricting.  The generality of the foregoing includes: Assessment (collecting data relating to the health status of an individual or groups) Setting the nursing goals and establishing nursing diagnosis Determining nursing approaches and activities Implementing the nursing care plan supportive or restorative of life, will being  Implementing care relevant to medical treatment Evaluating the consequences of nursing care provided Re evaluation on care plan Authorizing nursing intervention that may be performed by others  Maintaining safe and effective nursing care Teaching the theory and practice of nursing Managing the practice of nursing Collaborating with other health professionals in the management of health care  Specific Roles:- The professional nurse fulfills the entire following role: 1- Specialist 7- Collaborator 2- Care giver 8- Consultant 3- Teacher 9- Change agent 4- Counselor 10- Advocate 5- Leader 11- Culture broker 6- Manager 12- Registered  1- Specialist: The nurse prepared beyond to level of a nurse generalist and authorized to practice as specialist with advanced expertise in a branch of nursing field as (clinical, teaching, administration, search and consultant roles). 2- Care giver: Caring, administering and implementing Nursing strategies. 3- Teacher: The nurse can teaches both theory and practice in updated to meet the advances in sciences technology and education. 4- Counselor: Helping a client to cope with stress or social problems and provide psychological support. Counseling requires therapeutic communication skills nurse 5- Leader: Nurse is leader for families, groups of client's, society and professional colleagues. Leadership requires many skills especially good communication. 6- Manger: Coordination integration of resources through planning, organizing, directing and controlling as specific institutional goals and objectives 7- Collaborator: The nurse works with another health professional team illustrates the overlapping responsibilities of health personal and reflects the relationship between health team. 8- Consultant: Referring or transferring clients to another person. Responsibility of clients care remains with the nurse who seeks the consultations 9- Change agent: The nurse can change the status in system so that who involved must relearn how to perform their role and promote change in client's knowledge, skill and attitudes. 10- Advocate: An advocate has two basic functions to allow clients to make their own decisions and to support clients in their decisions. 11- Culture Broker: Nurse acting as a culture broker mediates between client and health professional team.  12- Registered: Nurse collect data about health status of patient, setting nursing goals and establishing nursing diagnosis, implementing the nursing care plan and evaluating the consequences of nursing care provided Factors influencing nursing practice: 1- Consumer demands 2- Family structure 3- Economics 4- Science and technology 5- Legislation 6- Demography 7- Women's movement 8- Collective bargaining 9- Nursing profession  Trends in Nursing 1- Scientific basis 2- Broadening focus 3- Technology 4- Education 5- Collaboration 6- Home health care nursing a self-care 7- Health policy making 8- Collective bargaining 9- High touch 10-Autonomy Thanks for all 22