Transcript Role and function of the nurse

Historical and contemporary nursing
practice
Chapter 1
Dr. Wajed Hatamleh
NUR 211
Learning Outcomes
1. Discuss historical factors and nursing
leaders influencing the development of
nursing.
2. Discuss the different types of educational
programs for nurses.
3. Discuss the evolution of nursing
education and entry into professional
nursing practice.
Learning Outcomes (cont'd)
4. Describe how the definition of nursing
evolved since Florence Nightingale.
5. Identify the four major areas of nursing
practice.
7. Identify the purposes of nurse practice
acts and standards of professional
nursing practice.
8. Describe the role of nurses
Learning Outcomes (cont'd)
10. Describe the expanded career roles and
their functions.
11. Discuss the criteria of a profession and
the professionalization of nursing.
12. Describe factors influencing
contemporary nursing practice
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Aspects that have influencing
nursing practice
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Religious (Christian) values
Women’s roles
War
Societal attitudes
Nursing Leaders
Nursing Education
• Woman's health: the care provided related to
physical maintenance and comfort.
• Religion: such as spiritual coaling and devotions
to duty and hard work.
• War : have accentuated the need for nursing.
• Societal attitude: social attitude about nurse and
nursing have significantly influence professional
nursing.
• Nurse leaders: Florence nightingale, Clara
Barton, Lillian Wald, laving dock, Margaret
singer, and Mary Breckenridge and others.
Definition of nursing
• Florence nightingale define nursing that
act of Utilizing the environment of the
patient to assist him in his recovery.
• Virginia Henderson” the unique function of
the nurse is to assist the individual, sick or
well in the performance of those activities
contributing to health or it is recovery”.
Types of Nursing Education
• Practical or vocational nursing
• Registered nursing
– Diploma
– Associate degree
– Baccalaureate
• Graduate nursing
– Masters
– Doctoral
Types of Nursing Education (cont'd)
• Continuing education and in-service
education
Things to Consider
• What is the definition of nursing?
• nursing is: caring, art, science, client
centered, holistic, adaptive, a helping
profession, or concerned with health
promotion, health maintenance
Recipients of Nursing
• Consumer
• Patient
• Client
• Consumer, patient and client.
• Consumer: is an individual. A grope of
people or community that use services or
commodity.
• Patient: is an a person who is waiting for
or under going medical treatment or care.
• A client: is a person who is engage the
advice or services of another who is
qualified to provide the services.
Scope of Nursing Practice
• Nurse provide care for 3 type: individual,
family, and community.
Nursing practice involve four area:
• Promotion of health and wellness
• Prevention of illness
• Restoration of health
• Care for the dying
promoting health and wellness
wellness is a state of well being ,nurses
promote wellness in a client who are both
health and ill e.g.:
• improving nutrition and physical fitness
• Preventing drug and alcohols misuse
• Restricting smoking
• Prevent accident and injury in the home
Role and function of the nurse
Roles and Functions of Nurses
• Care givers: include those activities that
assist the client physically and
psychologically while preserving the client
dignity.
• Communicator: integrated to all nursing
role. In the role of communicator nurse
identify nurse identify clients problem and
then communicate them verbally or in
writing to other member of the health
team.
Roles and Functions of Nurses
(cont'd)
• Teacher : the nurse help client learn about
their health and the health care procedure.
• Client advocate: act to protect the client.
• Counselor: counseling is the process of
helping a client to recognize and cope with
stressful psychological or social problem
and to develop and improve the personal
relationship.
• Change agent: make modification on their
own behavior.
Roles and Functions of Nurses
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• Leader : influence the other to work
together to accomplish to specific goal.
• Manager: manages the nursing care oat
individual family and community.
• Research consumer: use research to
improve cleat care.
Expanded Career Roles
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Nurse practitioner
Clinical nurse specialist
Nurse midwife
Nurse educator
Nurse researcher
Nurse anesthetist
Setting for nursing practice
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Hospital
client's home
community agenesis
ambulatory activities and others
Things to Consider
• Profession: defined as occupation that
required extensive education or a calling
that required special knowledge, skill and
preparation.
• What are the criteria of a profession?
Criteria of a Profession
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Prolonged, specialized training
Orientation toward service
Ongoing research
Code of ethics
Autonomy
Professional organization
Factors Influencing Contemporary
Nursing Practice
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Economics
Consumer demands
Family structure
Science and technology
Information, telecommunications, and
telenursing
• Legislation
• Demography