2. Importance of Nursing Care
By
Ms.Asma Naveed
Head Of Nursing
Imam Clinic
21st November 2012

3. Objectives:
By the end the audience will be able to:
Know the background of Nursing
Profession
Importance of Nursing care
Discuss the functioning of a
nurse
Identify various roles of a nurse

4. Healthcare Team Members
 Physicians
 Nurses
 Physician Assistant
 Nursing Assistant
 Therapists and Technicians
 Pharmacist
 Nutritionist/Dietitian
 Case Manager/Social Worker
 Unit Secretary

5. Nursing Today
 Registered Nurse
 Licensed Practical Nurse
 Nurse Practitioner
 Clinical Nurse Specialist
 Nurse Midwife

6. Who is a Nurse?
A person educated and
trained to care for the
sick or disabled.
OR
a person trained to care
for the sick especially
in a hospital.

7. Nursing Education
 Diploma
 BSN
 Master’s
 Doctorate
 Continuing education
 In-service education

8. Historical Perspective
 Florence Nightingale, the lady with the
lamp, who cared for soldiers in the
Crimean War and changed the status
of nurses in the 19th century.

9. Requirements to Practice As
Nurse
A nurse must :
1. have a license to
practice nursing in
the country
2. be physically &
mentally fit

10. Definition of Nursing (ICN)
 Nursing encompasses autonomous and collaborative care of
individuals of all ages, families, groups and communities, sick or
well and in all settings. Nursing includes the promotion of health,
prevention of illness, and the care of ill, disabled and dying
people. Advocacy, promotion of a safe environment, research,
participation in shaping health policy and in patient and health
systems management, and education are also key nursing
roles.

11. Why nursing care is necessary in
medicine?
 The most important factor in hospitalization and recovery of patient without
complications is Nursing , because Nursing creates caring environment which
helps to increase the speed of recovery makes the patient more comfortable.
 Nursing care provides a therapeutic environment
"Nursing care has to put the patient in the best position
of nature to act upon him.“
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE

12. Nursing care
 Nursing care directing patient care and
maintaining a healthy environment. Its significance
to medicine can be more explain by this saying of
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE
"Nursing is an art, and it requires an exclusive
devotion and It is one of the Fine Arts;.”

13. What could be achieve through
nursing care?
 Patient Satisfaction--
Good customer service
 Decrease Hospital stay
 Treat patients like family
 Healthcare is a business

14. Functioning levels of a Nurse
Independent
Dependent
Interdependent

15. Independent nursing action
 Nursing action
carried out at the
instruction or order
of a nurse.
 Action within the
legal scope of
nsg. independent
domain.

16. Dependent nursing action
 Nursing action
carried out at the
instruction of an
authorized
health care
professional
other than a
nurse.(Physician
or Consultant )

17. Interdependent nursing action
 Nursing action
performed by the
nurse in
collaboration with
other members of
the health care
team.

18. Clinical Decision Making
 Utilizes critical
thinking skills and
the nursing process
 Nursing Process:
Assessment,
Diagnosis, Planning,
Implementation,
Evaluation

19. Nurse’s Participate in
Medical care

20.  Hospital
 Community Based Practice Settings

21. Nursing Roles
 As CAREGIVER  As REHBLITATOR
 As PATIENT  As COMFORTER
ADVOCATE  As COMMUNICATOR
 As COUNSELOR  As COLLABORATOR
 As LEADER
 As MANAGER
 As TEACHER
 As COORDINATOR

22. …Care Giver
 The provision of care
to patients that
combines both the art
and the science of
nursing in meeting
physical,emotional,in-
tellectual,sociocultu-
ral,and spiritual
needs.

23. As CAREGIVER

24. Comforter Role
 Caring for client as a
human being
 Role is traditional to
nursing
 Care is directed to
whole person, not
just a body part
 Demonstration of
care and concern

25. Client Advocate
 Nurse protects the clients human and
legal rights
 Providing information to assist in
decision making
 Patient Bill of Rights

26. …Advocate
 The protection of
human or legal rights
and the securing of
care for all patients.
 Speaking on behalf of
the client/s

27. As PATIENT ADVOCATE

28. Rehabilitator Role
 Assist client to
return to optimal
level of functioning
 Nurse helps client to
adapt physically and
emotionally to
changes in lifestyle,
body image

29. Communicator Role
 Role is central to all other roles
 Involves communication with client,
family, healthcare team members,
resource people, and the community
 Without clear, concise communication it
will be difficult to give effective care

30. …Communicator
 The use of effective
interpersonal and
therapeutic
communication
skills to establish
and maintain
helping
relationships with
patients of all ages
in a wide variety of
healthcare settings.

31. Teacher/Educator Role
 Explains concepts and facts about
health, demonstrates procedures,
reinforces learning, determines
understanding, and evaluates progress
of learning
 Unplanned or informal education
 Planned or formal education

32. …Educator
The use of
communication skills
to:
 assess
 implement
 evaluate
individualized
teaching plans to
meet learning needs
of patients and their
families.

33. …Counselor
The use of therapeutic
interpersonal
communication skills
> to provide information
 make appropriate
referrals
 facilitate the patients
problem-solving and
decision making
skills.

34. As a COUNCILOR

35. …Leader
The assertive, self-confident practice of
nursing when:
 providing care effecting change
 when functioning with groups (change
agent)

36. As a LEADER

37. …Researcher
 The participation in our conduct of
research to increase knowledge in
nursing and improve patient care.

38. As a MANAGER

39. As a COORDINATOR

40. The END