Comprehensive Overview of Nursing Profession
The art and science of nursing care involve promoting wellness, providing holistic care, and incorporating specialized knowledge and skills. Nursing encompasses caring, as well as being a profession that requires a combination of knowledge, skills, and critical thinking to meet its aims of promoting health, preventing illness, restoring health, and facilitating coping with disability or death. Nurses play various roles in different settings, such as caregivers, communicators, coordinators, educators, managers, and leaders. Additionally, they work in diverse hospital departments and wards to provide patient care and support. Patient positioning and activities of daily living are vital for preventing bedsores, improving blood circulation, and enhancing overall well-being.
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Definition of ; Fundamental of nursing : the art and science of nursing care. Nursing: It is a profession that uses specialized knowledge and skills to promote wellness and to provide care for people in both health and illness . Nursing ; Is Caring Nursing : Is anArt Nursing ; Is a Science Nursing : Is a Profession Nursing : Is a Holistic 2 M.Sc Hassanain Mohammed Kadhim
Holistic Health 3 M.Sc Hassanain Mohammed Kadhim
Nurse: Is a person who is trained to care for sick or injured people and who usually works in a hospital Health:(WHO) is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity." Hospital: is a health care institution providing patient treatment with specialized medical and nursing staff and medical equipment. Florence Nightingale (founder of modern nursing, Lady with the Lamp) . 4 M.Sc Hassanain Mohammed Kadhim
AIMS OF NURSING 1. To promote health 2. To prevent illness 3. To restore health 4. To facilitate coping with disability or death To meet these aims, the nurse uses: 1- knowledge 2- skills 3- critical thinking 5 M.Sc Hassanain Mohammed Kadhim
NURSING ROLES IN ALL SETTINGS 1. Caregiver 2. Communicator 3. Coordinator 4. Educator 5. Manager 6. Leader 6 M.Sc Hassanain Mohammed Kadhim
Departments or wards of the hospital Emergency department Or ER- burn unit Dialysis unit Surgical unit Medical unit Operation room Orthopedic unit Cardiology Neurology Pediatric ward 7 M.Sc Hassanain Mohammed Kadhim
patient Positions and ADLs *Changing the position of the patient every (2) hours Purpose of changing position 1- TO prevent Bed ulcer (bed sore) 2- TO Enhance Blood circulation 3-for rest 4- for diagnosis 5- for therapeutic 8 M.Sc Hassanain Mohammed Kadhim
Type of Positions 1- Supine position. 2- Lateral position ( side lying) 3- Sims position. 4- Prone position. 5- Fowler position : have 2 type A*Semi- fowler position angle (45) B*High fowler position angle (90) ( semi setting position) 6- Knee- Chest position. 7- Lithotomy position. 8- Trendelenburg position. 9- Kidney position. 10- Sitting position 11- Standing position M.Sc Hassanain Mohammed Kadhim 9
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Kidney position & Lithotomy position 11 M.Sc Hassanain Mohammed Kadhim
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Activities of Daily living (ADLs orADL ) that including the following ; 1- Eating 2- Toileting 3-Ambulating 4- Transferring 5- Cooking 6- Shopping 7-Dressing / Grooming 8- Bathing 13 M.Sc Hassanain Mohammed Kadhim
