• FRIENDLY AND OUTGOING AND BE ABLE TO RELATE TO PEOPLE FROM A WIDE RANGE OF BACKGROUNDS
• BE TACTFUL AND SENSITIVE, PARTICULALRLY WHE HELPING PATIENTS WITH PERSONAL CARE
• NOT BE EMBARRASED OR EASILY OFFENDED ABOUT PERSONAL OR UNPLEASANT TASK
• TREAT PATIENT WITH MUTUAL RESPECT
• BE PHYSICALLY STRONG
• BE GENTLE
• WORK ON OWN INITIATIVE OR AS PART OF A TEAM
• BE RELIABLE AND PATIENT WITH A SENSE OF HUMOUR.

NURSING IS FOCUSSED ON

• CARE OF INDIVIDUALS
• CARE OF FAMILIES
• CARE OF COMMUNITIES

TO

ATTAIN

MAINTAIN

RECOVER

UPTIMAL HEALTH AND FUNCTIONING

NURSING IS CARING

NURSING IS AN ART

NURSING IS A SCIENCE

NURSING CONCERNED WITH HEALTH PROMOTION AND ILLNESS PREVENTION

NURSING IS A HELPING PROFESSION

NURSING IS CLIENT CENTRED

NURSING IS HOLISTIC

TREATMENT

SAFETY AND RECOVERY OF ACUTELY CHRONICALLY ILL AND INJURED PEOPLE

HEALTH MAINTENANCE OF HEALTHY

TREATMENT OF LIFE THREATENING EMERGENCIES IN A WIDE RANGE OF HEALTH CARE SETTING

TRAINED PERSON WHO PROVIDES:

    PERONAL CARE

    ASSIST WITH ADL

(PROMOTE W, PREVENT I RESTORE H FACILITATE C)

PROMOTE WELLNESS

PREVENT ILLNESS

RESTORE HEALTH

FACILITATE COPING

1. REDUCE THE RISK OF ILLNESS
2. PROMOTE GOOD HEALTH HABBITS
3. MAINTAIN THE INDIVIDUALS OPTIMAL FUNCTIONING.

NURSES WILL BE EQUIPED WITH THE SKILLS TO FACILITATE CLIENT AND FAMILY COPING WITH ALTERED FUNCTION

LIFE CRISES

DEATH       

iN  EARLY CIVILIZATION NURSES WERE REGARDED AS CAREGIVER

NURTURER

THEY WERE CONSIDERED TO BE SLAVES CARYING OUT MENIAL TASKS ON DOCTORS AND PRIESTS ORDERS

TEMPLES WERE CENTER FOR MEDICAL ATTENTION.

PIONEER IN NURSING

RICH

BORN 1820

DIED 1910

WAS KNOWN AS POLITICAL NURSE BECAUSE SHE PLACED PRESSURE ON GOVERNMENT TO REFORM HOSPITALS AND IMPLEMENT PUBLIC HEALTH POLICIES.

ELEVATED THE POSITION OF NURSING TO A RESPECTABLE OCCUPATION AND IMPROVED THE QUALITY OF NURSING CARE.

BLACK WOMAN

JAMAICAN

WENT TO CRIMEA TO CARE FOR THE SICK

SHE WAS SKILLFUL IN BOTH TRADITIONAL MEDICINES

WELL EXPERIENCED IN TREATMENT OF CHOLERA AND YELLOW FEVER

SHE TRAVELLED EXTENSIVELY TREATING CHOLERA IN PANAMA AND CUBA

WAR OFFICE AND FLORRENCE IGNORED HE REQUEST TO GO TO WAR

SHE SAVE HER OWN MONEY AND WENT.

NEED FOR MORE SERVICES AS PEOPE ARE LIVING LONGER

ADVANCEMENT IN TECHNOLOGY

INCREASE IN HEALTH CARE COST

INCREASE DEMAND FOR HEALTH

Primary

Secondary

Territiary

Health promotion

protection against illness

Some examples are immunization

Family planning

dental care teaching

poison control

information and accident control

health maintenanace for clients experiencing

1. health problems
2. prevention of complications or disabilities
3. eg providing skin care or giving medications

Helping to rehabilitate

Restore to maximum level of functioning after an illness

1. Providing services for the ill and the injured
2. Preventing disease
3. Promoting individual and community health
4. Educating health care workers
5. Promoting research in medicine and nursing

Short Term

Long Term

PREVENTATIVE CARE

EMERGENCY CARE

SURGERY

REHABILITATION

LONGTERM CARE

HOSPICE CARE

These are care that are geared at preventing disease and progression of disease bedore it is too late example

prenatal care

immunization

health education

physical examination

GeneraL Hospital

Speciality Hospital

Community Based Health Care

The Home Setting

Primary Care Centers

Specialised Care Centers

Hospitals  liscensed to care for patients of all ages and for patients with a variety of problems. Some hospitals take care of patients with special conditions or care for specific age groups

Example: KPH

Pediactric Hospital

Psychiactric Hospitals

Rehabilitation Hospitals

Rehabilitation hospitals provide restorative services

Longterm acute care hospitals-rapidly growing segment of the health care market especially in the united states

This is care that is provided to people who live within a specific region or have special needs. Services are provided in community based settings such as

Clinics

schools

churches

crises intervention centers

mental health centers

drug and holchohol intervention centers

One of the most rapidly growing area of health care system.

May be provided in their homes through community health department, visiting nurses associations, hospital care based managers home health nurses

Provided by physicians in their offices through diagnoses and treatment of minor illnesses

minor surgical procedures

obstetric care 

Day care centre

Elderly care center

Tempreture

Pulse

Respiration

Blood Pressure

Indications of a clients overall health  that reflects change in body tempreture

Offer clues to disease

Assesment

Diagnosis

Planning

Intervention

Evaluation

Orally

Restal

Axillarytymparnic canal (ear)

radial artery at the wrist

Temporal

carotid

brachial

radial

femoral

posterior tibial

dorsalis pedis

involves the movement of air in and out of the lungs.

when assessing you should count respiration by listening to the breath sounds.

It is heard by listening to the chest with a stethoscope

Infant      97.5-100.4f

preschool 96.6f

Adoloscent 96.6f

120-160 infant

80-110   preschool

60-90   Adoloscent

65-80   women

60-70   men

30-60 infant

22-34 preschool

12-24 adoloscent

12-20 adult

91/47 infant

90/56 preschool

83/80 adoloscent

120/80 Adult

caring

tactful

respectful

gentle

works on own initiative