CONTEMPORARY

NURSING PRACTICE

Prepared by:

MS. AILEEN S. ADRALES, RN

Scope of

nursing

Recipients

of nursing

Definition

of Nsg

Understanding contemporary nursing practice

Settings of nsg practice

Seat Work: ½ yellow paper

Discuss:

1) What is nursing

2) Why you chose to become a nurse

3) What contributions you hope to make to the health of individuals, families, communities and health care.

Nature of Nursing• Unique health profession, Art and

Science.

• Professional practice of caring grounded in science, technology, and knowledge.

• Focus: Individuals, families groups, communities

• Promote health, self care, prevention of disease and disability, coping with illness, achievement of a peaceful death.

• Research, participation in shaping health policy and education.

NURSING: DEFINITIONS

• NURSING (as a science)

– Is the scientific knowledge

and skills in assisting

individual to achieve optimal

health. It is the diagnosis

and treatment of human

responses to actual or

potential problem

CANADIAN NURSES ASSOCIATION (CNA)

–Nursing is a dynamic, caring,

helping relationship in which

the nurse assist the client to

achieve and obtain optimal

health. – 1987

CNA

THEMES THAT ARE COMMON TO

THESE DEFINITION:

• Nursing is caring

• Nursing is an art

• Nursing is a science

• Nursing is client-centered

CNA

THEMES THAT ARE COMMON TO THESE

DEFINITION:

• Nursing is holistic

• Nursing is adaptive

• Nursing is concerned with

health promotion, health

maintenance, and health

restoration

• Nursing is a helping profession

ANA (1980)

•The diagnosis and

treatment of human

response to actual

or potential health

problems

DEFINITION

OF NURSING

FROM

THEORISTS

Florence Nightingale

• Act of using the

environment of

the patient to

assist him in

his recovery.

Hildegard Peplau

– A significant,

therapeutic,

interpersonal process

that functions

cooperatively with

others to make health

possible

– Involves problem-solving

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 its recovery (or to

peaceful death) that he would

perform unaided if he had the

necessary strength, will, or

knowledge.

D

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o

t

h

y

A steady state is

maintained through

adjusting and

adapting to internal

and external forces.

•“A process of action,

reaction and interaction by

which nurse and client

share information about

their perception in nursing

situation.”

Imogene

King

Sister Calista Roy

• The person is an open adaptive

system with input (stimuli), who

adapts by processes or control

mechanisms (throughput)

• The output can be either adaptive

responses or ineffective

responses

Martha Rogers

The purpose of nursing

• To promote & maintain

health

• To care for people when

their health is

compromised

• To assist recovery

• To facilitate independence

• To meet needs

• To improve, maintain well

being/quality of life

NURSE

NURSE

• Came from the Latin

word

–“Noutrix”

• Meaning of the word

–“To Nourish”

NURSE: DEFINITION

• NURSE

–Comes from a Latin word “to

nourish” or “to cherish

–One who cares for the sick,

the injured, and the physically,

mentally, and emotionally

disabled

PATIENT: DEFINITION

• PATIENT

–Comes from a Latin word,

“to Suffer” or “to Bear”

–An individual who is in the

state of physical, mental,

and emotional imbalance

QUALIFICATIONS

AND ABILITIES

OF A

PROFESSIONAL

NURSE

A. PROFESSIONAL

PREPARATION

A nurse must:

1.Have a license to practice

nursing in the country;

2.Have a Bachelor of Science

degree in Nursing; and

3.Be physically and mentally fit.

B. PERSONAL

QUALITIES AND

PROFESSIONAL

PROFICIENCIES

The Personal Qualities and

Professional Proficiencies of

a nurse include:

1.Interest and willing to

work and learn

2.A warm personality and

concern for people.

3.Resourcefulness and

creativity as well as a

well-balanced emotional

condition;

4.Capacity and ability to

work with others;

The Personal Qualities and

Professional Proficiencies of a nurse

include:

5. Initiative to improve self and

service;

6. Competence in performing

work

7. Skill in decision-making,

communicating, and relating

with others and being

research oriented; and

8. Active participation in issues

confronting nurses and

nursing.