Role of a Nurse Flashcards
Type of care that is given to completely dependent patient.
Full Care
Types of care that is given to partially dependent patient.
Partial Care
Type of care given to assist clients in attaining their highest possible level of health and wellness; for learnings.
Supportive-Educative care
Thia role is the primary goal of nurse.
Caregiver
This role is Integral to all nursing roles.
Communicator
In this role, nurses communicate with the client, support persons, other
health professionals, and people in the community.
Communicator
In this role, nurses identify client problems and then communicate
these verbally or in writing to other members of the health
team.
Communicator
In this role, nurses help clients learn about their health and the health care procedure they need to perform to restore or maintain
their health.
Teacher
In this role, nurses assess the client’s learning needs and
readiness to learn, sets specific learning goals in conjunction with the client, enacts teaching strategies, and
measures learning.
Teacher
In this role, nurses teach unlicensed assistive personnel to
whom they delegate care, and they share their expertise with other nurses and health professional.
Teacher
In this role, the nurse acts to protect the client.
Client Advocate
In this role, nurses may represent the client’s needs and wishes to
other health professionals, such as relaying the client’s wishes for information to the physician.
Client Advocate
In this role, nurses assist clients in exercising their rights and help them speak up for themselves.
Client Advocate
In this role, the nurse Helps a client recognize and cope with stressful
psychologic or social problems, to develop improved interpersonal relationships, and to promote personal
growth.
Counselor
In this role, the nurse assists others to make modifications in their own behavior.
Change agent
In this role, nurses also often act to make changes in a system if it is not helping client return to health.
Change agent
This role Influences others to work together to accomplish a specific goal.
Leader
This role can be employed at different levels: individual client, family, groups of clients, colleagues, or the community.
Leader
In this role, the nurse work with the multidisciplinary health care team to measure the effectiveness of the case management plan
and to monitor outcomes.
Case Manager
In this role, the nurse works with primary or staff nurses to oversee the care of a specific caseload.
Case Manager
In this role, the nurse is the primary nurse or provides some level of direct care to the
client and family.
Case Manager
This role helps ensure that care is oriented to the client, while
controlling cost.
Case Manager
In this role, the nurse often use research to improve client care.
Researcher
This role acts as a discriminating consumer of research findings.
Researcher
