Roles and Functions of a Nurse Flashcards
• Encompasses activities that assist the client physically and psychologically while preserving the dignity of the
client
• Nurse is primarily concerned with the client’s needs
CAREGIVER
Communicates the identified problem of the client to other health care team
COMMUNICATOR
Nurse teaches client about their health and procedures they need to perform to restore their health
TEACHER
- Acts to protect the client
* Nurse assist clients in exercising their rights and help them speak for themselves
CLIENT ADVOCATE
Nurse provides emotional, intellectual and psychological support
COUNSELOR
Nurse assists clients to make modification in their behavior
CHANGE AGENT
Influences others to work together to accomplish a specific goal
LEADER
Nurse plans, give direction, develop staffs, monitors operation, give rewards fairly and represents both staff
members and administration as needed.
MANAGER
Works with multidisciplinary health care team to measure the effectiveness of the case management plan and
monitor outcomes.
CASE MANAGER
Nurse participates in scientific investigation and uses research findings to improve client care
RESEARCHER
Nurse works in combined effort with all those involve in care delivery
COLLABORATOR
- Nurse who has advanced education & graduated from a nurse practitioner program
- Employed in health care agencies or community-based settings
- Deals with non-emergency acute or chronic illness & provide primary ambulatory care
NURSE PRACTITIONER
- Has an advanced degree or expertise and is considered to be an expert in a specialized area of practice (gerontology, oncology)
- Provides direct client care, educates others, conducts research, and manages care.
CLINICAL NURSE SPECIALIST
- Has an advanced degree or expertise and is considered to be an expert in a specialized area of practice (gerontology, oncology)
- Provides direct client care, educates others, conducts research, and manages care.
CLINICAL NURSE SPECIALIST
• Completed advanced education in an accredited program in the anesthesiology
• Carries out pre-op and post-op visits and assessment
• Administers general anesthesia for surgery under the supervision of a physician prepared in anesthesiology
and also assesses the postoperative status of clients
CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE ANESTHETIST (CRNA)
- RN who has completed a program in midwifery and gives prenatal & postnatal care and manages deliveries in normal pregnancies
- May also conduct pap smears, family planning and routine breast exams
NURSE-MIDWIFE
• Investigates nurse problems to improve nursing care and to refine and expand nursing knowledge
• Employed in academic institutions, teaching hospitals and research center, and usually has advanced
education at the doctorate level
NURSE RESEARCHER
Manages client care, including the delivery of nursing services
NURSE ADMINISTRATOR
Responsible for classroom and clinical teaching
NURSE EDUCATOR
Manages health-related businesses
NURSE ENTREPRENEUR
- Performance is fluid, flexible, and highly proficient
- No longer requires rules, guidelines, or maxims to connect an understanding of the situations to appropriate actions
- Inclined to take a certain action because “it felt right”.
STAGE V (Expert)
- 2-3 years of experience
- Demonstrates organizational and planning abilities
- Differentiates important factors from less important aspects of care
- Coordinates multiple complex care demands
STAGE III (Competent)
- 3-5 years of experience
- Perceives situations as a whole rather than in terms of parts
- Uses maxims as guides for what to consider in a situation
- Has holistic understanding of the client, which improves decision making
- Focuses on long term goal
STAGE IV (Proficient)
- No experience (student nurse)
* Performance is limited, flexible, and governed by context-free rules and regulations rather than experience
STAGE I (Novice)
- Demonstrates marginally acceptable performance
- Recognizes meaningful “aspects” of a real situation
- Experienced enough real situations to make judgments about them
STAGE II (Advanced Beginner)
