Roles of the Nurse Flashcards
- assist the client physically and psychologically while preserving the client’s dignity.
- The required nursing actions may involve full care for the completely dependent client, partial care for the partially dependent client, and supportive-educative care
Caregiver
nurses identify client problems and then communicate these verbally or in writing to other members of the health care team.
Communicator
nurse helps clients learn about their health and the health care procedures they need to perform to restore or maintain their health. Gives emphases on health promotion
Teacher
The nurse acts to protect the client.
Client Advocate
process of helping a client to recognize and cope with stressful psychological or social problems, to develop improved interpersonal relationships, and to promote personal growth.
Counselor
-assisting clients to make modifications in their behavior.
-make changes in a system, such as clinical care, if it is not helping a client return to health.
Change Agent
-influences others to work together to accomplish a specific goal.
-Requires understanding of the needs and goals that motivate people
- YOU WORK AS A TEAM
Leader
- manages the nursing care of individuals, families, and communities.
-delegates nursing activities to ancillary workers and other nurses, and supervises and evaluates their performance.
Manager
work with the multidisciplinary health care team to measure the effectiveness of the case management plan and to monitor outcomes.
Case Manager
Nurses often use research to improve client care.
Research Consumer
(ANSAP)
Association of Nursing Service Administrators of the Philippines, Inc.
ADPCN
Association of Deans of Philippine Colleges of Nursing
ICN
International Council of Nurses
ANA
American Nurses Association
PNA
Philippine Nurses Association
