3. DEFINITION OF PATIENT CARE
The prevention, treatment and management of
illness and the preservation of mental and physical
well-being through the services offered by the
medical and allied health professions.
7. MODES OF ORGANIZING
PATIENT CARE /
METHODS OF PATIENT
ASSIGNMENT
• Case method / Total
patient care
• Functional nursing
• Team nursing
• Modular or district
nursing
• Progressive patient care
• Primary nursing
• Case management
8. CASE METHOD It was the first type of nursing care
delivery system. In this method,
nurses assume total responsibility
for meeting all the needs of
assigned patients during their time
on duty. It involves assignment of
one or more clients to a nurse for a
specific period of time such as shift.
The patient has a different nurse
each shift and no guarantee of
having the same nurses the next
day.
16. INTENSIVE CARE OR
CRITICAL CARE
•Patients who require close
monitoring and intensive
care round the clock, e.g.,
patients with acute MI,
those who need artificial
ventilation, major burns,
premature neonates,
immediate post or
cardiothoracic, renal
transplant, neurosurgery
patients.
17. SPECIFIC LEGAL CONCERNS
IN CRITICAL CARE
•INFORMED CONSENT
•DURABLE POWER OF
ATTORNEY FOR HEALTH
CARE
•DO NOT RESUSCITATE
ISSUES
•LIVING WILLS
•WITHDRAWAL OF
ORDINARY CARE
MEASURES
•DOCUMENTATION
21. LONG-TERM CARE
• Chronically ill, disabled and
helpless patients are cared for
in these units. Nurses and
other therapists help the
patients and family members
in coping, ambulation, physical
therapy, occupational therapy
along with activities of daily
living. Patients and family who
need long-term care are,
cancer patients, paralyzed and
patients with ostomies.
