for nursing students

1. Role of nurse and patients
family in care of adult patient
PREPARED BY
MR.DHARMENDRA PATEL
M.SC. NURSING
MEDICAL SURGICAL NURSING

2. ROLE OF FAMILY IN ADULT PATIENT
CARE:
 The family should have a basic understanding of the disease, its
treatment and personal care.
 Families should be able to cope using the known and behaviors to help
them to manage and adapt to the problem.
 The family plays an important role in both the development and
management of disease condition.
 Doubts and issues or misconceptions related to the disease should be
clarified with the health care professionals.

3.  Family should know the importance of affection and love etc during
illness.
 The families if offers remedies and advice, it will take over those roles
that the person is no longer capable of and it will provide the care
necessary until recovery or for long term support.
 Emotional support from family and friends are essential.
 Family members are expected to assist patient in difficulties.

4.  A willing member of the family can be allowed to assist with aspects of
nursing care is comforting to the patient as well as to the relatives.
 The family is expected to provide a supporting environment for the
patient.
 The family should understand the need for the assistance and help the
patient.
 The family should try to fix in support of the ill member, meal
preparation and chauffeuring the children around varied work schedules

5.  The family structure, functioning, and relative position in the society
significantly influence the health and ability to respond to health
problems.
 In some cases, the terminally ill may be taken home and the family
becomes responsible for his care until death occurs.
 Family members are important to chronically ill clients. They may help
the management of the chronic illness. This collaboration should be
initiated under the direction of the health care team at diagnosis to
prevent difficulties later

6.  Families are an important factor in the client’s response to health
problem and in the ability to cope.
 Families are not only being kept abreast of the therapeutic plan, but
also actively participate in the planning and implementation of the care.
 Family experiences a crisis or a crisis-producing event, they attempt to
gather their recourses to deal with the demands created by the situation.

7.  Also family has an important role in prevention of high-risk diseases in
the patient.
 Patient family plays a vital role in carrying about restrictions and plans
in the patients. eg.diabetes patients should follow strict sugar free diet.
 Discharge plans must include both the patient and family and should be
taught clearly to the item before discharge or transfer.

8. ROLE OF NURSE IN ADULT PATIENT
CARE:
 Patient is the good source of information about illness.
 Patient is not a passive recipient of care he is an active
participant.
 Patient should be cooperative with the treatment.
 Patient must be given information about his care to make
choices or manage their conditions.

9.  Patients are the key player in the decision making in the patient
care.
 Patient plays a decision maker role with skill in tools of the
function.
 Chronically ill individuals must learn to live with the course of
chronic illness.
 Part of the task also involves developing a personal identity that
includes the chronic illness and life style changes in necessities

10.  Maintaining interpersonal relationships with the health team
members.
 Patients can clarify the misbelieves and doubts regarding the
treatment and procedures with the adult health nurse.
 Patient’s cooperation is very important in assessment, planning,
implementation, and evaluation.
 Patient also participates actively in the patient and family teaching
programmes.

11.  Giving consent for surgeries and diagnostic procedures is also an
important role.
 Patient is expected to move the health team members towards the goals
of potential well-being.
 With the level of knowledge, skill and confidence patient can develop
the self-management capacity so that he could be targeted towards the
quality improvement care.
 More effective care processes and interventions are to be planned to
make the patients function in expanded role.