THE ROLE OF NURSE IS CHANGING AND EXPANDING AS THE SCOPE OF MODERN NURSING IS DEVELOPING DAY BY DAY HENCE ONE SHOULD KNOW THE VARIETY OF ROLES THAT A NURSE COULD PLAY IN A PATIENTS LIFE. THIS SLIDE WILL GUIDE YOU THROUGH SOME OF THE LATEST TRENDS AND ROLES OF NURSE.

1. DEEPAK K V
1ST YEAR M.Sc NURSING

2. INTRODUCTION
EXTENDED AND EXPANDED ROLE OF
NURSE, ROLE OF NURSE IN
PROMOTIVE, PREVENTIVE,
CURATIVE, AND RESTORATIVE
HEALTH CARE DELIVARY SYSTEM IN
THE COMMUNITY AND THE
INSTITUTION.

3. OBJECTIVES
By the completion of the
seminar, the students will be
able to:
understand the extended and
expanded roles of the nurse
Function effectively under
various roles.
Establish knowledge about
various nursing trends and
scope of nursing
Incorporate knowledge
regarding various levels of
prevention.
Demonstrate advanced skills
in taking care of patients at
various levels of illness.
Describe recent advancement
in the field of nursing.
Identify latest trends in
nursing.
Perform extended and
expanded role of nurse

4. EXTENDED AND EXPANDED ROLE OF
NURSE
“It is the responsibility assumed by the nurses
beyond traditional functioning of the nurse
and it is the scope of nursing outside the
hospital.”

5. IMPORTANCE OF EXTENDED AND
EXPANDED ROLE
It provides variety of services for the patients of all age
groups which may be a part of hospital or the
community.
It enhances the clinical decision making skills.
It provides expert knowledge and high level of job
satisfaction.
To provide the population with broad access to basic
health services.
The transition of health care system from an disease
oriented model to an health oriented

6. NEEDS FOR EXPANDING AND
EXTENDING NURSES ROLE
 patient may seek health care facilities at home, at place
of work or in any type of health care agency.
 Expansion of scientific knowledge and application of
this knowledge to diagnosis and treatment has lead to
much advancement.
 Patients can lead a productive life with artificial
parameters, organ transplant and radio therapy.

7. EXTENDED ROLES OF A NURSE
 School health nurse
 Private duty nurse
 Home care nurse
 Hospice nurse
 Rehabilitation nurse
 Nurse epidemiologist
 Military nurse
 Aerospace nurse
 Tele nurse
 Disaster nurse
 Forensic nurse

8. SCHOOL HEALTH NURSE

9. PRIVATE DUTY NURSE

10. HOME CARE NURSE

11. EXTENDED ROLES OF A NURSE
HOSPICE NURSE REHABILITATION NURSE

12. EXTENDED ROLES OF A NURSE
NURSE EPIDEMIOLOGIST MILITARY NURSE

13. EXTENDED ROLES OF A NURSE
AEROSPACE NURSE TELE NURSE

14. EXTENDED ROLES OF A NURSE
DISASTER NURSE FORENSIC NURSE

15. EXPANDED ROLE OF A NURSE
Nurse as a teacher.
Nurse as an advocate
Nurse as a counsellor
Nurse as a collaborator
Nurse as a care giver
Nurse as a researcher
Nurse as a clinical decision maker
Nurse as a communicator

16. EXPANDED ROLE OF A NURSE
NURSE AS A TEACHER NURSE AS AN ADVOCATE

17. EXPANDED ROLE OF A NURSE
NURSE AS A COUNSELLOR
NURSE AS A
COLLABORATOR

18. EXPANDED ROLE OF A NURSE
NURSE AS A CARE GIVER NURSE AS A RESEARCHER

19. NURSE AS A MANAGER

20. EXPANDED ROLE OF A NURSE
NURSE AS A CLINICAL
DESICION MAKER
NURSE AS A
COMMUNICATOR

21. ROLE OF NURSE IN HEALTH
PROMOTION
“A process of enabling people to increase control over
and to improve their health”
WHO (1986)
“Increasing the level of well being and self actualisation
of a given individual or group”
Pender and colleagues (2002)

22. LEVELS OF HEALTH CARE
 Primordial level: efforts are directed towards
discouraging from adopting harmful life style
 Primary level: . It signifies the intervention in the
prepathogenisis phase of a disease or health problem
 secondary level: It can be defined as action which halts
the progress of a disease at its incipient stage and
prevents complication
 tertiary level: all measures available to reduce or limit
impairments and disabilities, minimise suffering
caused by existing departure from good health.

23. HOW CAN NURSE HELP WITH
PREVENTIVE HEALTH CARE
 PROVIDING GENERAL EDUCATION
One of the most fundamental ways that nurses assist in preventive
health efforts is through education.
 IDENTIFYING AT RISK PATIENTS
The most imperative part of preventive health care strategy is
paying particular attention to demographics of patients with a
high risk of certain disease.
 HELPING FACILITATE ACCESS TO CARE
 It is common for patients to remain uncertain or in the dark as to
the kind of services, they are entitled to under their health plans.
 EDUCATING THE COMMUNITY
Nurse can also help to expand the community wide health care
education

24. NURSE’S ROLE IN CURATIVE
HEALTH
 Nurse as care giver
 Nurse as protector
 Bed side nurse
 ICU nurse
 Nurse anaesthetist
 Post operative nurse

25. RESTORATIVE HEALTH CARE
DELIVERY
REHABILITATION IS
A PROCESS NOT AN
PHYSICAL
LOCATION

26. REHABILITATION PROCESS
Comprehensive assessment
Setting of short, medium or long
term goal
Development of an collaborative
plan
Evaluation of progress towards the
goal

27. CONCLUSION