Scope of Nursing - Nursing Foundation (FON)

Scope of Nursing - Nursing Foundation (FON)

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  SCOPE OF NURSING Prepared By: Mrs. Leena Sameep Sakpal. Nursing Tutor
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  Florence Nightingale 12 May1820 - 13 August 1910 Founder of modern nursing.
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  SCOPE • Nursing isa profession within the health care sector focused on the care of individuals, families and communities so they may attain maintain or recover optimal health quality of life. • The scope of nursing practice is the range of roles, functions, responsibilities and activities which is registered nurse is educated and has the authority to perform. • Nurse may be differentiated from other health care providers by their approach to patient care, training and scope of practice.
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  SCOPE OF NURSINGPRACTICE • Direct are giving • Evaluation of care and its impact • Advocating for patient and for health • Supervising and delegating to other • Leading and managing • Teaching • Conducting research • Develop health practices and health care system.
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  NURSING PRACTICE INDIFFERENT SETTING Individual RNs – The registered nurse is responsible and accountable, professionally and legally for determining his/her professional scope of nursing.
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  The Nurse Manager& Nurse Executive – The nurse executive in a changing and complex health delivery system is knowledgeable regarding changes in rules and regulation accreditation standards and standards for care and practice in addition to evaluation of boundaries specified in nursing practice act.
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  Mobile Nursing Practice– This practice reduces the cost and remains in their home for a longer period of tune. Provides care during the day and night. These services provide teaching and care for patient with varied needs and health problems. • Patient discharge from hospital. • Patient suffering from acute & chronic disease. • Patient requiring, I/V therapy. • The elderly. • Surgical patient
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  Military Nursing Services– • During the mid of second world war 1943, Indian Army nursing services separated from Indian military nursing service ordinance and redesignated as Military Nursing Service (MNS). • The MNS stands out as one of the oldest services when women have contributed directly to notions war effort by providing care to the sick and wounded soldiers.
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  School Health Nursing– • School nurses are primary care nurses for school children. • They work with individual children, young people and families, schools and communities to raise educational standards. • Promoting healthy lifestyle & school child and adolescent mental health, chronic and complex health care needs in children and young people immunization program, child protection health.
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  Nursing in OccupationalHealth – CHNs are registered nurses who independently observe the assess the workers’ health status with respect to job tasks and hazard, using their specialized experiences and education, there RN recognize and prevent health effects from hazardous exposure and treat workers injuries/illness.
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  Tele Nursing – Refersto the use of telecommunication and information technology for providing nursing services in health care whenever there is a large physical distance between patient and nurse or between any number of nurses. Telenursing may solve increasing shortages of nurses to reduce distance and save travel time and to keep patient out of hospital.