extended nurses' role

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EXTENDED ROLE OF THE NURSE

Mrs. SHINY

MSc(N)

Community health nursing


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NURSE AS

CAREGIVER

Care giving

encompasses

the physical,psychosocial,

development

al, culturaland spiritual

levels.


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NURSE AS COMMUNICATOR


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Nurses communicate with the client,

support persons, other health

professionals, and people in thecommunity. In the role of

communicator, nurses identify client

problems and then communicate theseverbally or in writing to other members

of the health team.


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NURSE AS

TEACHER

The nurse assessesthe clients

learning needs and

readiness to learn,

sets specificlearning goals in

conjunction with

the client, enacts

teaching strategiesand measures

learning.


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NURSE AS A CLIENTS ADVOCATE

Client advocate represent the

clients needs and wishes to

other health professionals,such as relaying the clients

wishes for information to thephysician.


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NURSE AS A

COUNSELLOR

It involvesproviding

emotional,intellectual,

and

psychologicsupport.


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NURSE AS A CHANGE AGENT


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Contd..

The nurse acts as a change

agent when assisting others,

that is, clients, to make

modifications in their own

behavior.


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NURSE AS A

LEADER

Effective leadershipis a learned process

requiring an

understanding of the

needs and goals thatmotivate people, the

knowledge to apply

the leadership skills,

and theinterpersonal skills

to influence others.


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NURSE AS A

MANAGER

The nurse manages thenursing care of

individuals, families, and

communities. The nurse-

manager also delegates

nursing activities to

ancillary workers and

other nurses, andsupervises and evaluates

their performance.


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NURSE AS A

CASE MANAGER

Nurse case managers

work with the

multidisciplinary

health care team tomeasure the

effectiveness of the

case managementplan and to monitor

outcomes.


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NURSE

RESEARCHER

Have some awareness ofthe process and languageof research

Be sensitive to issues

related to protecting therights of human subjects

Participate in identificationof significant researchableproblems

Be a discriminatingconsumer of researchfindings


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