Principles and Practice of Nursing

About Course

In this chapter you will learn Principles and Practice of Nursing in general.

What you will learn:

-Defining Nursing

-Nursing Care Delivery Models

-Individualizing Nursing Care Practice

-Medicine Management

Course Content

Defining Nursing
-Values and Principles og Nursing. -Difference between medicine and nursing. -Fundamentals of general nursing practice. -Scope of Practice. -Evidence-based nursing practice. -Standards of clinical nursing.

  • Values and principles of nursing
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  • Difference between Medicine and Nursing
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  • Fundamentals of general nursing practice
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  • Scope of Practice
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  • Evidence-based nursing practice
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  • Standard of Clinical Nursing
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Nursing Care Delivery Models
-Delivering clinical nursing care -Accountability -Methods of nursing care delivery -Team approach to care -Hospital-community links -Rehabilitation nursing -Key concepts of nursing care

Individualizing Nursing Care Practice
-The nursing process -Implementing the nursing care plan (or pathway) -The nursing history -Interviewing tips -General mental/psychological assessment -Mental status assessment -Performing a nursing physical examination -Assessing spirituality -Identifying and prioritising nursing problems -Nursing care plans -Nursing interventions -Integrated care pathway -Implementing nursing care -Patient comfort rounds -The nursing handover -Writing, recording, and documenting -Legal and professional guidelines -Progress notes -Patient-centred case conferences

Medicine Management
-Supply and disposal of medicines. -Storage and control of medicines. -Nurses prescribing -Safe practice in administration of medicines -Improving compliance with medicines. -Specific aspects of administration of medicines.

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