Unit 02 Roll Of Nurse

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Unit 02
Definition
 Nurses are responsible for protecting their patients and promoting

general health. They help prevent the spread of illness and work to
alleviate patient suffering while undergoing treatment. They diagnose
patients and help prevent injuries.
Roles and Function of a Nurse

1. Caregiver
 The caregiver role has traditionally included those activities that

assist the client physically and psychologically while preserving the
client’s dignity. Care giving encompasses the physical, psychosocial,
developmental, cultural and spiritual levels.
 2. Communicator
 Communication is an integral to all nursing roles. Nurses

communicate with the client, support persons, other health
professionals, and people in the community. In the role of
communicator, nurses identify client problems and then
communicate these verbally or in writing to other members of the
health team. The quality of a nurse’s communication is an important
factor in n/ursing care.
 3. Teacher
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 As a teacher, the nurse helps clients learn about their health and the
health care procedures they need to perform to restore or maintain
their health. The nurse assesses the client’s learning needs and
readiness to learn, sets specific learning goals in conjunction with the
client, enacts teaching strategies and measures learning.
4. Client advocate
 Client advocate acts to protect the client. In this role the nurse may
represent the client’s needs and wishes to other health professionals,
such as relaying the client’s wishes for information to the physician.
They also assist clients in exercising their rights and help them speak
up for themselves.
5. Counselor
 Counseling is a process of helping a client to recognize and cope

with stressful psychological or social problems, to developed
improved interpersonal relationships, and to promote personal
growth. It involves providing emotional, intellectual, and
psychological support.
6. Change agent
 The nurse acts as a change agent when assisting others, that is,
clients, to make modifications in their own behavior. Nurses also
often act to make changes in a system such as clinical care, if it is
not helping a client return to health.
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7. Leader
 A leader influences others to work together to accomplish a specific

goal. The leader role can be employed at different levels; individual
client, family, groups of clients, colleagues, or the community.
Effective leadership is a learned process requiring an understanding
of the needs and goals that motivate people, the knowledge to apply
the leadership skills, and the interpersonal skills to influence others.
8. Manager
 The nurse manages the nursing care of individuals, families, and

communities. The nurse-manager also delegates nursing activities to
ancillary workers and other nurses, and supervises and evaluates
their performance.
9. Case manager
 Nurse case managers work with the multidisciplinary health care

team to measure the effectiveness of the case management plan and
to monitor outcomes.
10. Research consumer –

Nurses often use research to improve client care. In a clinical area nurses
need to:
 Have some awareness of the process and language of research

 Be sensitive to issues related to protecting the rights of human
subjects
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 Participate in identification of significant researchable problems

 Be a discriminating consumer of research findings
Expanded role of the nurse

1. Clinical Specialists
 Is a nurse who has completed a master’s degree in specialty and has

considerable clinical expertise in that specialty? She provides expert
care to individuals, participates in educating health care
professionals and ancillary, acts as a clinical consultant and
participates in research.
2. Nurse Practitioner
 Is a nurse who has completed either as certificate program or a

master’s degree in a specialty and is also certified by the appropriate
specialty organization? She is skilled at making nursing assessments,
performing P. E., counseling, teaching and treating minor and self-
limiting illness.
3. Nurse-midwife
 A nurse who has completed a program in midwifery; provides

prenatal and postnatal care and delivers babies to woman with
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uncomplicated pregnancies.
4. Nurse anesthetist
 A nurse who completed the course of study in an anesthesia school

and carries out pre-operative status of clients.
5. Nurse Educator
 A nurse usually with advanced degree, who beaches in clinical or

educational settings, teaches theoretical knowledge, clinical skills
and conduct research.
6. Nurse Entrepreneur
 A nurse who has an advanced degree, and manages health-related

business.
7. Nurse administrator
 A nurse who functions at various levels of management in health

settings; responsible for the management and administration of
resources and personnel involved in giving patient care.
REFERNCES
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1. Sue C. Delaune Patricia, (2006). Fundamental of nursing 2nd edition

published Thomson (Delmar learning)
2. P.Pottar. (2005) Fundamental of nursing 6th edition published by landar.
3. www.google.com

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ASIF AL I MAGSI

 Nurses are responsible for protecting their patients and promoting

Roles and Function of a Nurse

 The caregiver role has traditionally included those activities that

 Communication is an integral to all nursing roles. Nurses

 Counseling is a process of helping a client to recognize and cope

 A leader influences others to work together to accomplish a specific

 The nurse manages the nursing care of individuals, families, and

 Nurse case managers work with the multidisciplinary health care

10. Research consumer –

 Have some awareness of the process and language of research

 Participate in identification of significant researchable problems

Expanded role of the nurse

 Is a nurse who has completed a master’s degree in specialty and has

 Is a nurse who has completed either as certificate program or a

 A nurse who has completed a program in midwifery; provides

 A nurse who completed the course of study in an anesthesia school

 A nurse usually with advanced degree, who beaches in clinical or

 A nurse who has an advanced degree, and manages health-related

 A nurse who functions at various levels of management in health

1. Sue C. Delaune Patricia, (2006). Fundamental of nursing 2nd edition

2. P.Pottar. (2005) Fundamental of nursing 6th edition published by landar.

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