A Patient Care Study on Hypertension

Abstract

Nursing is a profession that requires knowledge, skills and attitude. It owes much of its body of knowledge to the influence of Florence Nightingale (1820 - 1910), a woman who pioneered and brought much respect to the profession through her visions. The ability to render comprehensive nursing care rests on the nurses’ ability to assess the client’s condition, analysis, plan, implement and evaluate the effects of management on patient health status. The patient and family care study is the account of a nursing care given to a selected patient within a specific period to meet physical, physiological, spiritual and socioeconomic needs and help to attain optimum health. The patient/family care study is also a requirement as a partial fulfillment for an award as a Registered General Nurse honored by the Nurses’ and Midwives’ Council of Ghana to student pursuing Diploma in Nursing in the country. It also offers the student nurse an opportunity to put into practice the knowledge acquired at school to give an effective nursing care to client with reference to the patient’s condition. In addition to the above, patient/family care study enables the student to acquire more knowledge about the causes, signs and symptoms, diagnosis and treatment given to patient with specific condition using the nursing process concept.