A patient/family care study on diabetes mellitus

Abstract

The patient and family care study is a complete detailed written report of the nursing care to rendered comprehensive service to a patient and his family chosen by the literate student nurse and nursed over a specified period of time. The patient and family care study assist final year student nurses to get the knowledge acquired in their study areas such as public health, Psychiatry, medicine, obstetrics, surgery, gynaecology, sociology and paediatrics nursing to give effective nursing care to a patient. The study also assists the student nurse to render holistic care to patients by nursing each and every patient as an individual. It also helps the student nurse to know much and acquire more Knowledge into the specific condition, their presentations and how they are treated. The patient and family care study forms part of the final assessment of the student nurse at the End of the three (3) years training program before the Registered General Nurses Diploma Certificate is awarded to him/her by the Nurses ‘and Midwifery Council(NMC) of Ghana. The study utilizes the nursing process, which is a systematic approach to nursing care taken to care for an individual and the steps include Assessment, Diagnosis, Planning, Implementation and Evaluation of all data collected on patient and the family to ensure an effective nursing care.The patient and family care study also serve as a means to establish an effective nurse/patient relationship and away of collaborating with other health care team members.