A Patient / Family Care Study on Pneumonia

Abstract

The Patient/Family Care Study is a detailed written report of nursing care rendered to a client and his/her family within a specific period of time. It explores nursing care rendered from the time of admission to termination of nurse-patient relationship. It gives an in depth description and explanation of how a patient response to a specific condition. The Patient/Family Care Study involves a record nursing care, documenting the problems of nursing client and how they are dealt with by the nurse in the course of finding solution to the problems. It provides a systematic way of collecting data, analyzing information, and reporting the results of nursing care. This Patient/Family Care Study is based on the concept of holistic care, taking into account all factors impinging on the health of the individual. It is done using the nursing process approach. This care study was carried out in partial fulfillment of requirement for the award of professional license by the Nurses and Midwifery Council of Ghana. It is an integral part of the curriculum for educating nursing students hence a prerequisite for completing the nursing course. Care study offers the nursing student the opportunity to combine classroom academic work with clinical study of the practices of the nursing profession. It encourages learning by doing, the development of analytical and decision-making skills as well as reporting skills. Being based on the nursing process, the students become familiar with the use of the nursing process as a basis for practice thereby encouraging evidence based nursing care.