A patient and family care study on Gastroenteritis

Abstract

Nursing is a profession within the health care sector focused on the care of the individual, families and communities so they may attain, maintain or recover optimal health and quality of life. This involves the promotion of health, treatment, prevention of illness and the care of ill. Patient /family care study is carried out by student nurses to enable them put into practice the knowledge and skills which they have acquired throughout their training and to render an individualized /family centered and comprehensive nursing care to patient from the day of admission till the patient recover. This helps the student nurse to encounter with the patient and gather important information on a disease condition in order to provide a comprehensive nursing care to the patient and family. This study serves as a requirement for the award of a professional license to practice by nurses and Midwives council of Ghana. Patient /Family initial have been used instead of their full names to ensure privacy and confidentiality as part of the ethics of the nurses and midwives council.