A Patient/ Family Nursing Care Study on Peptic Ulcer

Abstract

Nursing has progressed significantly throughout time. Florence Nightingale (1820-1910), a woman who led the way and gave great respect to the profession by means of her vision, is responsible for most of its body of knowledge. Nursing has essentially progressed from caring for the ill to including family members and the society at large by means of the application of scientific methodologies and procedures to assist in problem solving. During the Crimean War, Florence Nightingale and 38 volunteer nurses were sent to the main British camp in Turkey. Nightingale and her colleagues immediately set about cleaning the hospital and arranging patient care. Nightingale was a proponent of hospital sanitation changes and a pioneer in the use of statistical data graphing techniques. The patient/family care study is a report of nursing care rendered to a client and family by a final year student nurse in which a patient is selected from the ward, nursed from the day of admission till discharge and possible follow – up visits are made to maintain optimum level of health of the patient.The care study forms part of the assessment of the final year student nurse for the award of the Registered General Nurse (Diploma) Certificate by the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Ghana and a license to practice as a nurse in Ghana.The patient and family care study allows the student nurse to do more research, communicate with other members of the health team, and collaborate with them to provide comprehensive and high–quality health care to people and the community at large.The course also gives the student nurse a chance to use scientific methods and a comprehensive approach to nursing care. It assists the student nurse in putting his or her theoretical knowledge into practice so that he or she can get the required skills and knowledge for professional employment.The care study boosts the student nurse's confidence and prepares him or her to take on full responsibility for a patient and his or her family. Finally, it gives the student nurse some level of competence in rendering accurate nursing care using the nursing process approach