A patient/family care study on Pneumonia

Abstract

Nursing was just caring for the sick on the sick bed in the previous years. Under the influence of Florence Nightingale nursing profession has changed rapidly, from caring for the sick to include taking medical history and conducting physical examination which was not previous done. Patient and family care study consist of the nursing care rendered. The study is carried out by student nurses during their time of training to equip and put the knowledge and skills acquired into practice and also to render an individualized/family centered and comprehensive nursing care to the patient and family right from admission till patient recover. It involves interaction between the patient, family and the health team within specific time until patient care is terminated. It employs the use of nursing process which requires the nurse to assess the patient for problems, diagnosis based on the assessment data, plan necessary intervention, implement the plans and evaluate the outcome of the interventions. The study has prepared and built my confidence in me to enable face the tasks ahead of me after completing the three year Registered General Nursing Course. The comprehensive care rendered was made possible by the employment of skills and knowledge in such disciplines as psychology, public health nursing, medical nursing, surgical nursing, pharmacology and nutrition and dietetics to meet the patient/family needs and the community at large. To ensure confidentiality I chose to use my patients initials instead to ensure high sense of confidentiality