A Patient And Family Care Study on Severe Malaria

Abstract

Health care delivery in recent times has progressed and has adopted innovative changes especially in the nursing care delivery. Due to this, the nurse is compelled to render a comprehensive care to every client in his or her charge. Unlike the past, nursing now employs the use of research and the use of scientific data in the performance of the various roles in ensuring quality health care delivery. This is evidenced by the broadening services to the door steps of clients, and the involvement of technologically based initiatives like Computers for effective documentation. In effect to meet the ever-changing demands of the client with time, there must be corresponding innovations in providing quality health care for the benefit of all. The inclusiveness of certain subjects like Sociology, Basic Nursing, Anatomy and Physiology, Therapeutic Communication, Professional Adjustment to mention but a few provides for dynamic skills in the care of the patient and family. The patient/ family care study is also one of the requirements towards the award of a license by the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Ghana to practice as a Professional Registered General Nurse. Patient/family care study writing entails a student nurse taking a client with a particular disease condition and nursing him or her taking into account the physical, psychological, social, economic and spiritual needs of the client from the day of admission till the day of discharge. Patient/family care study again equips the student with the necessary knowledge and skills to render a competent, professional, holistic and quality care to the patient/family. It also gives the student a chance to apply both theoretical and practical approaches to learning as he/she writes the care study and renders the nursing care to the client and his or her family. This care study was supervised by