A Patient and Family Care Study on Hydrocele

Abstract

Nursing is a profession within the health care sector that focuses on the care of individuals, families and communities so they may attain, maintain or recover optimal health and quality of life. The mother of modern nursing, Florence Nightingale (1820-1910), was the woman who instigated and brought much respect to the profession through her visions. The ability to provide comprehensive nursing care rest on the ability of the nurse to assess the client’s condition, analyze, plan, implement and evaluate the effects of management on patient health status. The patient /family care study is a report of a nursing care given to a selected patient within a specific period to meet physical, physiological, spiritual and socioeconomic needs and help to attain maximum health. The patient/family care study is also a requirement as a partial fulfillment for the award of a license to practice as a Registered General Nurse by the Nursing and Midwifery Council for Ghana to the students pursuing diploma in nursing in the country. It also offers the student nurse an opportunity to put into practice the knowledge acquired at school to render an effective nursing care to client with reference to the patient’s condition. To add up to the above explanation, patient/family care study enables the student to obtain more knowledge about the cause, signs and symptoms, diagnosis and treatment given to patient with specific condition using the nursing process concept.