Roles & Responsibilities of a Nurse | Nursing Crib
1. Caregiver/ Care provider – the traditional and most essential role
5. Client advocate- involves concern for and actions in behalf of the client to bring about a change.
1 Clinical Specialists- is a nurse who has completed a master’s degree in specialty and has considerable clinical expertise in that specialty. She provides expert care to individuals, participates in educating health care professionals and ancillary, acts as a clinical consultant and participates in research.
2. Nurse Practitioner- is a nurse who has completed either as certificate program or a master’s degree in a specialty and is also certified by the appropriate specialty organization. She is skilled at making nursing assessments, performing P. E., counseling, teaching and treating minor and self- limiting illness.
3. Nurse-midwife- a nurse who has completed a program in midwifery; provides prenatal and postnatal care and delivers babies to woman with uncomplicated pregnancies.
4. Nurse anesthetist- a nurse who completed the course of study in an anesthesia school and carries out pre-operative status of clients.
5. Nurse Educator- A nurse usually with advanced degree, who beaches in clinical or educational settings, teaches theoretical knowledge, clinical skills and conduct research.
6. Nurse Entrepreneur- a nurse who has an advanced degree, and manages health-related business.
7. Nurse administrator- a nurse who functions at various levels of management in health settings; responsible for the management and administration of resources and personnel involved in giving patient care.
- functions as nurturer, comforter, provider
- “mothering actions” of the nurse
- provides direct care and promotes comfort of client
- activities involves knowledge and sensitivity to what matters and what is important to clients
- shows concern for client welfare and acceptance of the client as a person
- encourages compliance with prescribed therapy.
- promotes healthy lifestyle
- interprets information to the client
- provides emotional, intellectual to and psychologic support
- focuses on helping a client to develop new attitudes, feelings and behaviors rather than promoting intellectual growth.
- encourages the client to look at alternative behaviors recognize the choices and develop a sense of control.
5. Client advocate- involves concern for and actions in behalf of the client to bring about a change.
- promotes what is best for the client, ensuring that the client’s needs are met and protecting the client’s right.
- provides explanation in clients language and support clients decisions.
- plans, give direction, develop staff, monitors operations, give the rewards fairly and represents both staff and administrations as needed .
- participates in scientific investigation and must be a consumer of research findings
- must be aware of the research process, language of research, a sensitive to issues related to protecting the rights of human subjects.
1 Clinical Specialists- is a nurse who has completed a master’s degree in specialty and has considerable clinical expertise in that specialty. She provides expert care to individuals, participates in educating health care professionals and ancillary, acts as a clinical consultant and participates in research.
2. Nurse Practitioner- is a nurse who has completed either as certificate program or a master’s degree in a specialty and is also certified by the appropriate specialty organization. She is skilled at making nursing assessments, performing P. E., counseling, teaching and treating minor and self- limiting illness.
3. Nurse-midwife- a nurse who has completed a program in midwifery; provides prenatal and postnatal care and delivers babies to woman with uncomplicated pregnancies.
4. Nurse anesthetist- a nurse who completed the course of study in an anesthesia school and carries out pre-operative status of clients.
5. Nurse Educator- A nurse usually with advanced degree, who beaches in clinical or educational settings, teaches theoretical knowledge, clinical skills and conduct research.
6. Nurse Entrepreneur- a nurse who has an advanced degree, and manages health-related business.
7. Nurse administrator- a nurse who functions at various levels of management in health settings; responsible for the management and administration of resources and personnel involved in giving patient care.
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