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Nurses Role in Health Assessment

The document outlines the various roles of nurses in health assessment, including caregiver, ethical decision maker, clinical advocate, case manager, manager, rehabilitator, teacher, leader, counselor, and researcher. As a caregiver, the nurse helps clients regain health and addresses holistic needs. As an ethical decision maker, the nurse makes decisions in collaboration with clients, families, and other health professionals. The nurse provides a safe environment for clients and acts to prevent injury as a clinical advocate.

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Nurses Role in Health Assessment

The document outlines the various roles of nurses in health assessment, including caregiver, ethical decision maker, clinical advocate, case manager, manager, rehabilitator, teacher, leader, counselor, and researcher. As a caregiver, the nurse helps clients regain health and addresses holistic needs. As an ethical decision maker, the nurse makes decisions in collaboration with clients, families, and other health professionals. The nurse provides a safe environment for clients and acts to prevent injury as a clinical advocate.

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NCM 101 – HEALTH ASSESSMENT

TOPIC: NURSES’ ROLE IN HEALTH ASSESSMENT


✓ CAREGIVERVER
✓ ETHICAL DECISION MAKER
✓ CLINICAL ADVOCATE
✓ CASE MANAGER
✓ MANAGER
✓ REHABILITATOR
✓ TEACHER
✓ LEADER
✓ COUNSELOR (American English) OR COUNSELLOR (British English)
✓ RESEARCHER

CAREGIVER
➢ As a care giver, the nurse helps clients to regain health through the healing process.
➢ The nurse addresses the holistic health care needs of the client.
ETHICAL DECISION MAKER
➢ Nurse makes decision in collaboration with the client and the family.
➢ She also collaborates & consults with other health professionals.
CLINICAL ADVOCATE
➢ A nurse provides a safe conducive environment to the client.
➢ She takes steps to prevent injury clients.
CASE MANAGER
➢ She protects the client from every possible adverse effect of treatment.
➢ She asks about any allergy to medicine or food.
➢ She provides immunization against disease.
MANAGER
➢ She manages the nursing care of not only one client but also of families and in communities.
➢ She delegates the nursing activities to auxiliary workers and other nurses.
REHABILITATOR
➢ Nurse helps the clients to adapt as fully possible who experiences physical or emotional impairment
that change their lives.
TEACHER
➢ She also evaluates client’s progress in learning.
➢ She incorporates other resources such as family, in teaching plans
➢ Nurse gives health education on diet, about preventive measures of disease.

LEADER
➢ Nursing leadership is defined as a mutual process of interpersonal influence through which the nurse
helps client in making decisions for establishing and achieving the goals to improve the clients wellbeing.
COUNSELOR
➢ Nurse helps the client to recognize and cope with stressful, psychological or social problems.
RESEARCHER
➢ Nurse investigates problems in order to improve nursing care and expand the scope of nursing practice.

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