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Nursing Role
Roles and responsibilities
"A nursing job demands great dedication and commitment from the learner." (Johnstone, 1999). The practitioner of this field is required to have the ability to work under great pressure as well as being able to remain calm under extreme circumstances. There are many responsibilities for any nurse and here we will look at some of them. Firstly, nurse is supposed to be the one who provides care to those who need it the most. Their main task is to provide comfort to the patient not only through physical treatment but at an emotional level as well.
In cases where the doctors are not available the nurses should take the lead in assisting the patients in whatever their requirements are, therefore a nurse should have extensive knowledge and experience regarding dealing with sensitive matters which affects the patients. "The nurse should also try to give clients more concern as compared with the doctor." (Whitehead, 2003).
Secondly, nurses should act as a teacher towards their clients. It should focus on providing information which can help the client in its overall recovery or learning and making sure the client learns technical skills if possible. The nurse should always try to promote a healthier lifestyle, translate any information to client if it has having problems with understanding it and also encourage others with their prescribed...
Here the main purpose is to help the client to cope up with and recognize any sort of social or psychological problems which are stressful. This can be done by developing a better interpersonal relationship with the client.
Counseling also allows the nurse to provide better emotional as well as psychological and intellectual support, it also helps the client to develop a better attitude and behavior. Also, one of the main aims of counseling should be to encourage the client in looking towards different behaviors so that it can develop its sense of controls in a better and more effective way.
The nurse should encourage its clients to be able to initiate in any changes they think needs to be done, nurse should also assist the client if this task is difficult for them to achieve. Here the change can be in the overall system of care which is provided to the client, the treatment procedures or any other related matter. The nurse should also try to be an advocate of its client, this means helping them to achieve whatever changes they deem necessary. Here the main point to note is that the nurse should be aware of its actions and that what it is promoting is in the best interest of the client as well as others. It…
References
Johnstone, J. (1999). Bioethics: A nursing perspective. Sydney: Harcourt Saunders.
Whitehead, E. (2003). Thinking Nursing. Maidenhead: Open University Press.
Joel, L. (2002). The Nursing Experience. New York: McGraw-Hill.
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