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Introduction to Nursing
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Introduction
Nursing has had a significant effect on people's lives. As rapid change continues to transform the profession of nursing and health care system. Today, nurses bring knowledge, leadership, spirit, and vital expertise to expanding roles that afford increased participation, responsibility, and rewards.
Contemporary nursing practice
An understanding of contemporary nursing practice includes a look at definitions of nursing, recipients of nursing, scope of nursing, settings of nursing practice, nurse practice acts, and current standards of clinical nursing practice.
Definitions of Nursing
“The act of utilizing the environment of the patient to assist him in his recovery" (Nightingale, 1860). Nightingale considered a clean, well-ventilated, and quite environment essential for recovery.
Recipients of Nursing
The Recipients of Nursing are sometimes called consumers, sometimes patients, and sometimes clients.
Promoting Health and Wellness
Wellness is a state of well-being. It means engaging in attitudes and behavior that enhance the quality of life and maximize personal potential.
Nurses promote wellness in clients who are both healthy and ill. This may involve individual and community activities to enhance healthy lifestyles.
such as improving nutrition and physical fitness, preventing drug and alcohol misuse, restricting smoking, and preventing accidents and injury in the home and workplace.