NURSING CONCEPTS

Introduction

Nursing concepts help a beginner to start his/her career in nursing. There are four such nursing concepts. An established nursing concept paves a way for improving nursing education curriculum program. It helps in preaching nursing skills that are essential for nursing practice especially to build leadership quality and to make decision. In addition, it also assists in better interaction of nurse and patients.

Concepts of nursing practice

Four concepts of nursing are

• Human being
• Environment
• Health
• Nursing

Human being

Human being is first concept of nursing as it consists of different characteristic and finally represented as wholeness. The main criteria of human being concept are social factors, physical factors, spiritual ideas and psychological factors. In addition, traditional culture may be important to certain individuals. In short, following are essential part of nursing concept.

• Wholeness
• Behavior
• Development
• Need
• Culture

Environment

Patients environment including their socio economic status, where the patients exist are the important concept of nursing. Health care of a person is essential aspect of environment. This will help the nurse to trace the development of cancer in long term and also gives a chance of recovery to the patient soon. When proper health care is not administered then patients may develop some health problems which may end up in optimistic prognosis. Environment concept gives social support for chronic patients and is controlled by nurse. When proper nursing care and environment is provided, patient can recover early. In short, environment concept includes

• Physical
• Health care
• Social support
• Socio cultural
• Family & relatives

Health

Nurse has to continuously monitor patient’s health. They have to focus mainly on primary complaint rather than associated problems. For instance, cancer patients will have other adverse effects like general health effect. In short health concept includes

• Wholeness
• Self care
• Illness
• Healing
• Well being
• Stress or crisis

Nursing

Nursing is not a science whereas it is considered as an art. Nurses play a leadership role, decision making and caring. This includes four main nursing roles for well being of patient, disease prevention and healing.

Nursing role includes

• Leadership
• Decision making
• Teaching
• Learning
• Caring
• Research

Role functions

• Consultant
• Researcher
• Teacher
• Manager
• Practitioner

Responsibilities

• Support of peers
• Economic support
• Legal
• Political
• Organizational
• Career development

Nursing approaches

• Patient empowerment
• Partnership
• Grace
• Justice
• Reconciliation
• Presence