Nursing 1170A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Nanda, Nursing Process, Mclean Hospital
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It was one of the first nursing experiments. distinctive role for professional nurses that would provide a systemic foundation for the study of nursing. Massachusetts: 1972: she conducted workshops about her theory throughout the us and canada, 1972: the discipline and teaching of nursing process: an evaluative study. Patient behavior: all patient behaviour must be considered when providing adequate care to fulfill the patient needs, behaviour may be verbal (encompasses all the patients use of language) or non verbal ( includes physiological manifestation and vocal actions) If the behavioru is hard to interpret, problems can arise in the communication process making it difficult for the nurse to provide proper care. Automatic nursing action: nursing actions decided upon for reasons other than the patients immediate need, carry out physician order, general principles for protecting health. Relation practice defined humanely (caring for humans) involved process of respectful, compassionate and authentically interested inquiry into another"s (and one"s own) experiences.