ADULT NURSING

Management Skills in Adult Nursing

Table of Contents

Introduction1

Analyze and apply ethico-legal principles and theories to issues in adult nursing practice3

Discuss the management and teaching strategies required to support continuing professional development in self and others.3

Reflect on self to determine the effectiveness of management skills for the delivery of care for adult and care-givers across the age spectrum6

Explore changes, developments and skills within adult nursing and their impact on the delivery of care within the context of inter-professional collaboration7

Evaluate the philosophies and theories that underpin the delivery of care for adult and their care-givers.8

Analyze factors affecting the delivery of quality Adult nursing appreciating cultural diversity12

Explore the role of the nurse within the management of medication13

Reflect on self to determine developmental needs to support autonomous practice.13

Conclusion14

References16

Management Skills in Adult Nursing

Introduction

Nursing plays a crucial role in delivering health care, and so is critical to any nation's well-being. No other health care professional has such a vast and decisive role. Nursing is defined as a set of actions that are aimed at providing care to individuals who are ill, mentally incapable, or dying. This is a profession for providing help and assistance to those already suffering. Nurses share the burdens and the grief. These are people who lend shoulders when others desert the patient and go away. It is their responsibility to promote health, and help in preventing illness. Nurses provide health management services to people of all kinds of demographics all the time. The history of nursing dates back to 1830s when nursing was not being respected as a profession and socially unsound women used to enter this activity without any education background or knowledge whatsoever. It was Florence Nightingale, “the lady of the lamp”, who was first recognized as a nurse in the 19th century and known far and wide now as the founder of nursing. Her contributions to nursing patients emerged during the 1854's Crimean war where she selflessly provided care to the injured soldiers and inhabitants. She was the one who emphasized upon the education and training needs of these nurses, highlighting its paramount importance (Hupcey, Zimmerman, 2000, 192-198).

It is often stated that while a doctor treats a disease, a nurse treats the patient. A nurse is the first person a patient refers to, when pressing health needs arise. He/she is there to comfort and to console while the patient strives for health, away from the loving shelter of his home. It is a nurse who comes in first, of all. Next time you visit a hospital, notice whom you see first; the nurse or doctor? History also shows that many lives have been saved around the world because a nurse diagnosed an emergency crisis situation with the patient and provided immediate access to treatment. Respiratory failures and cardiac arrests can be the familiar examples. Hence the importance of nursing as a profession can certainly not be doubted. It essentially requires training and education for effective management of this significant role of nursing at ...