Summary Fundamentals of Nursing (Book Only) - N250 Introduction To Nursing Health Care (NUR 101)

Fundamentals Of Nursing – Summary Notes


FUNDAMENTALS OF NURSING – COMPLETE NOTES
1. INTRODUCTION TO NURSING
1.1 Definition of Nursing
Nursing is a profession within the healthcare system that focuses on the care of
individuals, families, and communities so they may attain, maintain, or recover
optimal health and quality of life. Nursing involves the promotion of health,
prevention of illness, and care of the ill, disabled, and dying.
1.2 Goals of Nursing
 Promote health and wellness
 Prevent illness and injury
 Restore health
 Facilitate coping with disability or death
 Provide holistic care (physical, psychological, social, spiritual)
1.3 Scope of Nursing Practice
 Health promotion
 Disease prevention
 Curative care
 Rehabilitative care
 Palliative and end-of-life care

,2. HISTORY AND EVOLUTION OF NURSING
2.1 Historical Background
 Florence Nightingale: Founder of modern nursing
 Contribution of nurses in wars and epidemics
 Evolution from informal caregiving to a professional discipline
2.2 Modern Nursing
 Evidence-based practice
 Use of technology
 Expanded roles (nurse practitioners, nurse educators, nurse researchers)

, 3. NURSING THEORIES AND MODELS
3.1 Purpose of Nursing Theories
 Provide framework for nursing practice
 Guide nursing research and education
 Improve quality of patient care
3.2 Common Nursing Theories
 Florence Nightingale – Environmental Theory
 Virginia Henderson – Need Theory
 Dorothea Orem – Self-Care Deficit Theory
 Jean Watson – Theory of Human Caring
 Hildegard Peplau – Interpersonal Relations Theory