REVIEWER ON TFN Roles and Functions of Nurses

Expanded career roles for nursing  CAREGIVER

this role encompasses the physical,
 NURSE PRACTITIONER psychosocial, developmental, cultural &
with advanced education and is a graduate of a spiritual levels where the Nursing process
nursing program, certified in gerontology, provide the Nurses framework in providing
family, neonatal, pediatric and others client care

 CLINICAL NURSE SPECIALIST  COMMUNICATOR

an expert in a specialized area of practice, it involves communication as an integral part
provides direct client care, educates others, to all nursing roles that identify the problems
consults, conducts research, and manages care of a client and address these verbally or in
writing to other members of the health care
 NURSE ANESTHETIST team. This role is an important factor in
role that carries out preoperative visits and nursing care
assessments, and administers general
anesthetics for surgery under the supervision  EDUCATOR
of a physician prepared in anesthesiology in this role, the nurse helps the clients learn
about their health and the health care
 NURSE MIDWIFE procedures that they need to perform to restore
gives prenatal and postnatal care and manages and maintain their health by providing them
deliveries in normal pregnancies, performs pap the appropriate health teachings and health
smears, family planning, and routine breast education
exams
 CLIENT ADVOCATE
 NURSE RESEARCHER acts to protect the client that may represent the
nurse’s role that investigates nursing problems clients in exercising their rights and help them
to improve nursing care and to refine and speak up for themselves
expand nursing knowledge; employed in
academic institutions, teaching hospitals, and  COUNSELOR
research centers it helps client recognize and cope with
stressful psychological and social problems,
 NURSE ADMINISTRATOR develop interpersonal relationships, and
manages client care including the delivery of promote personal growth
nursing services that may have a middle
management position including head nurse,  CHANGE AGENT
supervisor or director of nursing services with this role continually coped up with changes in
functions including budgeting, staffing, and the health care system
planning programs
 LEADER
 NURSE EDUCATOR in this role, the nurse influences others to work
this specific role is employed in nursing together to accomplish a specific goal
programs at educational institutions and in
hospital staff education that is usually has a  MANAGER
baccalaureate or more advanced preparation, this role delegates nursing activities to
and is responsible for the classroom and ancillary workers and other nurses and
clinical teaching supervises and evaluates them

 NURSE ENTREPRENEUR  DEMOCRATIC

usually has an advanced degree and manages a it demonstrates supportive and participative in
health-related business where the nurse may be all aspects of the process of achieving a goal,
involved in education, consultation or research from planning and goal setting to
implementing and taking credit for the success
 FORENSIC NURSE of the project and are shared by the group
provides specialized care for individuals who
are victims of trauma with knowledge on legal  LAISSEZ FAIRE
system and skills in jury identification, it is permissive, non-directive, or passive; it
evaluation, and documentation allows the group to determine their own goals
and methods to achieve them. Little planning,
 minimal decision making, and lack of it began with Florence Nightingale as she
involvement by the leader. Works well in only systematically collected objective data in 1855
a few settings (ex. Research lab where people and described environmental factors that
are self-motivated, know what they want and affected health and illness and can be used for
how to achieve it) investigative crime assessment and evaluation.

 Some of the roles of nurses within the clinical TRUE or FALSE

setting are:
A. Caregiver  Registered nurses are also managers of care
B. Patient advocate
C. Manager  It is the role of the professional nurse to develop a
plan of care and see to it that it is implemented
 AFFECTIVE LEARNING correctly
is a type of learning where it changes one’s
attitudes, values, and feelings  A manager should be committed to excellence and
have passion for one’s work
 PSYCHOMOTOR LEARNING
the learning of a physical skill involving the  A leader is accessible, caring, trustworthy,
integration of mental and muscular activity as respectful and a good follower as well
can be seen in a patient that changes her
dressing  Leadership can be exerted formally or informally

 COGNITIVE LEARNING  Nurse managers is given the title by a higher

involves the storing and recalling of new authority
knowledge in the brain like a patient
describing how salt affects blood pressure  Most managers have good leadership skills even if
not, they are often still the final authority

 Good leaders may not be good managers

 Effective communication techniques in
theoretical approach include the following:  A nurse manager requires collaboration and
A. avoid lecturing, be supportive appropriate support from both superiors and staff
B. vary your tone of voice to facilitate a highly functioning team and best
C. listen and do not interrupt practice clinical environment

 When learning to apply the theoretical  Managers who cannot create a healthy group
approach in teaching, the following should be environment, who fail to resolve interpersonal
done: issues that lower morale and result in complaints
A. Tune into the patient from patients, nurses, and physicians and who
B. Clarify often cannot resolve interpersonal issues lack leadership
C. Honor the patient as a partner in the skills
process
 As an advocate for your patients, you act on
 TEACHING behalf of your patients and secure their health care
Method used to help someone learn rights

 LEARNING  An advocate for your patients, you stand up for

the process by which a person acquires or your patients and speak out, if necessary, against
increases knowledge or changes behavior in a policies or actions that put patients in danger or
measurable way as a result of the experience conflict with their rights

 PATIENT EDUCATION  Nurse’s role is very important as in our market

this is a preparation for receiving care for the driven health care economy, where there are no
patient guarantees that the health care system will work
to secure the safety and health or our patients
 NURSING EDUCATION
teaches theoretical knowledge and clinical  Managing care requires leadership, interpersonal
skills skills, effective communication, time
management, decision making skills, critical
 FORENSICS thinking, clinical judgment and prioritization
 Case management is a collaborative process of
assessment, planning, facilitation and advocacy
for options and services to meet an individual’s
health needs

 Research has linked active participation by case

manager with positive patient outcomes

 Nurse entrepreneurs include nurse attorneys, case

managers, educators, death investigators,
midwives, paralegals and psychiatric nurses

 Legal nurse consultant have independent

practices, work in risk management in hospitals or
be employed by law firms

 Forensic nursing provides care to victims and

families beginning in the emergency room or
crime scene and leading to participation in the
investigation and court preceding

 Nurses working in the office become

knowledgeable about key issues that may have an
effect on health care and the profession