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Patient care is part of a nurses role in implementing a care plan . Usually, nurses will perform patient assessment and evaluation of care while doing their patient care.1 Cleanliness
Nurses must observe the principles of cleanliness at all times to prevent the spread of sickness. They wash their hands thoroughly with soap and running water before and after caring for patient and after handling any wastes. For hands that aren't visibly soiled, alcohol gel has come into common use to sanitize the hands in place of washing.
2 Records
Nurses keep accurate records of all care and observations for many purposes. In a hospital, the patient's record (often referred to as a "chart") is the main means by which different members of the health care team communicate with each other. The chart is usually a legal document that serves as evidence of care provided. Since the maintenance of records is a legal responsibility, the charts often have to meet certain standards, e.g. records must be permanent, accurate, complete, and kept for years after the care was given.
3 Temperature
Nurses may take a person's temperature several times a day. The normal body temperature is traditionally thought of as 37 degrees Celsius (98.6 degrees Fahrenheit), but it may vary in healthy person from 36 to 37 degrees Celsius (97 to 99 degrees Fahrenheit). A higher temperature is called a fever. Any sudden rise in the patient's temperature could represent a medical emergency. Body temperature may be taken by mouth (oral) or by rectum (rectal), or a thermometer may be placed in the armpit (axillary). Using traditional thermometers It takes three minutes to take a temperature by mouth or rectum and ten minutes by armpit. Modern digital thermometers can take a temperature in seconds. Newer tympanic thermometers measure body temperature through a sensor pointed into the ear canal and can also take a temperature reading in seconds but the accuracy of these thermometers is still in question.
4 Medicine
In some countries, Advanced Practice Nurses can prescribe medication, however most nurses administer medication that is prescribed by a physician. Some clinical settings have certain drugs that can be administered by the nurse without a physicians orders. These policies (often referred to as medical directives) allow the nurse to administer common, safe medications without having to refer to a physician. Although in some countries a nurse is only responsible to administer the medication as prescribed by the doctor, in some countries nurses are legally responsible to ensure that the medication is appropriate for the patient and have the authority to interpret the order.
5 Diet
Diet is important to help sick people get well and well people to stay healthy. A dietitian, or other health care professional may place the patient on a regular, light, soft, or liquid diet. A person on a regular diet can eat all the foods eaten normally; on a light diet the patient may have such foods as ground meat, chicken, fish, potatoes, rice, strained vegetableVegetable is a nutritional and culinary term denoting any part of a plant that is commonly consumed by humans as food, but is not regarded as a culinary fruit, nut, herb, spice, or grain. In common usage, vegetables include the leaves (e. lettuce), stemss, custardCustard is a sweet dessert made from a combination of milk or cream, egg yolks, cornflour, sugar and flavourings such as vanilla. Depending on how much thickener is added, custard may vary in consistency from a thin pouring sauce or Creme Anglaise, to a ts, and puddingPudding is either of two general types of food, the second deriving from the first. The older puddings were foods that were presented in a solid mass formed by the amalgamation of various ingredients with a binder that may or may not have been a gelling as. no rich, spicy foods, fried foods; or raw fruitIn botany, a fruit is the ripened ovary, together with its seeds, of a flowering plant. In cuisine, when discussing fruit as food, the term usually refers to just those plant fruits that are sweet and fleshy, examples of which would be plum, apple, and ors and vegetables are allowed. A soft diet includes such foods as toastFor other meanings, see Toast (disambiguation). Toast is bread that has been browned by exposure to dry heat. This browning reaction is called the Maillard Reaction. The usual method of toasting bread is by the use of a toaster, a small appliance made for, cerealCereal crops are mostly grasses cultivated for their edible seeds (actually a fruit called a grain technically a caryopsis . Cereal grains are grown in greater quantities worldwide than any other type of crop and provide more calories to the human race., eggBird and fish eggs are common food sources. Fish eggs are known as roe or caviar. The most commonly-used bird eggs are those from the chicken, duck and goose, but smaller eggs such as quail eggs are occasionally used as a gourmet ingredient, as are the las, potatoes, custards, and ice creamIn its simplest form, ice cream (originally iced cream is a frozen dessert made from dairy products ( milk, cream or custard) combined with flavourings and sweeteners. This mixture is super-cooled by stirring while reducing its temperature to prevent larg. A liquid diet may consist only of clear liquids, such as soup, tea, and juices. People with certain illnesses may have other diet restrictions such as people with diabetes or on dialysis. Often the sick person has little appetite, so trays should look inviting.
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