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D ie verpleegproses as wetenskaplike m etode vir die beplanning en uitvoer van verpleegsorg word bespreek.
D it is n dinamiese proses aangesien dit by die behoeftes van individuele pasinte en die spesifieke stiuasie
aangepas kan word. D ie stappe in die verpleegproses is behoeftebepaling, beplanning, implementering,
evaluering en die hou van rekords.
INTRO DUCTIO N
H E nursing process is a scientific
method of approaching and plan
ning the nursing care o f the patient. It
is an ongoing process and has a dif
ferent meaning for each patient at
different stages of his illness. It also
varies from one nurse to an other and
at different levels of a nurses profes
sional m aturity and in different
nursing situations.
THE HISTORICAL
G RO UND
BACK
D Y N A M IS M IN NURSING
The propelling force of the nursing
process lies in the changes in the
many related facets of nursing situ
ations and the interwoven needs of
individual patients. This on-going
feature of the nursing process is aptly
described by Burger and Newton in
their definition:
. . . the (nursing) process is always
d yna m ic being a ffected by the
needs o f the person, the circum
stances affecting the needs, and
the situation in which it has to be
applied. It has em otional, p h y si
cal, m edical a n d social aspects. It
is f o r the person, with the person,
to the person where he fin d s
him self.3
The nursing process operates
whenever there is a patient and a
nurse, be it in a home situation, an
institutional setting or an extrainstitutional locality. It attains the
preventive dimension if necessary,
the prom otive dimension if the
health of the individual needs to be
improved; a curative dimension in a
therapeutic context, and a rehabili
tative dimension if m axim um func
tioning is to be restored.
A ccording to H endersons defi
nition o f nursing the goals of nursing
are health, recovery or a peaceful
death. Therefore, the nursing process
applied to an acutely or a critically ill
patient will have a different content
to that applied to a well client whose
health must be prom oted. It will
again take a different shape to make
it possible to meet the needs of a
dying patient if he is to die peacefully.
In implementing the nursing p ro
cess the nurse should capture and
preserve the essence of nursing by
showing genuine interest, em pathy
and understanding of the patients
predicament. She should show con
cern for her p atients needs, exercise
care in such a way that the patient
feels wanted; do all in her power to
help cure the patients illness or
disease; and co-ordinate her activi
ties with those of her colleagues. The
nursing process should be so com p re
hensive that, as Sister Gowan puts it,
it means
. . . involving the to ta l patient;
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p ro m o tin g spiritual, m en ta l a n d
physical health; stressing health
education a n d health preser
vation, m inistering to the sick,
caring f o r the p a tie n ts en viron
m ent; giving health service to the
fa m ily , the c o m m u n ity a n d the
individual,4
This means that the nursing p ro
cess takes care of the total man in his
environment.
The holistic a pp ro a c h balances
on supportive functional areas. The
area of nursing education provides
the pre-required knowledge to enable
the nurse practitioner to understand
his patient/client: how and why he
behaves in a particular manner, what
to do for him and when to do it. The
area of nursing adm inistration pro
vides the m anpow er and material re
quirements conducive to applying
the nursing process. Nursing research
is a propelling force tow ards im
proved and effective nursing.
STEPS IN
PROCESS
THE
NURSIN G
implementation
The plan which is a blueprint for
action is then executed. W hether the
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evaluation
This step involves pausing and
looking back at w hat has been done
and at responses that have occurred
since the initial step. The purpose is
to establish whether the objectives
are being achieved, w hether the plan
needs to be am ended or to be a b a n
C URATIONIS
CONCLUSION
In the light o f the foregoing it is
ap parent tha t the nursing process is
one of the most valuable scientific
methods o f effecting nursing practice.
It is dynamic in nature its five
steps follow each other logically and
interlock like the rings o f a chain.
The process takes its form from the
Bibliography
1. Yura, H; W alsh, M.B. The Nursing Process. A ppeltonCentury Crofts, New York. 1973. p23.
2. H enderson, V. The Nature o f Nursing. M acm illan
Com pany. New York. 1966. p67.
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8 July 1981
Panel Discussion
Subject: The M ulti-Disciplinary Team
Medical Practice
C hairm an: D r E.W. T u rton
in
Private
Speakers:
P ro f C. Searle
P rof A.D.B. van den Berg
P ro f J.N. de Klerk
9 July 1981
Subject: Advanced Midwifery and Neonatal Care
C hairm an: Mrs B. Stander
Speaker:
Mrs E.M . Maclure
10 July 1981
Subject: Cardiac Rehabilitation
Chairm an: Mrs D. Harrington
Speaker:
Mrs D. Nieman
SIMPOSIUM
Die D epartem ent van Verpleegkunde aan die Universiteit van Port
Elizabeth beoog om n multi-nasionale verpleegsimposium op die kampus van U PE op 24 en 25 Septem ber
1981 aan te bied met die tema:
DIE VERPLEEGSTUDENT
QUO VADIS
Met hierdie sim posium sal aandag
aan die volgende aspekte geskenk
word:
huidige stand van die verpleegberoep in Suid-Afrika
studentewerwing en -keuring en
die koste verbonde aan verpleeg32
Sprekers betrokke:
Professore in verpleegkunde, psigologie en publieke administrasie;
P r o v i n s i a l e H o o fverplegingsbeampte;
prinsipale van 'n verpleegkollege;
sielkundige en sosioloog;
geregistreerde en studentverpleegkundiges.
CURATIONIS
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Student verpleegkundiges:
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