- Title
- Introduction to nursing, midwifery and person-centred care
- Creator
- Dempsey, Jennifer
- Relation
- Fundamentals of Nursing and Midwifery: A Person-Centred Approach to Care p. 4-21
- Relation
- http://www.lww.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product__11851_-1_9012052_Prod-9781920994051
- Publisher
- Wolters Kluwer / Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
- Resource Type
- book chapter
- Date
- 2009
- Description
- The professional disciplines of nursing and midwifery are characterised by the application of scientific knowledge in the creative humanistic care of people in wellness and in illness. The primary goal of the care provided by clinicians working within these disciplines is to maximise health and wellbeing in order to optimise the quality of people's lives. The needs of the person being cared for determine the responses and activities undertaken by the health professional, the nurse or the midwife. Care activities may be directed towards promoting or preserving wellness, or towards restoring health and equilibrium after a crisis or illness. These activities range in complexity from care that involves complicated technology and machinery to simply being present in a human relationship. The information in this text provides the foundation for the essentials of care delivered within many different healthcare environments. The specific care provided within a particular specialty may require additional knowledge.
- Description
- Australian and New Zealand ed.
- Subject
- nursing; midwifery; person-centred care; clinicians
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/918167
- Identifier
- uon:8536
- Identifier
- ISBN:9781920994051
- Language
- eng
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