NURSING SCOPE IN NURSING PRACTICE

AMBULATORY CARE NURSES –

Ambulatory care nurse  means  , The Nurse who  Care of patient who stay for less than 24 hours or provide care to patients who don’t need to get admission in hospital.

Example,

OPD  nurse  who care in OPD

AMBULATORY NURSES WORK

1- Assess patient ( eg , Check  vital sign)

2- Give medicines and injections

3-Dressing of wounds

4- Assisting minor procedure

5- Providing  health education to patient

2- CRITICAL CARE NURSE

Critical care nurse are trained nurse and care of very sick patient in hospital. Care for those patients who are in  life threatened condition and need continue monitoring.

Example , ICU or Intensive care unit

3-NURSING INFORMATICS

Where nurses use  computer, Technology , information to patient care ,and record patient data

4-Neonatal Nursing –

In Neonatal Nursing , The nurse give care to new born( After birth till 28 days  that baby called neoburn baby  babies, care of premature birth babies(  Premature birth means .baby delivered before 37 weeks gestation is called premature baby and baby who are I’ll.

5-ONCOLOGY NURSES

The nurse who provides care and treatment to cancer patients of  all stages.

6- PEDIATRIC NURSING

In pediatric Nursing Nurse provides care to for children of different ages .

Example

1-Monitor children

2- provides care for sick children

3- Give medicines and injections in pediatric ward

4- Give immunization

7- PSYCHIATRIC NURSING

Nurse care of patients with mental health problems or mental illness .

8-GERIATRIC NURSES

In geriatric nursing Nurse take Old or aged patient in home , Nursing home or in hospital.( Geriatric means, old or elderly people.)

9- MIDWIFE NURSES

Midwife nurses are  trained to conduct delivery, to find out any complication during delivery,and antenatal and post natal  care .

10- ORTHOPEDIC NURSES

Nurse will take care of patients of fracture of bonest

11- CARDIOTHORACIC NURSE

Nurse will take care of   cardiac ( Cardiac means heart)  and lungs ( lungs means ,Organ present in chest and help in respiration .

12-NEUROSURGICAL NURSE

Neurological nurse care of patients with desease or injury of  nerve problem and brain

Example –

  • Head injury
  • Spinal cord injury
  • 13-Operation Theatre nurse

OT nurse  work inside the operation theatre.help in surgical operation and take care of all  surgical instruments.

14- TRAVEL NURSES

Travel Nurses are travel to different hospital to work for short term .

15- INDUSTRIAL NURSES

An industrial nurses are work in industry or factory and give first aid, health education .

16- MILITARY NURSES

Nurses who work in Military and give medical  care to  armed forces and soldiers.

17 – NURSING SERVICE ABROAD

.Nurse also can get a job in another country.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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