NURS 1710 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Toronto General Hospital, Crimean War, Jeanne Mance
23 Jan 2017
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The goal of nursing is to restore, maintain and advance the health of individuals, groups or entire communities. It is both a science and an art. (florence nightingale) Both focus on the whole person, not just a particular health problem. The regulated health professions act (includes the nursing act) An umbrella regulation for 21 health professions, including nursing. Increase the openness and responsiveness of the health care system. Provide a regulatory system that allows greater public participation in regulation of health care professionals and greater consumer freedom to choose their health care providers. Considered to be potentially harmful if performed by unqualified persons. Nursing act articulates the controlled acts that can be performed by rns, rpns, and rn-ecs. Performing a prescribed procedure below the dermis or a mucous membrane. Beyond the point in the nasal passages were they normally narrow. Beyond the opening of the urethra, labia majora, anal verge, or an artificial opening into the body.
