4 Nursing Dimensions (N. Act,2540)
Promotion = ส่งเสริมสุขภาพ
Prevention = ป้องกันสุขภาพ
Treatment / therapy = รักษา
Rehabilitation = ฟื้นฟูสุขภาพ
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3 Nursing Dimensions (CUT, 2557)
Promotion = ส่งเสริมสุขภาพ
Maintenance = ธ ารงสุขภาพ
Protection = คุ้มครองสุขภาพ 9
Aims of Nursing
To promote health
To prevent illness
To restore health
To facilitate coping with disability or death
• Relied on 4 essential competencies:-
• cognitive,
• technical,
• interpersonal,
• and ethical/legal skills.10
Promoting Health
Facilitate decisions about lifestyle that
enhance quality of life and encourage
acceptance of responsibility for one's own
health
Increase health awareness by assisting in the
understanding health and by teaching about
certain behaviors and factors that can
contribute to or diminish health 11
Promoting Health
Teach self-care activities to maximize
achievement of goals that are realistic
and attainable; serves as a role model
Encourage health promotion by
providing information and referrals. 12
Preventing Illness
Provide educational programs in areas
such as prenatal care for pregnant women,
smoking-cessation programs, and stressreduction
seminars
Promote community programs and
resources that encourage healthy
lifestyles, such as aerobic exercise classes,
and physical fitness program