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    The document discusses the expanded and extended role of nurses beyond traditional hospital settings. It outlines 12 non-traditional nursing roles including school nurse, occupational health nurse, home care nurse, hospice nurse, rehabilitation nurse, nurse epidemiologist, military nurse, aerospace nurse, tele nurse, disaster nurse, and forensic nurse. Each role is described in 1-2 paragraphs explaining the key responsibilities and functions of nurses working in that specialty. The document emphasizes that as society and trends change, the role of nursing also evolves to meet new and emerging healthcare needs.

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    Expanded Role of Nurses

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    The document discusses the expanded and extended role of nurses beyond traditional hospital settings. It outlines 12 non-traditional nursing roles including school nurse, occupational health nurse, home care nurse, hospice nurse, rehabilitation nurse, nurse epidemiologist, military nurse, aerospace nurse, tele nurse, disaster nurse, and forensic nurse. Each role is described in 1-2 paragraphs explaining the key responsibilities and functions of nurses working in that specialty. The document emphasizes that as society and trends change, the role of nursing also evolves to meet new and emerging healthcare needs.

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    The document discusses the expanded and extended role of nurses beyond traditional hospital settings. It outlines 12 non-traditional nursing roles including school nurse, occupational health nurse, home care nurse, hospice nurse, rehabilitation nurse, nurse epidemiologist, military nurse, aerospace nurse, tele nurse, disaster nurse, and forensic nurse. Each role is described in 1-2 paragraphs explaining the key responsibilities and functions of nurses working in that specialty. The document emphasizes that as society and trends change, the role of nursing also evolves to meet new and emerging healthcare needs.

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    Expanded Role of Nurses

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    Anthony Riggs
    The document discusses the expanded and extended role of nurses beyond traditional hospital settings. It outlines 12 non-traditional nursing roles including school nurse, occupational health nurse, home care nurse, hospice nurse, rehabilitation nurse, nurse epidemiologist, military nurse, aerospace nurse, tele nurse, disaster nurse, and forensic nurse. Each role is described in 1-2 paragraphs explaining the key responsibilities and functions of nurses working in that specialty. The document emphasizes that as society and trends change, the role of nursing also evolves to meet new and emerging healthcare needs.

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    “Extended and

    Expanded Role of
    Nurse”

    1
    TRENDS AND ISSUES
    KEEP ON CHANGING
    IN THE SOCIETY SO AS
    THE ROLE OF NURSE

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    “It is the responsibility assumed by the
    nurse beyond traditional functioning of
    the nurse and it is the scope of
    nursing outside the hospital.”

    3
    1.School Health Nurse
    2.Occupational Health Nurse
    3.Private Duty Nurse
    4.Home Care Nurse
    5.Hospice Nurse
    6.Rehabilitation Nurse

    4
    7. Nurse Epidemiologist
    8. Military Nurse
    9. Aerospace Nurse
    10. Tele Nurse
    11. Disaster Nursing
    12. Forensic Nurse

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    Functions in School Setup.
     Helps in promoting educational success by promoting health
    Intervene actual and potential health problems
    Provide case management services
    Actively collaborate with others to build student and family
    capacity for adaptation ,Self-management ,
    self-advocacy and learning.
    Implementation of school health services.
    Collaborates with primary care physicians, specialists and
    local public health agencies
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    Observes and
    assess the workers
    health with respect to
    job.
     Have knowledge
    about workplace
    hazards.
     Have knowledge
    about toxicology
    epidemiology 8
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     Such care is provided individually and in
    one to one ratio.
    Mostly in hospital and nursing homes.
    Present mainly before intensive care
    units were formed.
     Also non medical care can be provided
    by the nurse.
     But cannot provide skilled nursing care
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    ALSO REFERRED AS DOMICIALLRY CARE
    OR SOCIAL CARE
     Care provided in patients home.
    Licensed individual who assist the individual may be
    referred to as “CAREGIVERS”.
     Care givers assist the individual in bathing, eating,
    cleaning home, preparing meal.

    12
    Hospice is a type of care
    that focuses on the
    palliation of terminally ill
    patients 13
    Nurses are in main role to enforce infection control
    Practices.

    14
    Helps to assist the
    individual with disability
    or dysfunction to achieve
    maximum function.
    Focuses on self care that
    promotes physical,
    psycho social and
    spiritual health

    15
    Care given to soldiers,
    sailors, marines and
    airmen.
    They are
    commissioned as
    second lieutenant.

    16
    Highly trained
    registered nurses that
    provide
    comprehensive
    prehospital,
    emergency and critical
    care to all type of
    patients during aero
    medical evacuation or
    rescue operations.
    17
    Uses
    telecommunicatio
    n and information
    technology in the
    provision of
    nursing services.
    Exists when there
    is large physical
    distance between
    Patient and
    nurse.

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    ‘DISASTER’ alphabetically means:
    D - Destructions
    I - Incidents
    S - Sufferings
    A - Administrative, Financial Failures.
    S - Sentiments
    T - Tragedies
    E - Eruption of Communicable diseases.
    R - Research programme and its implementation
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    “Expanded role of nurse means enlargement of
    nursing within the boundaries of nursing.
    Expanded role of nurse is the responsibility
    assumed by the nurse within the field of practice.

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