Nursing knowledge and care

Nursing knowledge and care.

Knowledge is what improves care if the nurse is aware of the best knowledge or evidence to use in practice. The question of what nursing knowledge is should remain central to research, practice and teaching because it is essential in ensuring the provision of high-quality care for patients.

Nurses assess and observe patients, help doctors create a care plan, and carry out that care plan with medication and treatment administration. Nurses use a variety of medical equipment for both monitoring and performing treatments. They may also do diagnostic tests, take vitals and interpret the results.
The top ten caring behaviors, derived from nursing literature are; attentive listening, comforting, honesty, patience, responsibility, providing information so the patient can make an informed decision, touch, sensitivity, respect, calling the patient .