Abstract :
Nursing has come a long way since the days of Florence Nightingale and her pioneering actions that define her as “The
Mother of Modern Nursing.” One thing that has not changed, and is unlikely to change anytime in the near future, is
the presence of illness and its effect on people.
Illness has the power to strike down the mightiest of individuals; no one is immune. As nurses, we must be knowledgeable
about how diseases affect our patients.
Due to the high patient load and often intense time constraints placed on nurses, it can be easy to simply treat the
physical being and move on to the next patient, resident, or client.
It is important to care for the whole person and to see them as just that; a whole person, not just a patient or diagnosis.
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