What is social health nursing?
Nurses in social care have
distinct expertise. They use their clinical skills to understand the variety of
needs of patients, and also deliver relationship-centred support. They
recognise the importance of giving each individual a sense of security,
purpose, achievement and significance.Social nursing is based on years of
experience with marginalised persons. An experience that allows nurses to build
a good appreciation of socially marginalised persons' complex life
circumstances.
Knowledge of the social factors
responsible for sickness can be fed into the support provided in preventative
and curative health care. And awareness
of differences in illness behaviour, especially by gender, class and ethnicity,
makes health care more culturally sensitive.
While doctors, nurses, specialists and more are all
crucial to supporting the physical needs of a patient, the medical social
worker assists behind the scenes with patients and families to ensure they have
the resources they need to heal, as well as addressing their emotional and
psychosocial needs.
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