The Canadian nurse . andWebsters Dictionary define compre-hensive as including much; having thepower to comprehend many things; ofwide mental grasp. The studies sub-mitted comply with the first part of thedefinition; they include much. Some ofthem indicate that their writers com-prehend many things. But what are themany things? If we were to leaf through studiesthat have been published in our Jour-nal we would find that in moist of themthere are several parts or section has a heading such as,social history, medical history, tests,treatments, medications, nursing careand, more rec
The Canadian nurse . andWebsters Dictionary define compre-hensive as including much; having thepower to comprehend many things; ofwide mental grasp. The studies sub-mitted comply with the first part of thedefinition; they include much. Some ofthem indicate that their writers com-prehend many things. But what are themany things? If we were to leaf through studiesthat have been published in our Jour-nal we would find that in moist of themthere are several parts or section has a heading such as,social history, medical history, tests,treatments, medications, nursing careand, more recently, at the end of thestudy, rehabilitation. The material inmost of these sections has been taken from the patients chart or from text-books; information from the patientschart is frequently derived from the. Pamela Poole (Cmttt) FEBRUARV. 1961 • VOL. 57. No. 2 119 activities of members of the healthteam other than the nurse. In order to give comprehensivenursing care the nurse does need tocomprehend many things. She needsto understand tests, treatments, medi-cations. But does she understandthem for themselves alone or is thisknowledge necessary to the giving ofcare to a patient who is to have thetests, or receive the medications? Istechnical knowledge of this kind all oronly part of nursing ? Nursing problems are related to, butapart from, medical problems . . Wehave traditionally shared responsibilityin the latter, through our observationsand through delegated authority to ad-minister medications, tests and treat-ments. Implicit even within these depen-dent activities, there is a large area forindependent judgment.*About what kinds of things doesthe nurse judge independently? Is itonly in relation to tests, treatmentsand medications, or is nursing in-volved in other activities? Are t
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