ABSTRACT: The unique function of the nurse is to assist the individual sick or well in the performance of those activities contributing to health or its recovery (or to peaceful death) that he would perform unaided if he had the necessary strength, knowledge or will, and to do so in such a way as to help him regain independence as quickly as possible” (Virginia Henderson, 1966). The rationale behind a care study is to assist a patient to regain health (or peaceful death) and present a repor...
