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ID 640657 Last modified 04.01.2026
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Domain nursing - treatmenthealth & hygienehygiene & health care
  • teadusharu (õendusteadus), kutseala ja praktika, mille eesmärk on tervishoiusüsteemi kõigil tasanditel professionaalsel viisil aidata ennetada haigusi, hoida ja parandada tervist ning enesehooldus- ja toimetulekuvõimet, lähtudes inimese õigusest tervisele ja kestlikule elukeskkonnale
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    • Õendus on ainulaadne kombinatsioon teaduspõhistest teadmistest, tehnilisest võimekusest, eetilistest väärtustest ja terapeutilistest suhetest.
  • a profession advocating for people’s equitable access to health and health care, promoting health, protecting safety and continuity in care, and managing and leading health care organizations and systems
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    • In common language usage, the word “nursing” is used to describe both the profession and the practice. This professional practice is carried out through the work and lives of the members of the nursing profession, nurses.
    • The International Council of Nurses (ICN) as the peak global nursing body, representing the profession and the over 29 million nurses globally, has a mandate, and a responsibility, to define the profession it represents – nursing, and the membership thereof, the nurse.
õendus
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  • Kõige teravam vajadus koolitusmahu suurendamise järele on õenduse erialal – soovitavas mahus õendusabi pakkumiseks vajavad õdesid juurde nii haiglad kui ka esmatasand.
  • Õendus on tervishoiuvaldkonda kuuluv iseseisev kutseala ja teadusharu (õendusteadus), mille ülesandeks on aidata inimest, nii haiget kui ka tervet, tema tervise kaitsmisel ja taastamisel ning haiguste preventsioonil (ennetamisel).
nursing
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  • Nursing is committed to compassion, social justice, and a better future for humanity.
  • Nursing contributes to health and health care in partnership with many health professional peers, with patients, families and communities and those whose work is complementary to, or dependent on, the nurse.

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