The Association is organized exclusively for charitable, religious, educational, and scientific purposes as specified in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, including for such purposes, the making of distributions to other organizations. The mission statement of a Nurse is to provide compassionate care to all patients despite their nationalities, religion, gender, age, disability and o
ther factors that may influence their health outcomes. The provision of safe and competent care that not only to satisfy patients' needs but also their families. To ensure their well-being by following American and Ugandan Nursing and midwifery council guidelines that obligate a nurse to provide safe and competent care. Nurses should be able to empathize with patients through understanding better the concept of human being. This is because in the nursing profession there is continuous interaction with people all the time. These include the psychological, social, spiritual and physical aspects. Nurses should put themselves in patient’s shoes and understand his feelings more. Nurses Should offer moral support while at the same time protecting the rights and freedoms of the patient. The socio-political dynamics that face the health care profession must be known by the healthcare professionals. Nurses should therefore strive to identify the current trends in the socio-political arena so that one can be equipped with relevant information affecting health care. This will improve my knowledge of understanding the patient better and recognizing his other needs such as psychological and social needs. In so doing, we offer necessary advice and guidance to aid patients’ recovery and wellbeing in partnership with other health care professionals. This will improve our knowledge of understanding the patients better and recognizing the other needs such as psychological and social needs.
