title: Concepts of health and the health promoting role of the perioperative nurse.
abstract: Health promotion is an important part of the work of a wide range of healthcare professionals. The United Kingdom Central Council (UKCC 1983) states that education is a statutory responsibility and one of the most important and challenging aspects of the nurse's role. The nurse has a professional as well as a moral responsibility to educate for health as well as to care for the sick (UKCC 1994).
authors.affiliation: Ormskirk Hospital.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Snape
mesh_terms: D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007587:Job Description; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D013527:Perioperative Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D012944:Social Support