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1. The American Nurses Association (ANA)
states nursing is the protection, promotion,
and optimization of health and abilities,
prevention of illness and injury, alleviation of
suffering through the diagnosis and
treatment of human response, and advocacy
in the care of individuals, families,
communities, and populations.

2. Who is the Nurse?
 The Nurse is a person who has completed a program of
basic generalized nursing education and authorized by
appropriate regulatory authority to practice nursing
Nurses work to promote health, prevent disease and
help patients cope with illness.

3. Education, Training and
Certification for Nursing Careers
Licensed practical nurses (LPN),
are not registered nurses, they work under the guidance
of an RN.
 registered nurse (RN), one must complete either a
diploma in nursing, an associate’s degree in nursing
(ADN) or a bachelor’s degree in nursing (BSN).

4.  Advanced practice registered nurses (APRN) are those
who have fulfilled the general RN requirements and
continue on to study at the master’s level

5. Profession
College or university
-prolonged education
-mental creativity
-decisions based on
theoretical constructs
- values, benefits& ethics
integral part of prepration
-strong commitment
-Autonomy
-Unlikely to change
professions
-Individual accountability
Occupation
- On the job training
-length of varies
-largely manual work
-Guided decisions
making
-values, benefits& ethics
not part of prepration
-commitment may vary
-Supervised
-often change jobs
-Employer is primarily
accountable

6. the criteria that a profession must have:-
 *A well-defined body of knowledge
 *A strong service orientation
 *Recognized authority by a professional group
 *A code of ethics :ICN
 *A professional organization that sets standards.
 *On going research
 *Autonomy

7. Individual attributes required to be
a nurse include
A strong sense of responsibility
 A highest standards of integrity.
Well education,
 Ability to integrate the art and the
science of working with people

8.  The existing system of nursing education
 High nursing education :
* university nursing education program. The
admission requirements are secondary school certificate
and the duration of the study is 4 years plus one year as
internship.

9.  The technical nursing education:
A three year diploma in nursing . These schools allow to
have a specialty diploma in certain countries. The period
of study is 11 months after the finishing the general
diploma.

10.  The scope of practice
 The scope of practice is defined as the roles,
competencies (knowledge, skills and attitudes) and
the professional accountability of the nurse.
 Nursling's authority comes from evidence-based
knowledge related to its sphere of practice.
 Nursing is also allied to other health professions
through its collaborating, referring, and coordinating
activities