unit 2. Nursing foundation subject. Nursing as a professional course. how its a separate branch in medicine, philosophy. characteristic of a profession

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Introduction
•A profession is an occupation that
requires extensive training and
has ongoing research

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•Training is given in higher level
institutions

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Definition
• Profession is defined as an occupation with ethical
components, that is devoted to the promotion of
human and social welfare

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Criteria of Profession
• To provide a needed service to the society.
• To advance knowledge in its field.
• To protect its members and make it
possible to practice effectively

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Characteristics of a
profession

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1. Body of knowledge
•A profession has its own body of
knowledge based on social and scientific
principles

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•The members of a profession utilize this
knowledge to identify and solve problems

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2. service orientation
•A profession has service aim as well as
academic and theoretical aim

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3. Ongoing research
•A profession constantly enlarges
its body knowledge through
research in order to improve its
services to the society

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4. Code of ethics
• A profession has a code of ethics
• Ethical code change as the needs and values of society
• Monitor the personal behavior of the members

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5. Autonomy
•A profession recognizes its responsibilities
to develop educational programmes in
cooperation with the educational
institutions

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•A profession must satisfy social need and
must be based upon well established and
socially accepted scientific principles.

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•It must demand adequate pre-professional
and cultural training.

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•It must demand the profession of a body
of specialized and systematized training.

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•It must give evidence of needed skills
which the public does not possess

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•It must have developed a scientific
technique which is the result of tested
experience.

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•It must require the exercise of discretion
and judgment as to time and manner of
the performance of duty.

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•It must have a group of consciousness
designed to extend scientific knowledge in
technical language.

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•It must have sufficient self- impelling
power to retain its members throughout
life.

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•It must recognize its obligations to society
by insisting that its members live up to an
established code of ethics.

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Characteristics of a nursing profession
1. specialized education
•Nurses have specialized education
and training validated by ‘’
professional licensure’’ in each
state

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2. Body of knowledge
3. Service
4. Autonomy

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5. Code of ethics
6. Research orientation
7. Service orientation
8. Professional organization

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The Qualities of a Profession

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•A profession applies its body of knowledge in
practical services that are vital to human
welfare, and especially suited to the tradition
of seasoned practitioners shaping the skills of
newcomers to the role.

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•It constantly enlarges the body of
knowledge it uses and subsequently
imposes on its members a lifelong
obligation to remain current in order to “do
no harm”.

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•A profession functions autonomously in
the formulation of professional policy and
in monitoring its practice and practitioners.

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•It utilizes in its practice a well- defined
and well-organized body of knowledge that
is intellectual in nature and describes its
phenomena of concern.

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•A profession has a clear standard of
educational preparation for entry into
practice.

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•A profession is distinguished by the
presence of specific culture, norms, and
other values that are common among its
members.

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Professional nursing
• It is an art and science, dominated by an ideal services in
which certain principles are applied in skilful care of the
well and ill and trough relationship with the client,
significant others and other members of the health team

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A person who has completed a basic
nursing education program and is licensed
in his / her country or state to practice
professional nursing is known as
professional nurse

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Characteristics of a
professional nurse

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• Good physical and mental health
• Truthful and efficient in technical competence
• Cleanliness , tidy , neat and well groomed

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•Intelligence
•Open minded ,co-operative ,
responsible , able to develop
good interpersonal
relationships

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•Leadership quality
•Positive attitudes

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•Self-belief towards human care and cure
•Convey cooperative attitudes towards co-
workers

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•Responsible towards family and society

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Nursing as a profession
•Nursing is the protection, promotion and
optimization of health and abilities
• Prevention of illness and injury

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•Alleviation of suffering through the
diagnosis and treatment of human
response and advocacy in the care of
individual, families and communities and
populations .

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•The services provided are vital to
humanity and the welfare of society
•There is a special body of knowledge that
is continually enlarged through research

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•The services involve intellectual activities,
individual responsibility (accountability) is
a strong feature

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•Practitioners are relatively independent and
control their own policies and activities
•Practitioners are motivated by service and
consider their work an important component
of their lives

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•There is a code of ethics to guide the
decisions and conduct of practitioners
•There is an organization that encourages and
supports high standards of practice

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