MAN (TFN)

2.  1)Professional activity is based on intellectual action along
with personal responsibility
 2)The practice of a profession is based on knowledge, not
routine activities
 3)There is practical application rather than just theorizing
 4)There are techniques that can be taught
 5)A profession is organized internally
 6)A profession is motivated by altruism, with members
working in some sense for the good of society.

3. Pavalko's eight dimensions are:
 1) A profession has relevance to social value.
 2) A profession has a training or educational
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3) Elements of self-motivation address the way in
which the profession serves the client or family
and larger social system.
4) A profession has a code of ethics.
5) A professional has a commitment to life-long
work.
6) Members control their profession.

4.  7) A profession has a theoretical framework
on which professional practice is based.
 8.)Members of a profession have a common
identity and distinctive subculture.

5.  Grand nursing theories have the broadest
scope and present general concepts and
propositions.
 Middle-range nursing theories are narrower
in scope than grand nursing theories and
offer an effective bridge between grand
nursing theories and nursing practice.

6.  A micro-range theory is the most concrete
and narrow in scope. A Micro-range theory
explains a specific phenomenon of concern
to the discipline , such as the effect of social
supports on grieving and would establish
nursing care guidelines to address the
problem.