a unit in which there is detail description regarding what is nursing and why it is a professional course

1. NURSING AS A PROFESSION
PRESENTED BY
MS. SONALI GUPTA
LECTURER
M.SC (N) CHN
NINPS

2. BASIC REQUIREMENT OF A NURSE
◦ SCIENCE OF NURSING ART OF NURSING
◦ THE HEAD THE HANDS
◦ (KNOWLEDGE) – COGNITIVE (SKILL)- PSYCHOMOTOR
SPIRIT OF NURSING
THE HEART
(ATTITUDE)- AFFECTIVE
PREVENTIVE
PROMOTIVE
CURATIVE
REHABILITATIVE

3. Definitions of Nursing
◦ "The protection, promotion and optimization of health and abilities, prevention of illness
and injury, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human
responses and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities and
population.-American Nurses Association (ANA), 2004
◦ Florence Nightingale (1860) said that nursing "ought to signify the proper use of fresh air,
light, warmth, cleanliness, quietness and the proper selection and administration of
diet.“
◦ Hildegard Peplau (1952) "Nursing is a significant, therapeutic, interpersonal process." This
definition tells that effective nursing results from a therapeutic relation between nurse
and patient. Accordingly, the goal of nurse is to develop interaction between nurses

4. SCOPE OF NURSING
◦ Promoting health and wellness
◦ Preventing Illness
◦ Restoring health
◦ Facilitating coping with death and disabilities

5. Different Settings of Nursing care
◦ Hospitals
◦ Ambulatory surgery centers
◦ Clinics
◦ Homes
◦ Emergency medical services
◦ Educational progress
◦ Public health/community health
◦ Industry Long-term care facilities
◦ Mobile health care units
◦ Schools
◦ Offices
◦ Hospice
◦ Market health facilities
◦ State/National health programs
◦ Prisons

6. CONCEPTS OF NURSING
◦ The delivery of care should be without prejudice, regardless of physical and
psychological conditions of individual, their age, gender, race, belief and position in
society.
◦ Respect for the fundamental human rights in delivery of health care to individual.
◦ Establishment of helping relationship with patient, his family and the society.
◦ Ability to work independently and in collaboration with multidisciplinary team in order
to develop skills and professional knowledge.
◦ Time-to-time implementation of various health policies and programs.

7. CONTD..
◦ Participate in research-based nursing and evaluation of research to propose evidence-
based practices.
◦ Respect the right of patient to accept or refuse care.
◦ Providing appropriate information to patients and family members about health status,
investigations and procedures done, diagnosis, treatment and prognosis of patient

8. OBJECTIVES OF NURSING
◦ Apply principles of philosophy in nursing interventions
◦ Apply scientific knowledge from nursing, natura sciences and general education
courses as a source for making decisions in nursing.
◦ Use the nursing process to identify health potential of individuals, groups, families and
communities and to meet their health needs.
◦ Provide comprehensive nursing care to persons without discrimination of race, sex,
religion or culture in a variety of settings.
◦ Use community resources to achieve the goals of nursing
◦ Assume individual responsibility for decisions made and actions taken related to
nursing intervention

9. CONCEPT OF NURSING PRACTICE
◦ It is a helping profession and as such, provides services, which contribute to the health
and well-being of people.
◦ Nursing is a vital consequence to the individual receiving services; which fulfills the
needs, that the person cannot meet by the family or by other persons in the
community.
◦ The essential components of professional nursing are care, cure and coordination. The
care aspect is more than "to take care of", it is "caring for" and "caring about" as well.
◦ It is dealing with human beings under stress, frequently over long periods of time. It is
providing comfort and support in times of anxiety, loneliness and helplessness.
◦ It is listening, evaluating and intervening appropriately.

10. CONTD…
◦ The promotion of health and healing is the core aspect of professional nursing.

11. Characteristics of Nursing Practice
◦ Nursing practice respects the diversity and is individualized to meet the unique needs of
the patients, family group or community.
◦ The nurses establish coordination within health care team, persons and support systems
to address the health needs of the patients and reach the goals of delivering quality
health care.
◦ Professional nursing promotes healing in such a way that builds a relationship between
nurse and patient. Caring for individual, families and population is the key focus of
nursing.
◦ .Nurses use nursing process (cognitive skills and evidence- based practice) to assess,
diagnose and identify objectives and plan, and implement and evaluate the care.
◦ Nursing practice is a strong link between the professional work and environment to
provide optimal level of health care and to achieve optimal outcomes.

12. CHARACTERISTICS OF PROFESSION
According to Bixler, a profession should be:
◦ Intellectual
◦ Scientific
◦ Requires higher education
◦ Essential
◦ Self-governing
◦ Service-oriented
◦ Continuous professional growth
◦ Personal Development
◦ Economic security

13. PHILOSOPHY
◦ The word "philosophy" means love of wisdom. It provides answer to questions such as, of
what is this world made of? Who made it? Why does this world exist? Who am I? Why do I
exist? From where did I come? Where am I going? What is the purpose of what I am
doing?
◦ Just as each person has a philosophy of life, each professional nurse has a philosophy of
nursing
◦ An understanding of one's own beliefs, feelings, values, attitudes and culture precedes the
development of a philosophy of nursing.
◦ There are several concepts that must be discussed in any nursing philosophy. These
include human beings, health, illness, and nursing.
◦ The nurse makes statements of personal beliefs related to each of the identified concepts.

14. OBJECTIVES OF NURSING
PRACTICE
◦ To establish and promote implementation of standard of nursing practice, nursing
education, and nurse services as defined by statutory bodies.
◦ To encourage members to adhere to the ethical obligations of nurses as patient's
advocates.
◦ To promote and protect the economic and general welfare of nurses' health
◦ To continually review and clarify the role of the nurse Dec the delivery of health care
services.
◦ To interpret the aims of various educational program Pate and career opportunities in
nursing
◦ To identify the educational needs of practitioners and work with appropriate groups to
provide programs ensure current nursing practice.

15. Contd..
◦ To initiate legislation and proposals for government patient regulations and take stand
supporting or opposing those which affect the health of the people of the state.
◦ To speak for the nursing profession in relationships wit professional, community and
government groups with the public.
◦ To provide for representation of nursing interest statewide, nationally and internationally
and to present nursing policies and positions on issues that may hand statewide,
national or international implications.

16. CURRENT TRENDSIN NURSING
◦ Shortage of nursing professionals
◦ Evidence Based Practice
◦ Community Based Nursing
◦ Decreased Length of Hospital Stay
◦ Aging Population
◦ Increase in Chronic Health Conditions
◦ Independent Nursing Practice

17. ROLE OF A NURSE
ROLE OF A NURSE
CAREGIVER TEACHER COUNSELOR
CLIENT
ADVOCATE
COMMUNICATOR CHANGE AGENT LEADER RESEARCHER COLLABORATOR

18. ROLES
OF
NURSES • NURSE RESEARCHER
• CLINICAL NURSE SPECIALIST
• NURSE PRACTIONER
• NURSE MIDWIFE
• NURSE EDUCATOR
• NURSE AMINISTRATOR

19. THANK YOU