NURSING AS A PROFESSION.pptx

NURSING AS A PROFESSION.pptx

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  NURSING AS APROFESSION Final year m.sc nursing GCON, Jalgaon
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  Nursing as aprofession • Professional is a term commonly used to identify many type of people ranging from wrestlers & rock stars to call as profession.
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  • Flexner 1915believed that professional work; – Is basically intellectual ( as opposed to physical ) – Is based on a body of knowledge that can be learned – Is practical rather than theoretical – Can be taught through a process of professional education – Has a strong internal organisation of members – Has practitioners who are motivated by altruism ( the desire to help others).
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  Concepts of aprofession • A profession is an occupation with ethical components that is devoted to the promotion of human and social welfare. • Occupation are principal areas of work classified according to various features such as preparation, skills and knowledge required; the nature of the work itself, supervision, motivation, etc.
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  Characteristics • Generally consideredto be expertise, autonomy, commitment, and responsibility. • Mandate an advanced body of knowledge & skill & an organised value system, • developed and trasmitted through extensive academic preparation and professional socialisation, • along with the occupation structures to assure the required level of education & practice. • Some occupation, organised around a professional core, also include an array of personnel, such as assistants, technicians who are not professionals by the accepted standards of preparation and responsibility.
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  • So “A profession is an occupation based on specialised intellectual study and training, the purpose of which is to supply skilled service with ethical components to others, for a definite fee or salary”.
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  Difference between occupation& profession Occupation Profession 1. Training may occur in the job. Education takes place in a college or university 2. Length of training varies Education is prolonged 3. Values, beliefs and ethics are not prominent factors of preparation Values, beliefs and ethics are an integral part of preparation. 4. Commitment & personal identification vary Commitment & personal identification strong 5. Workers supervised Workers are autonomous 6. People often changes job People unlikely to change profession 7. Accountability rests with employer Accountability rests with an individual
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  Characteristics of professionalization •Houle 1980 identified characteristics of professionalization, including: – A concept of mission open to change – Mastery of theoretical knowledge – Capacity to solve problems – Use of theoretical knowledge – Continued seeking of self-enhancement by its members
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  – Formal training –Credentialing system to certify competence – Creation of a subculture – Legal reinforcement of professional standards – Ethical practice – Penalties against incompetent or unethical practice – Public acceptance – Role distinctions that differentiate professional work from of other vocations & permit autonomous practice – Service to society
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  Professional nursing • Growthof professionalism • Professional socialization of nursing – A strong commitment to the service – The dignity and worth of each person – Commitment to education – Autonomy • Professional nursing values – Values covering the professional nurse – Values covering the nurse-patient relationaship – Values covering the relationships of the nurse to colleagues and to the community as follows;
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  Cont…. • Qualification ofprofessional nurse • Abilities of professional nurse • Characteristics of professional nursing practice • Professional behaviours of nurses • Code of ethics of a profession • Criteria of good codes
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  scope • Nurses &people • Nurses & practce • Nurses & society • Nurses & co-workers • Nurses & the profession
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  Functions of professionalnursing • Independent function – Supervision of a patient – Observation of symptoms & reactions, including symptomatology of physical & mental conditions and needs, – The accurate recording and reporting of facts – Supervision of others, except physicians, contributing to the care of the pts. – Application & the execution of nursing procedure and techniques. – Direction & education to secure physical & mental care. • Dependent function – Application & execution of legal orders of physicians concerning treatments & medications with an understanding of cause and thereof.
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  Ethical aspects • Autonomy •Beneficnce and non-malbeneficence • Responsibility • Veracity • Fidelity • Justice • Confidentiality • Accountability • novality