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The nursing profession
The document discusses the nursing profession, including its critical attributes such as specialized education and a code of ethics. It describes Benner's levels of clinical proficiency that nurses attain as they gain experience. The dimensions of nursing practice, education, and research are outlined, as well as the focus on health promotion, maintenance, restoration, and end-of-life care. The roles of nurses as educators, caregivers, leaders, and managers are summarized. Key concepts like patient versus client and levels of clientele from the individual to populations are also defined.
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Introduction to nursing profession as a specialized field requiring knowledge and skills.
Seven critical attributes defining a profession, including specialized education and ethics.
Five levels of nursing proficiency from novice to expert, detailing experience and performance.
Three main dimensions: Nursing Practice, Education, and Research, highlighting their importance.
Four key focus areas: Health Promotion, Maintenance, Restoration, and Care of the Dying.
Differentiation between the concepts of roles and tasks in nursing, focusing on patient-client relations.
Four levels of clientele: Individual, Family, Community, and Population Groups with unique needs.
Various nursing roles including educator, caregiver, leader, and manager, emphasizing their responsibilities.
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- 3. PROFESSION – a specialcalling that requires special, skills, knowledge and attitudes SOCIALIZATION – process where a person learns the ways and means or skills, knowledge, attitudes of the group to which he belongs to
- 4. 7 CRITICAL ATTRIBUTESOF PROFESSION 1. Specialized education 2. Code of ethics 3. Research of orientation 4. Autonomy 5. Body of knowledge 6. Service orientation 7. Professional Organization
- 5. BENNER LEVEL OF PROFICIENCY 1.Novice – student nurse entering a clinical setting where he has no experience at all. 2. Advance – nurse who demonstrates a marginally acceptable performance: depends on rules and maxims.
- 6. 3. Competent –2 – 3 years experience demonstrates organizational ability but lacks speed and flexibility of a proficient nurse. 4. Proficient – concerned with long term goals, performance is fluid and flexible compared to competent nurse - has a wholistic view of the client.
- 7. 5. Expert –no longer relies on maxims, performance is highly proficient, fluid flexible and has a wholistic view. - has high perceptual acuity or a clinical eye.
- 8. DIMENSIONS OF NURSING 1.Nursing Practice 2. Nursing Education 3. Nursing Research
- 9. FOCUS OF NURSING 1. Health Promotion – improve clients well being. 2. Health Maintenance 3. Health Instauration – help clients with illness to recover. 4. Care of the Dying – clients with cancer.
- 10. • ROLE –patterns of behavior expected of person assuming a status/position in society or a group • TASK – specific activities required of a person.
- 11. PATIENT CLIENT - Has a disease - Not necessarily sick - Very dependent - Health promotion on health act till disease professional prevention - Client collaborates with health professional
- 12. LEVELS OF CLIENTELE 1.Individual 2. Family 3. Community
- 13. LEVELS OF CLIENTELE 4.Population Groups – special groups with special needs attributed to the following: a. Cultural characteristics – indigenous people. b. Developmental stage c. Occupation – commercial sex workers are more prone to STD’s.
- 14. ROLES OF NURSE 1.Nurse Educator - 3 domains of learning a. Cognitive – knowledge aspect b. Psychomotor – skills c. Affective – interest/emotion
- 15. 2. Caregiver - Attendsto physical/emotional (mostly physical) needs of the client. 3. Nurses as Leader - Process of influencing people to work towards the attainment of goals. 4. Manager - Organizational goals/works within an organization.