Nursing as a profession

(Florence Nightingale)

"The act of utilizing the environment of the patient to assist him in his recovery"

(Virginia Henderson)

"The unique function of the nurse is to assist the individual, sick or well, in the performance of those activities contributing to health or its recovery (or to peaceful death) that he would perform unaided if he had the necessary strength, will, or knowledge, and to do this in such a way as to help him gain independence as rapidly as possible"

Promoting health and wellness

- Nurses ____________ in clients both healthy and ill which may include activities to enhance healthy lifestyles such as improving of nutrition and physical fitness, preventing drug and alcohol misuse, restricting smoking and preventing accidents at home and in the workplace.

▪ Client

- a person who engages the advice or services of another who is qualified to provide this service. The receivers of health care as collaborators in the care, that is, as people who are also responsible for their own health.

▪ Patient

- a person who is waiting for or undergoing medical treatment and care.

▪ Consumer

- an individual, a group of people, or a community that uses a service or commodity. People who use health care products or services are consumers of health care.

Posture

- as a nurse, you must be responsible for practicing a physical regimen that helps to develop and maintain good posture and physical fitness

Restoring health

- focuses on the ill client and it extends from early detection of disease through helping the client during the recovery period

Profession

- is a calling that requires special knowledge, skill and preparation. An occupation that requires advanced knowledge and skills and that it grows out of society's needs for special services.

Caring for the dying

- it involves comforting and caring for people of all ages who are dying.

Preventing illness

- its goal is to maintain optimal health by preventing disease. Activities that ______ include immunizations, prenatal and infant care, and prevention of sexually transmitted infections

Grooming

- should be neat, clean and well-arranged, it also includes personal hygiene and cleanliness.

extended education

1. A basic profession requires an _____ of its members, as well as a basic liberal foundation.

Characteristics of a Profession:

1. A basic profession requires an extended education of its members, as well as a basic liberal foundation. 2. A profession has a theoretical body of knowledge leading to defined skills, abilities and norms. 3. A profession provides a specific service. 4. Members of a profession have autonomy in decision-making and practice. 5. The profession has a code of ethics for practice.

Attitude.

A manner of acting, thinking or feeling that is indicated by ones' response toward another person, situation or experience

Theory.

A profession has a _________ leading to defined skills, abilities and norms

quality of work

A profession implies that the _______ done by its members is of greater importance in its own eyes and the society than the economic rewards they earn.

occupational group

A profession is an organization of an___ based on the application of special knowledge which establishes its own rules and standards for the protection of the public and the professionals

Education Theory Service Autonomy Code of ethics Caring

A profession possesses the following primary characteristics:

Service.

A profession provides basic ________

Education.

A profession requires an extended_____ of its members

society

A profession serves all of ____ and not the specific interest of a group.

Fortitude.

Assists in the control of feelings, thoughts and emotions in the face of difficulty.

caring.

CHARACTERISTICS OF NURSING: 1.Nursing is

close personal contact

CHARACTERISTICS OF NURSING: 2.Nursing involves ______ with the recipient of care.

promoting

CHARACTERISTICS OF NURSING: 4.Nursing is committed to _________ individual, family, community, and national health goals in its best manner possible.

personalized services

CHARACTERISTICS OF NURSING: 5.Nursing is committed to ______ for all persons without regard to color, creed, social or economic status.

ethical, legal, and political

CHARACTERISTICS OF NURSING: 6.Nursing is committed to involvement in _________issues in the delivery of health care.

physiological, psychological, and sociological

CHARACTERISTICS OF NURSING: Nursing is concerned with services that take humans into account as ___________ organisms.

Personal appearance Character

COMPONENTS OF PERSONALITY

Personal appearance Character Attitude Charm

COMPONENTS OF PERSONALITY

autonomy

Characteristics of a Profession: 4. Members of a profession have _____ in decision-making and practice.

theoretical body of knowledge

Characteristics of a Profession: 2. A profession has a______leading to defined skills, abilities and norms.

service

Characteristics of a Profession: 3. A profession provides a specific _____.

code of ethics

Characteristics of a Profession: 5. The profession has a ______for practice.

1.To provide a needed service to the society. 2.To advance knowledge in its field. 3.To protect its members and make it possible to practice effectively.

Criteria of Profession:

1.Acceptance 2.Helpfulness 3.Friendliness 4.Firmness 5.Permissiveness 6.Limit Setting 7.Sincerity 8.Competence

EIGHT BE - ATTITUDE OF A NURSE

Temperance.

Encourages constructive use of the pleasure of the senses.

Justice, prudence, fortitude, temperance

FOUR VIRTUES FROM THE PRACTICE OF CHARITY

1.Warmth of manner, a ready smile, sincere laugh, genuine interest to others 2.Complete sincerity 3.Sympathetic grooming

HOW TO DEVELOP ONES' PERSONALITY

Personality

It consists of deeper traits which come from the heart and which infiltrate the real person if one wishes to exert a magnetic influence on others

Personality

It is a result of integrating ones' abilities, desires, impulses, habits and physical character into a harmonious whole.

Autonomy.

Members of a profession have______ in decision making and in practice.

NUTRIX

NURSE - originated from a Latin word _______, to nourish.

protection, promotion, and optimization

Nursing is the ______________ of health and abilities, preventions of illness and injury, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response, and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities, and populations" (American Nurses Association, 2010, p. 10)

caring art science client centered holistic adaptive concerned with health promotion maintenance restoration helping profession

Nursing is..

Promoting health and wellness Preventing illness Restoring health Caring for the dying

Nursing practice involves four areas:

❑Must have a Bachelor of Science degree in nursing. ❑Must be physically and mentally fit. ❑Must have a license to practice nursing in the country.

PERSONAL QUALITIES OF A NURSE:

Prudence.

Permits us to live with good sense and perspective. Guides ones' choice of action

posture, grooming, dress and uniform

Personal appearance

impression

Personality refers to the one makes on others which will include more than that which meets the eye.

fundamental values

Qualities and Abilities .Has faith in the _______ that underlie the democratic way of life.

people of all sorts

Qualities and Abilities Accepts and tries to understand ______, regardless of race, religion and color

good health.

Qualities and Abilities Appreciates and understands the importance of

workmanship.

Qualities and Abilities Appreciates high standards of

emotional balance

Qualities and Abilities Has _________. Is able to maintain poise and composure in trying situations.

responsibility

Qualities and Abilities Has a sense of _____ understanding those he/she works or associates with through utilizing relevant basic concepts of psychology and working effectively through therapeutic relationship.

reality

Qualities and Abilities Has faith in the __________ of spiritual and aesthetic values and awareness of the value and the pleasure of self-development through the pursuit of some aesthetic interests.

written and spoken

Qualities and Abilities Has skill in using __________language, both to develop own thoughts and to communicate them to others.

knowledge, skills and attitudes

Qualities and Abilities Has the basic _______________________ necessary to address present-day social problems, realistic, incisive and well-organized thoughts through the use of critical thinking.

excellent care.

Qualities and Abilities Knows nursing so thoroughly that every client will receive_______

hard-work

Qualities and Abilities Likes _____ and possesses a capacity for it

altruistic

The goal of a profession is __________ rather than materialistic.

Caring.

The most unique characteristic of nursing as a profession is that, it is a ______ profession.

Code of Ethics.

The profession as a whole has a ______ for practice. A profession has sufficient self-impelling power to retain its members throughout life. It must not be mere stepping stone to other occupations

Justice.

The quality of being righteous, correct, fair and impartial

client consumer patient

The recipients of nursing are sometimes called

"to suffer" or "to bear."

The word patient comes from a Latin word meaning

professional nurse

____ is one who has acquired the and science of nursing through her basic education, who interprets her role in nursing in terms of the social ends for which it exists - the health and welfare of society and who continues to add to her knowledge, skills and attitudes through continuing education and scientific inquiry (research) or the use of the results of such inquiry.

Professional Nursing

_____ is an art and science, dominated by an ideal of service in which certain principles are applied in the skillful care of the well and the ill, and through relationship with the client/patient, significant others and others and other members of the health team.

Personality

consists of the distinctive individual qualities that differentiates one person from another

Critical thinking

is securing, appraising and organizing evidence.

Voice Manner Heart Intelligence Poise

• To acquire charm, the following traits should be cultivated:

Philosophy in Life

▪ It is concerned with those basic truths that contribute to personal growths in a systematic fashion and with those principles that relate to the moral value that shape the facets of the character

Dress and uniform

➢ Street attire is expected to be appropriate and to give you a sense of security in official or social situations ➢ You must respect the uniform. It is part of the nurse's public image ➢ Wear the uniform only during working hours. ➢ It should not be worn with jewelry, except a school pin or name plate. ➢ The nurse's cap must always be clean and like the uniform, wear it with respect and dignity.

Character

➢Refers to the moral values and beliefs that are used as guide to personal behavior and actions ➢It is what a person is inside ➢The nurse is basically a "good person"