PROFESSION

• A profession is a career requiring advanced training and usually involving mental health rather than manual work.
• Characteristics of a profession include education and training, a regulating body, a code of ethics, a professional organization, publication and representation, research and application, and autonomy.
• Nursing, according to WHO (World Health Organization), is the promotion of health, prevention of illnesses, and the care of ill, disabled, and the dying people.
• Nursing, according to ICN (International Council of Nurses), encompasses autonomous and collaborative care of individuals of all ages, families, groups, and communities, sick or well and in all settings.
• A nurse is a person who has completed a program of basic nursing education and is authorized by an appropriate authority to practice nursing.
• A nurse should not be a jack of all trades.
• Prevention is washing of the hands, while promotion is vaccination or vaccine.
• A professional nurse is a health worker identified by law as a registered nurse, whether graduated from bachelor or diploma degree.
• A good registered nurse should have up to date knowledge of general and specific nature, be clean, tidy, and well-groomed, physically matured and emotionally intelligent, have self confidence, be punctual, form a data base on information collected about the client, have communication skills, be honest, have the ability to teach, and have critical thinking skills.
• Nursing involves caring, close personal contact with the recipient of care, services that take humans into account as physiological, psychological, and sociological organisms, promoting individual, family, community, and national health goals in its best manner possible, providing personalized services for all persons without regards to color, creed, social or economic status, involvement in ethical, legal, and political issues in the delivery of health care, and protecting, promoting, and optimizing health and abilities.
• A novice nurse is a beginning nurse student.
• In nursing, autonomy is the initiation of independent nursing interventions without medical orders.
• Nursing also involves being an advocate who protects your patient’s human and legal rights and provides assistance in asserting these rights if the need arises.
• Baccalaureate degree in Nursing emphasizes on community health, leadership, and management and requires 4 years of full college or university education.
• Master’s degree in Nursing prepares nurses for advanced, independent practice and emphasizes on research.
• The National Communications on Nursing and Nursing Education addressed several issues, such as supply and demand for nurses, clarification of roles and functions, education, and available career opportunities.
• Accountability in nursing is being responsible professionally and legally for the type and quality of nursing care provided.
• Doctoral degree in Nursing should have a finished master’s degree first and advanced preparation for clinical research is a major component.
• Practical/Vocational Nursing is a 1 year program that prepares nurses to perform technical skills under the provision of an RN.
• The Lysaught report helped clarify the role of professional nursing practice.
• Nursing involves being a caregiver who helps patients maintain and regain health, manage disease and symptoms, and attain a maximal level of function and independence through the healing process.
• Diploma Nursing Program is the first type of education preparation for RNs and usually takes up to 3 years.
• The difference between Practical/Vocational Nursing and RN is in the educational preparation and scope of practice.
• Associate degree in Nursing was initially developed in response to nursing shortage and requires 2 years of attendance at a junior college, with college credit for all courses and clinical experiences.
• Nursing is a profession that involves the fundamentals of nursing practice.
• A nurse researcher conducts evidence-based practice and research to improve nursing care.
• A nurse educator primarily works in schools of nursing, staff development departments of health care agencies, and patient education departments or need experience in clinical settings.
• A nurse administrator manages patient care and the delivery of specific nursing services within a healthcare agency, usually beginning with positions such as clinical care coordinators, and needs to be skilled in business and management and understand all aspects of nursing and patient care.
• A certified registered nurse anesthetist has advanced education from a nurse anesthesia accredited program.
• An educator in nursing acts on behalf of patients by explaining concepts and facts about health, describing reasons for routine care activities, demonstrating procedures such as self-care activities, reinforcing learning or patient behavior, and evaluating the patient's progress in learning.
• A manager in nursing coordinates the activities of members of the nursing staff in delivering nursing care and has personnel, policy, and budgetary responsibility for a specific nursing unit or agency.
• Communication skills are central to the nurse-patient relationship.
• Nursing provides an opportunity for lifelong learning and career development with a limitless career path.
• A clinical nurse specialist is a nurse expert in a specialized area of practice.
• A certified nurse midwife is educated in midwifery and is certified by the American College of Nurse-Midwives.
• A provider of care in nursing provides direct patient care in an acute care setting and may increase in direct care activities provided in the home care setting and an increased need for community-based health promotion activities.
• A nurse practitioner provides healthcare to a group of patients, usually in an outpatient, ambulatory care, or community-based setting.
• Advanced practice registered nurses are the most independently functioning nurse with advanced education in pathophysiology, pharmacology, and physical assessment and certification in an area of practice.
• Nursing as a profession is based on the fundamentals of nursing practice.
• During World War II, there was an acute shortage of caregivers and the Cadet Nurse Corps was established in 1943.