M1

• NURSING = a profession that combines science and art with the end of view of assisting patients as they move between the Health and Illness Continuum.
• PROFESSION = an occupation or calling requiring advanced training and experience in some specific or specialized body of knowledge which provides service to society in that special field
• PROFESSIONAL NURSING = a person who has completed a basic nursing education program and is licensed in his/her country or state to practice professional nursing 
• ROLE = Socially expected behavior pattern 
• RESPONSIBILITY = A legal or moral duty or obligation to deal with
• MASTERY OF CRAFT = well-defined skills continuously and exclusively performed 
• COMPETENCE = the possession of required skills, knowledge and capacity in providing safe care to patients 
• ACCOUNTABILITY = Being liable for any resulting acts or conduct 
• ETHICAL = rightness and the wrongfulness of human action 
• CARING PROFESSION = have a truly caring attitude for all of her clients regardless of their economic and social status
• SERVICE ORIENTED = Deliver optimum level of health for all, both sick and well regardless whether capable of payment or an indigent 
• PROFESSIONAL RELATIONSHIP = patient-centered behavior
• AUTONOMY & ALTRUISM

  • grants authority & independence to nurse practitioners to perform specific professional functions 
  • responsibility to look at the conduct and demeanor of other health providers 
• scope of nursing practice

  • promoting health & wellness
  • preventing illness
  • restoring health
  • caring for the dying
• ALWAYS BE PRO PATIENT