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• Nursing is often described as a caring profession, it is a profession that combines science and art with the end of view of assisting patients as they move between the Health and Illness Continuum

  
• Nursing World (2020) described nurses as the Key to the Health of the Nation as there are over 4 million registered nurses where one in every 100 people is a registered nurse
• Nurses are in every community whether large or small rendering expert care from birth up to the end of life with roles ranging from direct patient care and case management to the establishment of nursing practice standards, the development of quality assurance procedures, and providing for the direction of complex nursing care systems

  
• The American Nurses Association (2020) provided that among the responsibilities of the nurses are performing assessments, administering medications, monitoring health status, and other similar things
• Nurses are vital at the bedside and in every other area of health care hence nurses are making difference as they promote health and wellness, and touch and save lives
• 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
• Other Definitions of Profession

  • A calling or vocation requiring an intensive and specialized education in the field of science or the liberal arts and has a specialized meaning
  • A calling or vocation or undertaking in which its members should have acquired specific and distinct values, knowledge, training or by experience so that they may competently utilize it in the service of others
  • Any undertaking in which a person, whom for a fee or free, provides a distinctive service using scientific and specialized body of knowledge and skills
• Criteria of a Profession (According to William Shepard)

  • Must have developed a scientific technique which is the result of tested experience
  • Must require the exercise of discretion and judgement as to time and manner of the performance of duty. This is in contrast to the kind work which is subject to standardization in terms of unit performance or time element
  • Must have a group of consciousness designed to extend scientific knowledge in technical language
  • Must have sufficient self-impelling power to retain its members throughout life. It must not be used as a mere stepping stone to other occupation
  • Must recognize its obligations to society by insisting that its members live up to an established code of ethics
• Qualities of a Profession (According to Flexner)

  • A profession applies its body of knowledge in practical services that are vital to human welfare, and especially suited to the tradition of seasoned practitioners shaping the skill of newcomers to the role
  • It constantly enlarges the body of knowledge it uses and subsequently imposes on its members a lifelong obligation to remain current in order to "do no harm"
  • A profession functions autonomously (with authority) in the formulation of the professional policy and in monitoring its practice and practitioners
• Qualities of a Profession (According to Flenex)


  • It utilizes in its practices a well-defined and well-organized body of knowledge that is intellectual in nature and describes its phenomena of concern
  • A profession has a clear standard of educational preparation for entry into practice
  • A profession is distinguished by the presence of specific culture, norms, ad other values that are common among its members
  • Attracts individuals of intellectual and personal qualities who exalt service above the personal gain and who recognize their chosen occupation as a life work
  • Strives to compensate its practitioners by providing freedom to act on opportunity for continuous professional growth, and economic security
• Qualities of a Profession (According to Genevieve K. and Roy W. Bixler)

  • Utilizes in its practice a well-defined and well-organized body of specialized knowledge which is on the intellectual level of higher learning
  • Constantly enlarges the body of knowledge it uses, and improves its techniques of education and service by the use of scientific method
• Professional Nursing


  • Is a person wo has completed a basic nursing education program and is licensed in his/her country or state to practice professional nursing
  • It is the performance, for a fee or salary, of professional services such as undertaking responsible nursing care, the observation of symptoms, accurate reporting and recording, supervision of other execution of nursing procedures and execution of valid doctor's orders
• Qualifications and Abilities of a Professional Nurse

  • Professional Preparation: Have a license to practice nursing in the country, Have a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing, Be physically and mentally fit
  • Personal Qualities and Professional Proficiencies: Interest and willingness to work and learn with individual/groups in a variety of setting, A warm personality and concern for people, Resourcefulness and creativity as well as a well-balanced emotional conditions, Capacity and ability to work cooperatively with others, Initiative to improves self and service, Competence in performing work through the use of nursing process, Skill in decision-making, communicating, and relating with others and being research oriented, Active participation in issues confronting nurse and nursing
• Role


  A socially expected behavior pattern associated with an individual's function in various social groups
• Responsibility


  A legal or moral duty or obligation to deal with
• Roles of the Professional Nurse

  • Care Provider, Communicator, Teacher, Counselor, Client Advocate, Change Agent, Leader, Case Manager, Researcher
• Expanded Nursing Roles


  • Nurse Practitioner, Nurse Specialist, Nurse Anesthetist, Nurse Midwife, Nurse Researcher, Nurse Administrator, Nurse Educator, Nurse Entrepreneur
• Nursing as a Profession

  An occupation or vocation with unique body of knowledge, attitude and skill acquired through advanced training and experience in order to provide specialized services and various care for others
• Characteristics of a Profession as Applied to Nursing Practice

  • Mastery of craft, Accountability, Competence, Caring Profession, Ethical, Service Oriented, Professional relationship with his patient and other member of health care team, Autonomy and altruism, Adhere to a common code of ethics
• 11 Key Responsibilities of a Nurse

  • Nursing Process, Safe and Quality Nursing Care, Health Education, Legal Responsibility, Management of Resources and Environment, Quality Improvement, Research, Personal and Professional Development, Communication, Collaboration and Team Work, Record Management

  
• Scope of the Nursing Practice

  • Providing nursing care through the utilization of the nursing process, Establishing linkages with community resources, and coordination with the health team, Providing health education to individuals, families, and communities, Teaching, guiding, and supervising students in nursing education programs including administering if nursing services in varied settings such as hospitals, and clinics, Undertaking nursing and health human resource development training and research

  
• Scope of Nursing Practice

  • Promoting health and wellness, Preventing illness, Restoring health
• Scope of Nursing Practice

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


  Nurse promote wellness in clients who are both healthy and ill. Involves activities that enhance healthy lifestyle. Wellness is a process that engages in activities and behaviors that enhance quality of life and maximize personal potential.
• Preventing illness


  Activities that prevent illness. Includes immunization prenatal and infant care, prevention of STD. The goal of illness prevention programs is to maintain optimal health by preventing disease.
• Restoring health


  Focusses on the ill client, and it extends from early detection of disease through helping the client during the recovery period. Nurses Activities Includes providing direct care to the ill person, performing diagnostic and assessment procedures, consulting with other health care professionals about client problems, teaching clients about recovery activities, rehabilitating clients to their optimal functional level following physical or mental illness, injury or chemical addiction.

  
• Caring for the dying

  Involves comforting and caring for people of all ages who are dying. Includes helping clients live as comfortably as possible until death and helping support persons cope with death. Nurses carrying out these activities work in homes, hospitals, and extended care facilities, like hospices, are specifically designed for this purpose.
• Fields of Nursing


  • Hospital or institutional Nursing
  • Public Health Nursing or Community Health Nursing
  • Private Duty or Special Duty Nursing
  • Industrial or Occupational Health Nursing
  • Nursing Education
  • Military Nursing
  • School Nursing
  • Clinical Nursing
  • Independent Nursing Practice
  • Advance Practice Nursing

  
• Hospital or institutional Nursing

  Nursing in hospitals are related health facilities such as extended care facilities, nursing homes, and neighborhood clinics, comprises all of the basic components of comprehensive patient care and family health.
• Public Health Nursing or Community Health Nursing

  Refers to the practice of nursing in the local, national and city health departments which include health centers and public schools. It is community health nursing in the public sector.
• Private Duty or Special Duty Nursing

  A private duty nurse is a registered nurse who undertake to give comprehensive nursing care to a client on a one-to-one ratio. He/she is an independent contractor.
• Industrial or Occupational Health Nursing


  Is the specialty practice that provides and delivers healthcare services to workers. The practice focuses on promotion, protection, and supervision of workers' health within the context of safe and health work environment.
• Nursing Education


  Teachers in the nursing education programs
• Military Nursing


  The nurse corps. The military nurse works at different health settings with various levels of responsibilities.
• School Nursing


  The school nurse is for the school's activities in the areas of health service, healthy education, and environmental health and safety.
• Clinical Nursing


  Clinic nursing requires that a nurse possess general skills. The nurse acts as a receptionist. Answer the phone, does the billing, takes x-rays, and ECGs, changes dressings, gives injections, and assists in physical examination.
• Independent Nursing Practice


  The nurse is self-employed and provides professional nursing services to clients/patients and their families. While some independent nursing practitioners set up their clinics near a hospital (as in the case of the psychiatric nursing specialist Inc.), most of them are community based.
• Advance Practice Nursing


  This field of nursing is synonymous with specialization. This advanced practice requires the knowledge skills an supervised skills obtained through graduate study in nursing (either master's or doctoral degree).
• Nursing


  Latin word = nutricius, that nourishes, foster, protects, as a science and art a blending of art, science, and spirit. A service to the individual which helps to regain, or to keep a normal state of body and mind.
• Traditional Role of Nursing

  • Humanistic Caring
  • Nurturing
  • Comforting
  • Supporting