The Nursing Profession.ppt
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PROFESSIONPROFESSION– a special calling 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
7 CRITICAL ATTRIBUTES OF PROFESSION
1. Specialized education2. Code of ethics3. Research of orientation4. Autonomy5. Body of knowledge6. Service orientation7. Professional Organization
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.
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.
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.
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.
• ROLE – patterns of behavior expected of person assuming a status/position in society or a group
• TASK – specific activities required of a person.
PATIENT CLIENT- Has a disease- Very
dependent on health professional
- Not necessarily sick
- Health promotion act till disease prevention
- Client collaborates with health professional
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.
ROLES OF NURSE
1. Nurse Educator- 3 domains of learning
a. Cognitive – knowledge aspect
b. Psychomotor – skillsc. Affective –
interest/emotion
2. Caregiver- Attends to 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.