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Provide service to support social welfare Possess a specialized body of knowledge Educate its practioners in institutions of higher learning Life long commitment Formulates policy and controls its membership Practitioners function autonomously Have a Code of ethics Have a professional organization that contributes and ensures quality of practice
Nursing Standards & Nursing Theories Delaune & Ladner Ch 2, Roy Chapter Elements of a Profession Provide service to support social welfare Possess a specialized body of knowledge Educate its practioners in institutions of higher learning Life long commitment Formulates policy and controls its membership Practitioners function autonomously Have a Code of ethics Have a professional organization that contributes and ensures quality of practice The Nursing Profession Nursing is both a profession and a practice discipline The professional nurse is an occupation that requires extensive education, specialized training and competence Nursing services are delivered in variety of settings The amount of autonomy and accountability for decisions differs with the practice setting Another Definition of Nursing Nursing is concerned with the health and well being of clients/patients It involves the delivery of services to promote, maintain, and restore health as well as prevent illness Nursing also coordinates services to improve continuity of care Nursing Is a Science Science A process of research and inquiry empirical knowledge examination of phenomenon definition and consensus of terms model building theory testing Nursing is not Medicine Uses a similar body of knowledge BIO, psych, chem… Medicine diagnosis, to cure Nursing diagnosis to facilitate change Nursing holistic wellness focus Nursing is a Science Based on theories Supported by research That defines describes and directs practice A Science Is a Process That: Identifies to categorize and structures in order to understand and manipulate The statements of science are : “true” coherent logically ordered focused on definite areas result in universal statements Two Major Types of Research Quantitative/ empirical Observed and measured Give us numbers, numerical data Relationships revealed in statistics Qualitative/Ethics, Esthetics, Personal knowing Observed and described Give us stories, narrative data Relationships revealed in patterns Knowledge development Combination of scientific and research process Documentation and analysis of cause and effect Result is theories that organize and communicate concepts