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Essentials of Nursing Leadership &
Management Eighth Edition
by Sally A. Weiss EdD Latest Update.
, CHARACTERISTICS OF A
PROFESSION
OBJECTIVES OUTLINE
AFTER READING THIS CHAPTER, THE STUDENT INTRODUCTION
SHOULD BE ABLE TO:
PROFESSIONALIS
■ EXPLAIN THE QUALITIES ASSOCIATED WITH A
PROFESSION M
■ DIFF ERENTIATE BETWEEN A JOB, A VOCATION, AND DEFI NITION OF A PROFESSION
A PROFESSION PROFESSIONAL BEHAVIORS
■ DISCUSS PROFESSIONAL BEHAVIORS EVOLUTION OF NURSING AS A PROFESSION
■ DETERMINE THE CHARACTERISTICS ASSOCIATED NURSING DEFI NED
WITH NURSING AS A PROFESSION
■ EXPLAIN LICENSURE AND CERTIFI CATION THE NATIONAL COUNCIL LICENSURE EXAMINATION
LICENSURE
■ SUMMARIZE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SOCIAL
CHANGE AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF NURSING AS A
PROFESSION
■
DISCUSS SOME OF THE ISSUES FACED BY THE NURSING PROFESSION LICENSURE BY ENDORSEMENT
■
EXPLAIN CURRENT CHANGES IMPACTING NUR’SSINFGUTURE QUALIFI CATIONS FOR LICENSURE
LICENSURE BY EXAMINATION
NCLEX-®R N
POLITICAL INFL UENCES AND THE ADVANCE
OF NURSING PROFESSIONALS
NURSING AND HEALTH-CARE
REFORM NURSING TODAY
THE FUTURE OF PROFESSIONAL
NURSING CONCLUSION
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, 4 UNIT 1 ■ PROFESSIONALISM
INTRODUCTION PROFESSIONALISM
IT IS OFTEN SAID THAT YOU DO NOT KNOW WHERE Y O DU EFI NITION OF A PROFESSION
ARE GOING UNTIL YOU KNOW WHERE YOU HAVE BEENA. VOCATION OR CALLING
DEFI NES “MEANINGFUL WORK” MORE THAN 40 YEARS AGO, BELETZ ( 1974 W ) ROTE
DEPENDING ON AN INDIVIDU’ ASL POINT OF
VIEWDI(K
THAT MOST PEOPLE THOUGHT OF NURSES IN GENDER- & DUFF Y, 2009 ). NURSING
STARTED AS A VOCATION OR LINKED, TASK-ORIENTED TERMS: “A FEMALE WHO PER-
“CALLING.” UNTIL NIGHTINGALE, MOST NURSING OCCURRED FORMS UNPLEASANT
TECHNICAL JOBS AND FUNCTIONS ATHSROUGH RELIGIOUS ORDERS. TO CARE FOR THE
ILL AND
AN ASSISTANT TO THE PHYSICIAN” (P. 432). INTERESTI-NFI RMED WAS A DUTY (
INGLY, PHYSICIANS IN THE 1800S VIEWED NURSING
KALISCH & KALISCH, 2004 ). IN
AESARLY YEARS, DESPITE THE EDUCATION REQUIRED, NURSING
A COMPLEMENT TO MEDICINE. ACCORDING TW O AR- WAS CONSIDERED A JOB OR
VOCATIOCNA(RDILLO, 2013 ).
RINGTON ( 1839 ), “. . . THE PRESCRIPTIONS OF THE BEST PROVIDING A DEFI NITION
PHYSICIAN ARE USELESS UNLESS THEY BE TIMELY
FOR A “PROFESSION” OR “PRO-
ANFDESSIONAL” IS NOT AS EASY AS IT APPEARS. TH E TERM IS
PROPERLY ADMINISTERED AND USED ALL THE TIME; HOWEVER, WHAT
ATTENDED TO BY THE NURSE” (P. IV). CHARACTERISTICS DEFI NE A
PROFESSIONAL? ACCORDING TO SAKS ( 2012
),
IN ITS EARLIEST YEARS, MOST NURSING CARE OCCURRED SEVERAL THEORETICAL
APPROACHES HAVE BEEN APPLIED AT HOME. EVEN IN 1791 WHEN THE FI RST
HOSPITALTO CREATING A DEFI NITION OF A PROFESSION, THE OLDER OPENED IN
PHILADELPHIA, NURSES CONTINUED TO C A OR EF THESE LOOKING ONLY AT KNOWLEDGE
AND EXPERTISE,
FOR PATIENTS IN THEIR OWN HOME SETTINGS. IT TOOKWHEREAS LATER ONES INCLUDE A CODE
OF ETHICS, PRAC-
ALMOST ANOTHER CENTURY BEFORE NURSING MOVED INTO TICE STANDARDS, LICENSURE,
AND CERTIFI CATION, AS WELL HOSPITALS. TH ESE INSTITUTIONS, MOSTLY DOMINATED
BYAS EXPECTED BEHAVIORPSO(ST, 2014 ).
MALE PHYSICIANS, PROMOTED THE IDEA THAT NURSES NURSES ENGAGE IN
SPECIALIZED EDUCATION
ACTED AS THE “HANDMAIDENS” TO THE BETTER-EDUCATEDA, ND TRAINING CONFI
RMEDBY SUCCESSFULLYPASSING MORE CAPABLE MEN IN THE MEDICAL FI ELD.
THE NATIONAL COUNCIL LICENSURE
EXAMINATION
TH E LEVEL OF CARE DIFF ERED GREATLY IN THESE EARL(YNCLEX ®) AND RECEIVING A LICENSE TO
PRACTICE
HEALTH-CARE INSTITUTIONS. TH OSEOPERATED BY THE IN EACH STATE. NURSES FOLLOW A CODE
OF ETHICS AND
RELIGIOUS NURSING ORDERS GAVE HIGH-QUALITY CARE RT EO COGNIZED PRACTICE
PATIENTS. IN OTHERS, CARE VARIED GREATLY FROM
STANDARDS AND A BODY OF CON-
GOOD TOTINUOUS RESEARCH THAT FORMS AND DIRECTS OUR PRACTICE.
ALMOST NONE AT ALL. ALTHOUGH THE IMAGE OF NURSES NURSES FUNCTION
AUTONOMOUSLY WITHIN THE DESIG- AND NURSING HAS ADVANCED CONSIDERABLY
SINCE THENN, ATED SCOPE OF PRACTICE, FORMULATING AND DELIVERING SOME STILL
THINK OF NURSES AS HELPERS WHO CARRY OUT A PLAN OF CARE FOR CLIENTS,
APPLYING JUDGMENTS, AND THE PHYSICIAN ’ S ORDERS. UTILIZING CRITICAL
THINKING SKILLS IN DECISION MAKING
IT COMES AS NO SURPRISE THAT NURSING AND HEALTH(
CARDILLO, 2013 ). CARE HAVE CONVERGED AND REACHED
A CROSSING POINT.
NURSES FACE A NEW AGE FOR HUMAN EXPERIENCE; THE
VERY FOUNDATIONS OF HEALTH PRACTICES AND THERA- PROFESSIONAL BEHAVIORS
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