Professional Nursing

Objective
Define a profession and its

criteria/qualities
Appreciate and understand the nursing

action and its sources

Able to prioritize nursing action relevant

to the delivery of a safe and quality nursing care

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 specific field. (Webster)

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 specific field. (Webster)

PROFESSION
calling an occupation or calling requiring advanced training and experience in some specific or specialized body of knowledge which provides service to society in that specific field. (Webster)

PROFESSION

an occupation or calling requiring advanced training and experience advanced training in some specific or specialized body of knowledge which provides service to society in that specific field. (Webster)

PROFESSION

an occupation or calling requiring advanced training and experience in some specific or specialized body of knowledge which body of knowledge provides service to society in that specific field. (Webster)

PROFESSION

an occupation or calling requiring advanced training and experience in some specific or specialized body of knowledge which service to society provides service to society in that specific field. (Webster)

Criteria/Qualities (Shepard, Flexner, Bixler)

Practice: SAFE AND QUALITY NURSING

CARE

Special training Body of knowledge

Research
Autonomy and accountability

Ethics

IT IS ALL ABOUT NURSING ACTION!

License Responsibility

Nursing Action

Accountability

Sources of Nursing Action

Patient
Family

Doctors order
Nursing judgment prioritization!

Protocol

Goal of the Nursing Practice

SAFE
QUALITY NURSING CARE

PRIORITIZATION: SAFETY
Safe work environment
Issues Community setting Hospital setting Emergency department Medical surgical Psychiatry

Goal of the Nursing Practice

SAFE
QUALITY NURSING CARE

PRIORITIZATION: QUALITY
CLIENT SATISFACTION
INDIVIDUAL

FAMILY
GROUP COMMUNITY

Client centered
UNSTABLE or ACUTE Admission

Newly
Beginning of a _____ STABLE or CHRONIC Discharge End of a ______

UNSTABLE or ACUTE
Airway
Breathing

Circulation
Assessment Subjective : PAIN Objective : FEVER

STABLE or CHRONIC
Maslows Hierarchy of Needs
Physiologic

Diet, sleep pattern, elimination,

activity Psychologic Self-esteem, body image

Goal of the Nursing Practice

SAFE
QUALITY NURSING CARE

Nursing-focused action
Nursing process
Assessment Independent vs Dependent Patient vs Equipment Intervention

Nursing-focused action: Intervention

Independent

Unstable patient: POSITIONING

Stable patient: Health Teaching Dependent, interdependent, collaborative Medical management Pharmacologic

Therapy
Surgery