NURSING AS A PROFESSION

INTRODUCTION

Nursing is a health care profession. Focused on care of individual, families, communities. Attain, maintain, or recover optimal health and quality of life.

PROFESSION

DEFINITION: Is an occupation based on specialized intellectual study &training, the purpose of which is to supply skilled service with ethical components to others, for a definite fee or salary.

CHARACTERISTICS OF PROFESSION

Basically intellectual. Based on body of knowledge that can be learned. Practical rather than theoretical. Can be taught through a process of professional education. Has strong internal organisation of members. Has practitioners who are motivated by altruism.

CRITERIA FOR PROFESSION

The person must be

Grasp

the fundamental truth. (kind of truth will make the person to think & act freely). Have the ability to apply truth in dealing. Be able to remain unafraid of under perplexities of changing basic knowledge demands social condition or personal upsets.

Occupation &profession

Training may occur in the job. Length of training may varies. Value and ethics are not the prominent factor. Commitment and personal identification may vary. Often changes the job. Accountability rest with employer.

Education may take place in college/university. Education may prolonged. Value and ethics are integral part of preparation. commitment and personal identification are strong for the workers. Unlikely to changes the profession. Rest with an individual.

PROFESSIONAL NURSING

Is an art and science dominated by an ideal service in which certain principles are applied in the skillful care of the such an appropriate relationship with others who have related to responsibilities.
Prevention

of disease. Conservation of health.

NURSING ENCOMPASSES.

Caring for the sick and injured. bringing to bear the resources of patient, his family and environment. Helping an individual and his family to take positive action in relief of illness and improvement of his health needs. Training students and auxillary personal to function as members of the health team.

Contd

Adapting nursing service to co operate with responsible planning authorities. E.g: Emergency disaster. Evaluating & conducting research to continually improve methods. Sharing with others in dissemination of general health information to individual & community groups to further cultivation of health.

FUNCTIONS OF NURSE

INDEPENDENT FUNCTION

DEPENDENT FUNCTION

INDEPENDENT FUNCTION

SUPERVISION OF THE PATIENT. OBSERVATION. ACCURATE RECORDING &REPORTING. SUPERVISION OF OTHERS EXCEPT PHYSICIAN. APLLICATION AND EXECUTION OF NURSING PROCEDURE AND TECHNIQUES. DIRECTION AND EDUCATION TO SECURE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL CARE.

DEPENDENT FUNCTION

APLLICATION AND EXECUTION OF LEGAL ORDERS OF PHYSICIANS CONCERNING TREATMENTS AND MEDICATION WITH AN UNDERSTANDING OF CAUSE.