Unit 1( professional nursing practice )

PROFESSIONAL
NURSING PRACTICE
Dr. Rajha Al Kassar/ Kufa University-
College of Nursing
Rajeev sharma

Profession
 Is a calling that requires special
knowledge, skill and preparation.
 An occupation that requires advanced
knowledge and skills and that it grows
out of society’s needs for special
services.
Dr. Rajha Al Kassar/ Kufa University-College of Nursing
Admin., www. nursingcrib.com nursing as a profession October 9, 2011

Characteristics of a
Profession: Requires an extended education of its
members
 A profession has a theoretical body of
knowledge leading to defined skills,
abilities and norms.
 A profession provides a specific service.
 Members of a profession have autonomy
in decision-making and practice.
 The profession has a code of ethics for
practice.

NURSING
 Is a disciplined involved in the delivery
of health care to the society.
 Is a helping profession
 Is service-oriented to maintain health
and well-being of people.
 Is an art and a science

Characteristics of Nursing:
 Nursing is caring.
 Nursing involves close personal contact
with the recipient of care.
 Nursing is concerned with services that
take humans into account as
physiological, psychological, and
sociological organisms.
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Cont….
 Nursing is committed to:
◦ Promoting individual, family,
community, and national health goals
in its best manner possible.
◦ Personalized services for all persons
without regard to color, creed, social
or economic status.
◦ Involvement in ethical, legal, and
political issues in the delivery of
health care.
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Nursing as a profession
 Accountability
◦ Personal accountability
◦ Public accountability
 Nurses, as a professionals, are
responsible for their actions
 The goal is to:
◦ Maintain high standards of care
◦ Protect the pt from harm
 Licensures
Catalano, J.T. 1991, ethical &legal Aspects of Nursing, p10

Why accountability is needed
 To develop and evaluate new
professional practice and to
reevaluate excising ones
 To maintain professional goals and
standards
 To provide time for self reflection,
ethical thought , and personal growth
 To increase the profession’s reliability
 To establish boundaries for
professional accountability by using
ethical codesDr. Rajha Al Kassar/ Kufa University-College of Nursing

Dimensions of Nursing
Practice
1.The personal dimension: The nursing
assessment based upon theories of
human development and
communication.
 It is inclusive of the person's self-
concept, body image, self-awareness,
and self-esteem.
College of Nursing
www.Stevenson.edu, Philosophy of the Nursing Program 2011

 Assessment also involves meanings
of sexuality, spirituality, and
philosophical values particular to each
person.
 Clients as persons, families, and/or
communities are viewed as open
systems that interact and interface
with the environment.

2. The social dimension focuses on
the person in the family and
environment
 Includes the cultural, moral, and
political realms.
 Assessments within this dimension
identify roles and patterns of behavior
that impact on health maintenance
and related behaviors.

 The physical dimension: include:
 The cardiovascular,
 Gastrointestinal,
 Genitourinary/reproductive,
 Integumentary,
 Musculoskeletal,
 Neurologic and
 respiratory systems.
 The genetic patterns

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