FINALS : Professional Adjustment In Nursing Flashcards
(30 cards)
- Calling
- members profess to attain special values, knowledge, training or experience
- service
Profession
3 criteria of a profession
- Special training/Education
- Permanent Membership
- Service-Orientation
Another criteria of a profession
- Theoretical body of knowledge and expertise
- Research Orientation
- Autonomy
- Code of ethics
- Specialized education with basic liberal foundation
- Service
3 domains of nursing profession
- Knowledge
- Attitude
- Skills
3 dimension of nursing profession
- education
- research
- service or practice
Characteristics of nursing as a profession
- Skill based (psychomotor)
- Learned (cannot be taught)
- Intellectual-based (knowledge component)
- Practical (responsible to the needs)
- Organized (nursing process)
- Altruism/ Service (concerned for welfare of others)
The growth of the whole individual and development of all of his/her capacities: physical, mental, social and spiritual-towards efficient and effective performance of his/her profession.
Professional Adjustment
Preparation of nursing graduates/students for the responsibilities of professional and social life, by the development of their capacities that would make them fit to enter the practice of nursing
Professional Adjustment
- Latin word “ discipulus” - learner or to learn
- Cultivation of mind and formation of manner
- Proper training according to rules
- Regulations
- Essence of professional life of a nurse
Discipline
Under scope of Nursing Practice RA 9173:
- Training research and manpower development
- Teaching in Nursing (Nursing education)-prepping nursing students
- Health Education- cornerstone of health promotion and illness prevention
- Establishing Linkages in communitynurse as liaison in community (between non-government and government)
- Nursing Process utilization
- Completed BSN
- Licensed to practice nursing under the law
- BSN with RN
Professional Nurse
Finished nursing program either BSN/AN and licensed to practice
Registered Nurse: (sub culture)
5 levels of nursing practice
- Novice
- Advanced beginners
- Competent
- Proficient
- Expert
Levels of Nursing Practice
- Nursing Students
- Needs guidance, rules, facts, instructions, and directions
- (Less than one year experience)
- Ex. Fresh graduate
Novice
Levels of Nursing Practice
- New Graduate
- Beginning Practitioner
- Self-Awareness
- Marginal Performance
- More Strengthening
- Less Experience
- (1-2 Years Experience)
- Ex. Staff Nurse
- First Level Nurse Generalist- range of practice upon passing the board exam
Advanced Beginners
Levels of Nursing Practice
- Role Mastery
- Increased Efficiency
- Planned
- Prioritization
- Long-Term Development
- (2-3 Years Experience)
- Ex. Head Nurse
Competent
Levels of Nursing Practice
- Holistic, deep understanding
- Intuitive
- Can recognize more cues
- Increased perceptual acuity
- Increased responsiveness to situations
- (3-5 years experience)
- Ex. Supervisor
Proficient
Levels of Nursing Practice
- More intuition
- Less cues needed to recognize situations
- Instant decisions based on expertise
- Clinical/critical
- (More than 5 years of experience)
- Ex. Chief Nurse, Dean or Director of Nursing Service
Expert
Range of Nursing Practice
Nurses after graduation
First level nurse-generalist
Range of Nursing Practice
masters program (highest in the Phil.)
Nurse-specialist
Range of Nursing Practice
Nursing highest in U.S
Advanced practice nursing
Competency standard for nursing education and practice
Board of Nursing Resolution No. 112, series of 2005
Basis of the new test framework for Philippine nurse licensure examinations
RA 9173 of 2002
Board of Nursing Resolution No. 112, series of 2005
Competency based framework and systems of nurse licensure examinations
Board Resolution 18, s.2006
