Module 2 Flashcards
What is a professional?
- Professionals have:
1. A body of knowledge
2. A scope of practice
3. Agreed upon values
4. Oaths or Codes
5. Accountability to our society, profession, and professional behavior
Why does being part professional organizations identify you as a professional?
You get specific training as it related to society and guidelines for practice making you an expert in that organizations field
Examples of Nursing Professional Organizations?
ANA - American nursing association
NCSBN - national council of state boards of nursing
NLN - national league of nurses
Sigma Theta Tau International
ONS - oncology nursing society
AACN - american association of critical care nurses
What is professionalism?
A term describing BEHAVIOR in the workplace based on values and the professional role. It becomes apparent someone has it or not through their behavior
How is Professionalism Judged?
Against a set of expectations or standards (personal values and understanding, situations, cultural influences, organization influence)
Professionalism is in the ___ ___ ___ ___
eyes of the beholder
What is professionalism determined by?
- our image
- our communication
- our competence
- our demeanor
Things a Patient looks for in Professionals?
Trustworthiness Competence Empathy Respectfulness Caring
Things a Patient Perceives as Non-Professional?
Non Therapeutic Relationships Inappropriate Communication Inappropriate Self Disclosure Exploitation (money, gifts) Confidentiality Breaches
Things Coworkers perceive as professional?
Trustworthiness Competence Supportive Respectful Accountable
Things Coworkers perceive as unprofessional?
Inappropriate relationships
Disengagement-texting, inappropriate internet and phoning use
Provision of misleading information
Disrespect
Early Civilization to 16th Century Perspectives on Health/Nursing
- Animism
- Ancient Greek civilization sin theory
- Early christian period
- 16th century
Theory of Animism
- belief good and evil spirits caused health or sickness/death
- Roles of nurse and physician were very distinct with a physician being a medicine man and a nurse being a caring mother
Ancient Greek Civilization perspective on nursing?
Temples acted as medical centers where nurses cared for the sick in the home and community as nurse-midwives.
Believed sin and god displeasure caused bad health
Early Christian Period and Nursing
- Nursing was more formal and clearly defined with deaconesses developing purpose, direction, and leadership
- both male and female nursing orders rose during the crusades in the 11/13th centuries
- Nursing became a very respected vocation
Deaconess
Nurses role in the early christian periods
What did the 16th Century do to nursing?
- Caused a “Nursing Dark Age”
- Shift from religion to warfare/exploration/expansion of knowledge led to monasteries and convents closing leading to nurses have poor reputations
- Nurses ended up being women convicted of crimes who were paid low and worked long hours in bad conditions
What happened in the 19th to 20th CE that changed nursing?
- social reforms changes nursing and women roles in general
- Florence Nightingale established training schools for nurses, wrote books on health care, and changed prejudice on women to elevate nursing status
The Mother of Nursing
Florence Nightingale