Nursing as a Profession Flashcards
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nursing as a profession
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the way you present yourself is a part of your profession
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why is nursing considered a profession (8)
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- RNAO= registered nursing association of Ontario
- a lot of room for growth
- a lot of critical thinking and crucial decision making
- changes with time/place, always developing
- highly educated
- service oriented
- connection based
- a lot of confidentiality
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what is a profession
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- disciplined group of individuals who adhere to ethical standards and who hold themselves out as, and are accepted by the public as possessing special knowledge and skills in a widely recognized body of learning derived from research, education, and training at a high level
- prepared to apply knowledge and exercise theses skills in the interest others
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5 characteristics of a profession
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1) well defined body of knowledge
2) services
3) professional organization that sets standards
4) ongoing research
5) autonomy
5
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well defined body of knowledge
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nursing theories:
- carpers ways of knowing
- Benners novice to expert theory
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carpers ways of knowing
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- looked to see how nurses develop knowledge
1) empiric: measurments
2) ethical: right from wrong, cultural norms
3) personal: experience
4) aesthetic: art of nursing, intuition
~5) emancipatory: learning from power differences and inequities
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Benners novice to expert theory (6)
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- expectations for level you are at
- not having high expectations for novice nurses
- nursing thinking vs medical thinking
- inter-professional relationships
- best practice guidelines
- transfer of knowledge
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nursing thinking vs medical thinking
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- nursing oriented around details, intuition, and critical thinking
- nursing concerned with health
- medicine concerned with cure
9
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interprofessional relationships
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- have to collaborate professionally with others and learn from them
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transfer of knowledge
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- no use having knowledge unless we share and transfer it
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spirit of inquiry
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- being inquisitive
- critical thinking
- questions lead to research which leads to better practice
- developing patterns of response
- lifelong learning
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being inquisitive
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- not being afraid to ask questions
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critical thinking
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- thinking outside the box
- reading between the lines
- questioning why things are true
- going beyond the obvious
- skill/knowledge transferability
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questions lead to research which leads to better practice
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- change in policies
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developing patterns of response
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- through our knowledge/experience we know how people are going to respond physically/verbally
