PRESENTED BY- MR.

RONY XAVIER
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MEANING

NURSING

The word nursing came from the Latin word

‘NUTRICIUS’ which means to nourish, to protect and
to sustain.
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DEFINITION
NURSING
Nursing is the unique function of the nurse that is to
assist the individual, sick or well, in the performance
of those activities contributing to health or its recovery
or to peaceful death that the individual would perform
unaided if he/she had necessary strength, will or
knowledge.
PROFESSION
A profession is defined as an occupation with ethical
components that is devoted to the promotion of human
and social welfare.
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PROFESSIONAL NURSE

A person who has completed a basic nursing education

program and is licensed in his country or state to
practice professional nursing.
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CRITERIA OF PROFESSION

➢To provide a needed service to the society.

➢To advance knowledge in its field.

➢To protect its members and make it possible to

practice efficiently.
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CHARACTERISTICS OF
PROFESSION
➢Specialized education
➢Body of knowledge
➢Service orientation
➢Ongoing research
➢Code of ethics
➢Autonomy
➢Professional organization
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1.SPECIALIZED EDUCATION

➢Important aspect of professional status.

➢Education can acquired from colleges and

universities.
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2.BODY OF KNOWLEDGE

➢Helps in the development of various skills, abilities,

norms

➢Become an expert.
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3.SERVICE ORIENTATION

➢Nursing is a service

➢Differentiates nursing from an occupation.

➢Guided by certain rules, policies or code of ethics.

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4.ONGOING RESEARCH

➢Helps to improve client care and enhance nursing’s

scientific knowledge base.
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5.CODE OF ETHICS

➢A profession will have code of ethics for their

members and disciplinary procedures.
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6.AUTONOMY
➢Self regulation

➢Professionals tend to retain control over their work,

even when they are employed outside.

➢Its considered to be autonomy commitment and

responsibility with an advance body of knowledge and
skills and an organized value system develop and
transmission through extensive, academic preparation
and professional socialization of education and
practice.
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7.PROFESSIONAL ORGANISATION

➢Professions usually have professional bodies

organized by their members, who are intended to
enhance the status of their members and have
carefully controlled requirements and that
standards and practice of profession.
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BARRIERS TO PROFESSIONALISM