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Contemporary Professional Nursing

The document discusses the history and development of professional nursing from Florence Nightingale to contemporary practice, outlining the criteria for nursing as a profession including specialized education, ongoing research, and autonomy, as well as the key roles and components of professional nursing such as caring, communication, and holism.

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CONTEMPORARY PROFESSIONAL

NURSING
By
Zohra
Laiba Faisal
Abdul Qadeer Khan
OBJECTIVES
 In this presentation we have to discuss;
 Short history of professional nursing and
historical and contemporary nursing practice
 Contemporary professional nursing and
related concepts
 Professionalism of nursing and criteria of
profession
 Components of professional Nursing
 Roles and functions of professional Nursing
HISTORY OF NURSING
HISTORY OF PROFESSIONAL
NURSING
 The history of professional nursing
traditionally begins with Florence
Nightingale.
 The history of modern nursing started in
1849, when Florence Nightingale began
her first formal nursing training at the
Institute of St. Vincent de Paul, in
Alexandria, Egypt.
HISTORICAL AND CONTEMPORARY
NURSING PRACTICE
1. Florence nightingale (1820-1920)
 Founder of Modern Nursing (1820 to 1920
 Crimean War broke out on 1854.
 Lady of lamp

2. Linda Richards (1841-1930)


 American first trained nurse
 Introduced nurse’s notes and doctor’s order
HISTORICAL AND CONTEMPORARY
NURSING PRACTICE
3. Mary Mahoney (1845-1926)
 First African American professional nurse
 Worked for equal opportunities

4. Mary Breckinridge (1881-1965)


 Notable pioneer nurse
 Started one of first midwifery training
schools in united states
HISTORICAL AND CONTEMPORARY
NURSING PRACTICE
5. Virginia Avenel Henderson
Developed the Nursing Theory (1897 to 1996)
Nursing education, practice, research as well
as its implications.

6. Margaret Sanger (1879-1966)


 Public health nurse in New York
PROFESSIONAL NURSING
 Profession: occupation that requires extensive
education or a calling that requires special
knowledge, skill, and preparation.
 Professionalism: the competence or skill
expected of a professional.
 Professional Nursing: the performance of an
act that requires substantial specialized
judgment and skill, the proper performance of
which is based on knowledge and application
of principles of biological, physical, and social
sciences as acquired by complete course.
CONTEMPORARY
PROFESSIONAL NURSING
 Providing a top quality care to the patients
within the values of accountability, respect,
and integrity.
 Formulation of questions, responses, and
plans for the tasks, the nurses has to perform
for the transformation of society.
 Taking a holistic approach to care and
working across the inter-professional teams.
RECIPIENT OF NURSING
 Consumer: individual, group of people, or a
community that uses a service.
 Patient: person who is waiting for or
undergoing medical treatment and care.
 Seek assistance because of illness or for surgery
 Client: person who engages the advice or
services of another who is qualified.
 Term “client” represents the receivers of
health care as collaborators in the care, that is,
as people who is also responsible for their own
health.
TRANSFORMATION OF THE
NURSING PROFESSION
 • The ways in which nurses were educated
and practiced during the 20th century are no
longer adequate for dealing with the realities
of health care in the 21st century. It is
because of:
 Outdated regulations,
 Attitudes,
 Policies, and
 Habits
CRITERIA OF A PROFESSIONAL
NURSING
 Specialized Education: mean of entry into
professional nursing
 Body of Knowledge: well defined body of
knowledge and expertise
 Service Orientation: altruism, service to
others
 Ongoing Research
 Code of Ethics
CRITERIA OF A PROFESSIONAL
NURSING
 Autonomy:
 regulates itself and sets standards for its
members; independent at work,
responsibility, and accountability for one’s
actions

 Professional Organizations:
 governance (practitioner control their
practice); ANA, YNA KP
COMPONENTS OF
PROFESSIONAL NURSING
 There are five integral components to
nursing practice that reinforce the
framework of the nursing profession. The
conceptual framework pillars are the
following:
 Caring
 Communication
 Critical Thinking
 Professionalism
 Holism
ROLES AND FUNCTIONS OF
PROFESSIONAL NURSE
 Caregiver
 Communicator
 Teacher
 Client advocate
 Counselor
 Change agent
 Leader
 Manger
EXPANDED ROLES OF
PROFESSIONAL NURSES
 Nurse Practitioner: provide primary care
 Clinical Nurse specialist: provide direct client
care, educates others, consult, conducts,
research and mange care
 Nurse Anesthetist: administers general
anesthesiology
 Nurse Midwife
 Nurse Researcher
 Nurse administrator
 Nurse Educator
 Nurse Entrepreneur
SOCIALIZATION TO NURSING
 Benner’s model: five levels of proficiency
 Stage I, Novice: no experience; nursing
students
 Stage II, Advanced Beginner: has
experienced enough real situations to make
judgments about them
 Stage III, Competent: 2 or 3 years of
experience
 Stage IV, Proficient: 3 to 5 years of
experience
 Stage V, Expert: highly skilled; intuitive

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