...Professionalism: The Nursing Profession Villanova University- NUR 1102 Professionalism: The Nursing Profession Professionalism is a quality that is practiced on a daily basis by individuals in many adverse fields of employment. Atsede Fantahun (2014) said, “professionalism is defined as the conceptualization of obligations, attributes, interactions, attitudes, and role behaviors required of professionals in relationship to individual clients and to society as a whole” (p. 2). A professional is expected to display competent and skillful behaviors in relationship with their area of concentration. Nurses are required to bear a tremendous amount of responsibilities and are expected to uphold all values of the nursing profession. A serious nursing shortage is causing multiple issues in the nation’s health care system. Many experienced nurses are leaving the field and young people are not selecting nursing as a potential career. Because of this, reassessment of professionalism in nursing is recommended. The word professionalism has a multi-dimensional concept behind it. This means that there is a single basic interpretation, or any one way to assess it. Although it is multi-dimensional, it is possible to deliberate on by looking into the individual, inter-personal, and societal fractions. In nursing, professional practice is known to be a strong loyalty to compassion, caring and strong ethics, development of self and others, accountability and...
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...Group Assignment BM3202 Developing Management Capabilities September 2015 Name: Zhang Zhao Han 00010553 Liu Xin 00010766 Zheng Chao 00010783 Ge Jin Hui 00010757 * Definition and example: Professionalism is one of the most important soft skills wanted by managers. This is also a factor keys for success. So what is the professionalism? The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines professionalism as "the conduct, aims, or qualities that characterize or mark a profession or a professional person". If we ask any employer, all of them want a professional employee instead an unprofessional employee. (Christine, 2015) In our research, we find that there are six attributes included in professionalism (Shelvy, 2013). First is specialized knowledge, as a professional person, the knowledge in his or her areas are important. The most representative is academic qualification. A person's education level representative of his knowledge and skills. Generally speaking, during the interview, academic qualification is a mandatory targets for a person to get the job. Almonds in every area, the professionals are required excellent professional knowledge to complete the task or job. Also the professionals need keep his or her knowledge up-to-date in order to do their best. Secondly is competency, the professionals always get the jobs done, they know how to do in the professional ways. They manage expectations up front and focusing to solve the...
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...Educational Preparation: Associate- degree nurses versus baccalaureate- degree nurses Registered nurses make up one of the biggest professions in healthcare. There is a wide variety of skill levels amongst RNs, including differences in education. However, one thing they have in common is having passed the National Council Licensure Examination. Associate and baccalaureate degree programs each prepare its students for becoming nurses. Although, research has shown there is a variance in competencies between the two degrees, and that hospitals employed with bachelor’s degree nurses have better patient outcomes (Aiken, Clarke, Cheung, Sloane & Silber, 2003). Associate degree nursing education was developed more than sixty years ago at the end of World War II. There was a shortage of nurses, and a project was initiated for the two- year degree. Doctor Mildred Montag, the project director, designed the curriculum to be patient centered instead of disease centered. It consisted of approximately half nursing courses and half general education courses. Fundamental concepts were instilled in the students in the beginning of the program, and by the second year were built on with more complex concepts. Clinical experiences were also different in that it included community facilities, in addition to hospital-based experiences. The two- year program deemed itself successful, and became a stimulus for growth. Even with the associate degree’s success, it has been a controversial subject when...
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...ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY Catlett, S., & Lovan, S. (2011). Being a good nurse and doing the right thing: a replication study. Nursing Ethics, 18(1), 54-63. doi: 10.1177/0969733010386162 The authors of this article were one Shelia Catlett of Western Kentucky University and Fairview Community Clinic, USA and one Sherry R Lovan also from Western Kentucky University, USA. Both authors conducted a qualitative research study, which was also a replication of a study published in 2002, investigating the qualities of a good nurse and the role ethics plays in decision making. Ethics refers to the moral code for nursing and is based on obligation to service and respect for human life. Ethical Knowledge occurs as moral dilemmas arise in situations of ambiguity and uncertainty, and when consequences are difficult to predict (McEwen Wills, 2011). Ethics in nursing is used to guide and direct nurses conduct and practices. It requires experiential of social values and ethical reasoning. Its main focus is on matters of obligation, what ought to be done, what is right, wrong and responsible. The study implemented modification related to the research questions, sample selection, data collection and Atlas.ti software for qualitative data for the purpose of providing ease of coding, viewing, mapping and storing the data for retrieval analysis. The main focus of this replication study was to understand what it means to be a good nurse and do the right thing. This research provided...
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...Building Blocks of Success for a Career in Education Vicki Davis Grand Canyon University: UNV 501 February 23, 2015 Building Blocks of a Successful Career in Education The following is a bulleted list of important components each teacher candidate must achieve in order to continue on into a successful career in education. This outline will overview each of the following topics: TaskStream, Learner Goals, Professional Dispositions and Where to Start. * Taskstream: Taskstream is an e-portfolio that each student in the college of education is required to have. Throughout the students’ schooling they will be instructed to upload pertinent assignments that are attached to standards; the assignment serves as evidence. When applying for teaching positions, students can use this online collection as their portfolio, showing what they have accomplished throughout their time at Grand Canyon University. The student may even choose to share this e-portfolio on the Web. * Learner Goals: Learner goals are standards that are mandated by “…state and federal departments of education, professional education organizations and accrediting bodies” (GCU, 2012). They include professional dispositions, content knowledge, pedagogical content knowledge and skill, professional pedagogical knowledge and skills, data-informed decision making, performance assessment, technology integration, and field experience/clinical practice. * Professional Dispositions: Values and ethics that will...
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...Learning Styles Journal 3 Why Students Matter The effective teachers are perceived to be fully equipped naturally and professionally to lead their students to success in competitive standardized tests, as well as inculcate in them, values that would make them exhibit behaviors that are generally desirable and acceptable. On the other hand, the ineffective teachers do not care about the success of their students in examinations and in some cases students who pass through such teachers, especially in terms of emulating their life styles, tend to exhibit behaviors that are detestable by the society Teacher effectiveness influences students’ academic performance. It is not however, very easy to investigate the area of effectiveness in teaching because many hold the view that the concept has. Even, from among those who hold the views that teacher quality should be assessed by student outcomes however, arguments could be made for an emphasis on different types of student outcomes. Teacher quality can be gauged by short- term outcomes such as students’ performance on state standardized tests at the end of the period prescribed for a given academic programs. Long-term outcomes may be much more difficult to measure but some might argue that the best teachers are those who somehow improve students’ educational trajectories in some important ways. In other words, teacher quality is multi-dimensional and complex in nature and can be measured. Perkins (1974) said that, there...
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...A student in Higher Education and a Future Healthcare Practitioner. In this essay I will explore my initial reflections on my role as a student in higher education. There will a discussion on my role as a future healthcare practitioner and the efforts I need to make to achieve the professional status of a nurse. I will discuss my learning styles and identify key developmental needs to be addressed. There will be discussions on the concepts of professionalism and accountability. In the United Kingdom today all newly qualified nurses must have a nursing degree as required by The Nursing and Midwifery Council. This significant overhaul to Florence Nightingale’s eighteenth century era, apprenticeship style learning system (Bradshaw, A. 2001), has led to fundamental changes in nursing education in the twenty first century; both in theory and practice. Today nurses are challenged with up-to date demands, including innovative medical treatments, leading to an aging population, with complex health values (Cherry, B. 2005). In addition, knowledgeable patients, who are averse to being told what to do but expect greater involvement in their own care planning. The need for graduate nurses is supported by the Willis Commission Report (2012) which argues that ‘our future healthcare services will require graduate nurses nursing and leading healthcare teams in a variety of roles, providing care in many settings’. The concept of accountability and professionalism was highlighted at the...
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...Jill Gomez NRS-430V January 10, 2016 The Impact on Nursing of the 2010 IOM report on the Future of Nursing According to an initiative to assess and reform the nursing profession, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Institute of Medicine came together to address the complex nursing needs of the world. The Institute of Medicine is an American, not-for-profit, non-governmental, unaffiliated, organization created in order to make better informed health care decisions. There are approximately 3 million healthcare providers that make up our healthcare system. Because of this several conclusions were made in order to make better informed health care decisions. In October 2010, they released the report entitled, “The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health”, providing a blue print for the health care professional as a guide to practice (IOM, 2010). The changes the report recommends are necessary to keep up with the very diverse and rapidly growing healthcare needs of the public. Many barriers will need to be overcome if it is to be accomplished. Within the report, 4 key messages were provided: (1) Nurses should practice to the full extent of their education and training, (2) Nurses should achieve higher levels of education and training through an improved education system that promotes seamless academic progression, (3) Nurses should be full partners, with physicians and other health care professionals, in redesigning healthcare in the U.S., (4)...
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...Nursing Professionalism: Improving Education of Nurses on the topic of Breastfeeding NUR 3100 Professor Garcia Abstract Without breastfeeding, an infant looses valuable health and nutritional benefits. The mother also has the potential to develop serious complication derived from labor. Through adequate education nurses, become more competent in encouraging and educating new mothers to breastfeed. The purpose of this paper is to explore and define the themes, roles and philosophy of Aurora University’s School of Nursing. These themes, roles and philosophies are important because they give nurses’ knowledge for which to base their professional careers on. With this base nurses are better prepared to educate the community of women on breastfeeding. Nursing Professionalism: Improving Education of Nurses on the topic of Breastfeeding In the professional nursing field nurses are expected to carry out the philosophies, themes, and roles of the nursing field. Aurora University’s School of Nursing outlines the importance of the themes, roles and philosophy so their students can one day provide patients with exemplary care. Without fully understanding the themes and roles of nurses, students will not be able to provide competent care. The roles of a nurse can be applied in many areas. One area in particular is in educating women about breastfeeding. In order for nurses to fully educate new mothers about breastfeeding, nurses must first have adequate education themselves...
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...affecting the future of nursing. The need to continue education for higher degree is becoming evident; nurses can no longer use the former mind- set traditional way to perform practice. Nurses need to be more flexible and be willing to incorporate new treatment options into their care. Nurses will continue to be guided by the use of nursing theories to promote quality care. Nurses need to become proactive in their education and in developing their leadership skills to remain competitive in their changing roles (Suhr, 2008). Evidence-Based Practice Historically, evidence based-practice (EBP) was used back to Florence Nightingale’s era and reinforced to current nursing practice. Nurses used to practice based on traditions and experiences by selecting nursing interventions to influence outcomes. Little scientific evidence supported clinical decision and expected outcomes during that time. EBP began to apply quality improvement studies to develop critical pathways and care in the early efforts to study interventions outcome (Mcdonald, 2001). “Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) combines information about the results of well-designed research, clinical expertise, patient concerns and patient preferences. EBP serves as the foundation in the form of a set of values, sources and criteria upon which to gain access to, select and critique knowledge for nursing practice” (Waite & Killian, 2010). Research allows nurses to assess the value of the most current practices and the possible...
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...where the need of continuous education and advancing the skills to move along with the inventions of technologies and evidenced based research are imperative. Nursing is all about caring and health. The more knowledge and skills a nurse acquire the better the quality of care they provide and promote optimal health of living for the patients. The education in nurses has several steps and levels; Associate, bachelors, masters, PhD, nurse practitioner, advanced nurse, critical care nurse and many other certifications. Here we discuss the two basic levels of nursing the Associate degree in Nursing (ADN) and the Bachelors of Science in Nursing (BSN). ADN programs prepare technical bedside nurses for secondary care settings, such as community hospitals and long-term health care facilities. (Creasia 32). ADN is the base, the foundation of nursing education. Associate level education educate the nurse the basics of science and human body and their relevant illness and disease. It provides with the knowledge of various diseases and their treatment. Basic clinical skills like taking vital signs, listening to lung sounds and bowel sounds, checking pulses and different methods of medicating the patient are few skills that a nurse learns at an associate level. Baccalaureate level of education in nursing is advanced learning after associate level which incorporates knowledge of evidenced based practice, trains to think critically, patient advocacy, professionalism, management, health promotion...
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...There are several routes to receive education and become a registered nurse. There are the completions of an associate degree program or the baccalaureate degree program to name a few. In my research to distinguish both programs I have noted that associate degree programs are shorter in length with more focus on clinical skills and are more task oriented, where a baccalaureate program is focused on knowledge, theory and research with a broader picture of the nursing field. Each program prepares a person to acquire the skills necessary for bedside nursing. Our healthcare system is changing everyday, the higher a level of education a nurse can posses will meet the demands necessary to fulfill the needs of the patients along with the evolving changes (Institute of Medicine, 2010). With each degree brings different levels of competencies. As defined in the Mosby’s Dictionary of Complementary and Alternative Medicine “ competence is the state or condition of being sufficiently qualified to perform a particular action. To achieve this condition, one must possess the proper knowledge, skills, training, and professionalism” (2005). Having a bachelor degree in nursing provides you with a clearer understanding of the physical and social sciences, public and community health and nursing management. The program enhances the nurse and their professional development and allows the nurse to understand the cultural, political, economic and social issues that can affect a patient (“The Impact”...
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...Assignment 2 Fairness DEAKIN UNIVERSITY ECL 776 - Language Testing and Assessment Unit Chair: Dr. Rod Neilson Adam Scott 500148222 Introduction Testing is a fundamental aspect of human nature and society. Humans have used tests for psychological and physical inclusion since history began. The importance is evident in early literature such as Homeric text where allusions to testing are personified as gods challenging man. Undoubtedly, tests in those times had their own high-stakes nature, perhaps being the life of an individual, and while this may seem extreme and unfair in the twenty-first century, in its context was perhaps necessary to ensure the survival of a group. This protectionism no doubt persists today, evident in social policy and language norms. Although the stakes have changed, entry to a society is no less high contextually in terms of financial and emotional currency. Now as the dominant species the survival of the fittest no longer seems relevant, so attention must be drawn to current gate-keeping practices and not only their necessity but also whether or not they are fair. While language testing has become standard practice in many countries it has also become politicized especially as a means of power (Hamp-Lyons, 1997a; Shohamy, 2001). In this case the term fairness becomes problematic because determining whether it is society or the political class who has set the standards has many implications. Language testing systems employed by governments...
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...University of Wyoming Introduction to Higher Education in Nursing NURS 3010 April 14, 2013 Professional Nursing Reflection Nursing is a practice that has been described as a science an art. It has many definitions and many philosophies that guide its practice. Nursing lacks a singular, definitive theory or philosophy. Individual develop their own philosophies and theories based on their values, beliefs and professional identities. As registered nurses that are seeking to advance our education and become professional nurses, defined as a registered nurse with a Bachelor’s of Science Degree in Nursing (BSN), we need to be able to describe our current professional identities. We need to use the critical thinking skills that are so essential to the practice of nursing to analyze how we apply current theories and philosophies to our own nursing practice. How do our personal theories and philosophies compare to the current thoughts out there today and how can we develop a plan to continue to grow professionally as nurse leaders? We are simply applying certain steps in the nursing process to our way of thinking about our practice and future growth – assess, plan, and implement. I. Professional Identity – Knowledge, Theory and Philosophy I am currently a direct care provider in an emergency department at a Level I trauma center academic hospital. As an emergency room registered nurse (ER RN) I know that I am in a unique role as a provider of care. The American Nursing...
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...(AC 1.2) The ambulance team is usually the first to reach the scene and assess the scene to report back to the hospitals. The ambulance service consists of paramedics and an ambulance incident officer (AIO) who is the senior crew member in charge of the scene until a more senior officer is present. The paramedics report to the scene, assess the situation and report back to the control and deliver a co-ordinated response to the individuals involved and communicate with the senior officer. The responsibilities of the AIO include declaring a major incident and giving a situation report whilst liaising with hospitals, communicate with health service personnel, plan the entry and exit routes for the ambulances located on the scene, decide where to locate the ambulance parking point, the casualty clearing station and the control point, report back to the ambulance control and liaise with the senior crew members for additional support. The Medical Incident Officer (MIO) is the most senior crew member on the scene who provides support and guidance to the emergency services. The MIO works closely with the AIO to ensure the immediate care staff are safe and take clinical decisions to appropriately distribute the casualties to hospitals. The MIO works alongside the AIO to allocate tasks and roles and keep the ambulance control informed of the situation on the scene. If there are deaths on the scene, the MIO needs to provide a doctor to confirm the deaths once the casualties have been...
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