Nurs 212 Exam 1 (100% Errorless Answers)

Approaches to defining profession correct answers Process approach Power approach Trait approach Process approach correct answers All are in a state of development Found somewhere along a continuum Not an either/or situation Power approach correct answers How much "power" does the group have? How independent is the group? How did the group get its independence? Money and political influence become critical. Trait approach correct answers Looks at "traits" criteria or characteristics that are found in true professions. If the group meets the criteria, then it is considered a profession. This is the most common way of defining a profession. Who determines what traits are used? Commonly Accepted Traits of a Profession correct answers 1. Provides services vital to human and social welfare 2. Has its own special body of knowledge on which it builds its skills and services 3. Involves essentially intellectual operations 4. Activities involve high levels of individual responsibility 5. Educates its members in institutions of higher education 6. Establishes and controls it own policies and activities 7. Members have a relatively high degree of independence in practice 8. Attracts individuals whose primary motives are service, not gain 9. Members see it as their life's work (career) 10. Has a code of ethics that guides the conduct of its practitioners 11. Has a professional organization that fosters and insures quality of practice 12. Practitioners must be able to demonstrate competency in order to practice 13. Requires licensure to protect the public What is nursing? correct answers Caregiver, comforter, decision-maker, protector/client advocate, manager, rehabilitator, communicator, teacher Primary sources for power correct answers Reward (reward power) Coercion (coercive power) Legal act (legitimate power) Close personal relationships (referent power) Knowledge (expert power) Use of media (informational power); can influence opinions