NUR 2058, DIMENSION OF NURSING EXAM 1 - RASMUSSEN-
Questions with Correct Answers/ Verified/ Latest Update
2024/2025
Position - ✔️✔️A group of tasks assigned to one individual
Job - ✔️✔️A group of positions similar in nature and level of skill that can be carried out by one or
more individuals
Occupation - ✔️✔️A group of jobs similar in type of work that are usually found throughout an
industry or work environment
Profession - ✔️✔️A type of occupation that requires prolonged preparation and formal
qualifications and meets certain higher level criteria that raise it to a level above that of an
occupation
Professional - ✔️✔️A person who belongs to and practices a profession (The term professional is
probably the most misused of all these terms when describing people who are clearly involved in
jobs or occupations, such as a "professional truck driver," "professional football player," or even
"professional thief.")
Professionalism - ✔️✔️The demonstration of high-level personal, ethical, and skill characteristics of
a member of a profession
Process approach - ✔️✔️Views all occupations as points of development into a profession situated
along a continuum ranging from position to profession.
Power approach: - ✔️✔️Uses two criteria to define a profession: 1) How much independence of
practice does this occupation have? And 2) How much power does this occupation control? Using
this determinant, law and politics would clearly be considered professions
Identify the traits that define a profession - ✔️✔️Approach, Power, and Trait
Trait approach - ✔️✔️3 theorists (Abraham Flexner, Elizabeth Bixler, and Eliza Pabalko). They
determined these characteristics to be important:
, ▪ High intellectual level
▪ High level of individual responsibility and accountability
▪ The specialized body of knowledge
▪ The knowledge that can be learned in institutions of higher education
▪ Public service and altruistic activities
▪ Public service valued over financial gain
▪ The relatively high degree of autonomy and independence of practice
▪ Need for a well-organized and strong organization representing the members of the profession and
controlling the quality of practice
▪ A code of ethics that guides members of the profession in their practice
▪ Strong professional identity and commitment to the development of the profession
▪ Demonstration of professional competency and possession of a legally recognized license
High Intellectual Level: - ✔️✔️as health care has advanced and made great strides in technology,
pharmacology, and all branches of the physical sciences, a high level of intellectual functioning is
required for even relatively simple nursing tasks, such as taking a client's temperature or blood
pressure using automated equipment.
High Level of Individual Responsibility and Accountability: - ✔️✔️Nurses are often the primary, and
frequently the only, defendants named when errors are made that result in injury to the client.
Nurses must be accountable and demonstrate a high level of individual responsibility for the care
and services they provide
Review how nursing compares with other professions - ✔️✔️o High Intellectual Level
o High Level of Individual Responsibility and Accountability
o Specialized Body of Knowledge:
o Evidence-Based Practice:
o Public Service and Altruistic Activities:
Specialized Body of Knowledge: - ✔️✔️As the body of specialized nursing knowledge continues to
grow, it forms a theoretical basis for the best practices movement in nursing today. As more nurses
obtain advanced degrees, conduct research, and develop philosophies and theories about nursing,
this body of knowledge will increase in scope and quantity
Questions with Correct Answers/ Verified/ Latest Update
2024/2025
Position - ✔️✔️A group of tasks assigned to one individual
Job - ✔️✔️A group of positions similar in nature and level of skill that can be carried out by one or
more individuals
Occupation - ✔️✔️A group of jobs similar in type of work that are usually found throughout an
industry or work environment
Profession - ✔️✔️A type of occupation that requires prolonged preparation and formal
qualifications and meets certain higher level criteria that raise it to a level above that of an
occupation
Professional - ✔️✔️A person who belongs to and practices a profession (The term professional is
probably the most misused of all these terms when describing people who are clearly involved in
jobs or occupations, such as a "professional truck driver," "professional football player," or even
"professional thief.")
Professionalism - ✔️✔️The demonstration of high-level personal, ethical, and skill characteristics of
a member of a profession
Process approach - ✔️✔️Views all occupations as points of development into a profession situated
along a continuum ranging from position to profession.
Power approach: - ✔️✔️Uses two criteria to define a profession: 1) How much independence of
practice does this occupation have? And 2) How much power does this occupation control? Using
this determinant, law and politics would clearly be considered professions
Identify the traits that define a profession - ✔️✔️Approach, Power, and Trait
Trait approach - ✔️✔️3 theorists (Abraham Flexner, Elizabeth Bixler, and Eliza Pabalko). They
determined these characteristics to be important:
, ▪ High intellectual level
▪ High level of individual responsibility and accountability
▪ The specialized body of knowledge
▪ The knowledge that can be learned in institutions of higher education
▪ Public service and altruistic activities
▪ Public service valued over financial gain
▪ The relatively high degree of autonomy and independence of practice
▪ Need for a well-organized and strong organization representing the members of the profession and
controlling the quality of practice
▪ A code of ethics that guides members of the profession in their practice
▪ Strong professional identity and commitment to the development of the profession
▪ Demonstration of professional competency and possession of a legally recognized license
High Intellectual Level: - ✔️✔️as health care has advanced and made great strides in technology,
pharmacology, and all branches of the physical sciences, a high level of intellectual functioning is
required for even relatively simple nursing tasks, such as taking a client's temperature or blood
pressure using automated equipment.
High Level of Individual Responsibility and Accountability: - ✔️✔️Nurses are often the primary, and
frequently the only, defendants named when errors are made that result in injury to the client.
Nurses must be accountable and demonstrate a high level of individual responsibility for the care
and services they provide
Review how nursing compares with other professions - ✔️✔️o High Intellectual Level
o High Level of Individual Responsibility and Accountability
o Specialized Body of Knowledge:
o Evidence-Based Practice:
o Public Service and Altruistic Activities:
Specialized Body of Knowledge: - ✔️✔️As the body of specialized nursing knowledge continues to
grow, it forms a theoretical basis for the best practices movement in nursing today. As more nurses
obtain advanced degrees, conduct research, and develop philosophies and theories about nursing,
this body of knowledge will increase in scope and quantity
