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-Refers to professional character, spirit, or moods.
-It is a set of attributes, a way of that implies responsibility and commitment. - answer ✔✔-Define and
describe the concept of professionalism
1) Specialized education-Hospital diploma, associate degree, baccalaureate degree,
master's degree, and doctoral degree
2) Body of knowledge-Nursing conceptual frameworks
3) Service orientation-Altruism and service to others; Guided by rules, policies, ethics
4) Ongoing research-Contemporary practice-related issues
5) Code of ethics-Integrity; Member expected to do what is considered right regardless of personal
cost
6)Autonomy- Self-regulating; Setting standards for members; Independence at work, responsibility,
accountability for one's actions
7) Professional organization- Working under governance - answer ✔✔-Discuss the criteria of a
profession
,Assimilation of nursing skills and knowledge integrated with dignity and respect for all human beings. It
incorporates the assumptions and values of the profession while maintaining accountability and self-
awareness. - answer ✔✔-Recognize attributes of professionalism in the nursing profession.
-Woman have traditionally cared for others, but often in subservient roles.
-Religious orders left an imprint on nursing by instilling such values such as compassion, devotion to
duty, and hard work
-Wars have increased the need for nurses and medical specialties.
-Societal attitudes have influenced nursings image.
-visionary leaders have made notable contributions to improve the status of nursing - answer ✔✔--
istorical factors influence on the development of nursin
-Born to wealthy and intellectual British family
-Nurse in the Crimean War
-Improved the standards of care for casualties of war
-considered the founder of modern nursing
-published "Notes on Nursing: What it is, and What is not" - answer ✔✔-Florence Nightingale
-(1821-1912)
-Volunteered as a nurse during the civil war
-organized the American Red Cross - answer ✔✔-Clara Barton
-(1841-1930)
-Americas first trained nurse
-Graduated from New England Hospital for Women and Children
-Introduced nurses notes and doctors orders
-Initiated the practice of nurses wearing uniforms
-pioneered works in psychiatric and industrial nursing - answer ✔✔-Linda Richards
-(1845-1926)
,-First African American professional nurse
-Constantly worked for the acceptance of African Americans in Nursing and for the promotion of equal
oppurtunities - answer ✔✔-Mary Mahoney
-(1867-1926)
-founder of public health nursing
-her and mary brewster were the first to offer trained nursing services to the poor in new york slums
-founded the Henry Street Settlement and Visiting Nurse Service - answer ✔✔-Lillian Wald
-(1858-1956)
-Feminist and suffragette
-Active in the protest for womens rights that resulted in the passage of womens right to vote
-Help found the American Society of Superintendents of Training Schools for Nurses of the United States
- answer ✔✔-Lavinia L. Dock
-(1879-1966)
-Imprisoned for opening the first birth control information clinic in America
-Founder of Planned Parenthood - answer ✔✔-Margaret Higgins Sanger
-(1881-1965)
-Established the Frontier Nursing Service in Kentucky
-Worked to distribute care to rural areas in France and America
-Started one of the first Midwifery schools in America - answer ✔✔-Mary Breckenridge
-(1915-2011)
-One of the founders of AAMN
-First man to be Dean of Nursing (Vanderbilt University)
-first man nominated for president of ANA
-first man elected to the American Academy of Nursing
, -First man inducted into the ANA hall of fame - answer ✔✔-Luther Christman
Although Nursing Acts differ in each state, they all have a common purpose: TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC -
answer ✔✔-Nurse Practice Act
-Describes the responsibilities for which nurses are accountable regardless of area of specialization
-provide criteria against which the effectiveness of nursing care and professional performance behaviors
can be evaluated - answer ✔✔-standards of professional nursing practice
-Classroom, clinical experience for 9-12 months
• Ladder programs
• NCLEX-PN
• also known as licensed vocational
nurses (LVNs) in California and Texas, complement the healthcare
team by providing basic and routine care consistent with theireducation under the direction of an RN,
APRN, or MD/DO in a variety
of settings. - answer ✔✔-Licensed practical (vocational) nursing programs (LPN)
-Diploma
-Associate Degree
-Baccalaureate degree - answer ✔✔-Types of RN programs
-Three-year programs
-Have declined steadily since 1965 - answer ✔✔-Diploma Nursing Program
- Most take place in community colleges
- ADN, AA, AS, AAS with major in nursing
- Begun after Mildred Montag's dissertation
- career-upward mobility plan - answer ✔✔-Associate Degree Program