Reading McEwen and Wills Notes
1. Nursing as a Profession Characteristics pg 2: Requires specialized
knowledge base
Control and authority over training
Credentialing / registration system to ensure competence
Altruistic service to society
Incorporates a code of ethics
Formal training with institutions of higher education
Autonomy
2. Is nursing a profession? pg 19: Nursing is considered an aspiring or evolving
profession
3. Difficulties with Nursing view as profession pg. 3: Entry level not defined
(diploma, AD, BSN)
Autonomy in practice is incomplete - still dependent on medicine to direct much of
practice
4. Academic Disciplines are pg 3: organized by structure and tradition
5. Characteristics of Academic Discipline pg. 3: 1. distinct perspective and
syntax
2. determination of what phenomena are of interest
3. determination of the context in which phenomena are viewed
4. determination of what ? to ask
5. determination of what methods of study are uses
6. determination of evidence is proof
6. Theory and the American Association of Colleges of Nursing Essentials pg.
5: The scientific foundation of nursing practice has expanded and includes a
focus on both the natural and social sciences.
7. Parse on Science pg 5: Science is both a process and a product
8. Discuss various worldviews related to scientific and philosophical schools
of thought of interest to nurses. pg 7 to 11: Nursing philosophy refers to the
worldview of the profession and provides perspective for practice, scholarship
and research
9. Nursing Science pg. 12: discipline focused knowledge that focuses human,
environment, and health processes is articulated in nsg theories, and generated
through nsg research
10. Philosphy of Science in Nursing pg. 12: establishes the meaning of science
through examination of nursing concepts, theories, and laws as they relate to
nursing practice
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1. Nursing as a Profession Characteristics pg 2: Requires specialized
knowledge base
Control and authority over training
Credentialing / registration system to ensure competence
Altruistic service to society
Incorporates a code of ethics
Formal training with institutions of higher education
Autonomy
2. Is nursing a profession? pg 19: Nursing is considered an aspiring or evolving
profession
3. Difficulties with Nursing view as profession pg. 3: Entry level not defined
(diploma, AD, BSN)
Autonomy in practice is incomplete - still dependent on medicine to direct much of
practice
4. Academic Disciplines are pg 3: organized by structure and tradition
5. Characteristics of Academic Discipline pg. 3: 1. distinct perspective and
syntax
2. determination of what phenomena are of interest
3. determination of the context in which phenomena are viewed
4. determination of what ? to ask
5. determination of what methods of study are uses
6. determination of evidence is proof
6. Theory and the American Association of Colleges of Nursing Essentials pg.
5: The scientific foundation of nursing practice has expanded and includes a
focus on both the natural and social sciences.
7. Parse on Science pg 5: Science is both a process and a product
8. Discuss various worldviews related to scientific and philosophical schools
of thought of interest to nurses. pg 7 to 11: Nursing philosophy refers to the
worldview of the profession and provides perspective for practice, scholarship
and research
9. Nursing Science pg. 12: discipline focused knowledge that focuses human,
environment, and health processes is articulated in nsg theories, and generated
through nsg research
10. Philosphy of Science in Nursing pg. 12: establishes the meaning of science
through examination of nursing concepts, theories, and laws as they relate to
nursing practice
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