Nurse’s Touch: Profession and Professional Identity ATI Notes PDF

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Nurse’s Touch: Becoming a Professional Nurse Profession and Professional Identity ATI Notes

Introduction ● Nurse = profession ● Lifelong vocation ○ Education ○ Knowledge ○ Skill ● Characteristics of the nursing profession ○ History of nursing ○ Hard work of those before us ○ Professional identity will enhance your practice Characteristics of a Profession ● Education ○ Basic liberal foundation ○ Extended, specialized training ○ Educational paths ■ NCLEX for standardized content areas ○ Continuing education ■ Leadership roles ■ Lifelong learning ○ Build on the foundation ● Knowledge ○ Systematic body of knowledge ● Service ○ Benefits individuals and communities ○ Code of ethics and policies ○ Selfless concern ○ Contract with society ● Code of ethics ○ Values dignity of others ○ Commitment to clients ○ Accountable for self ○ Integrity ● Autonomy, responsibility, and accountability ○ Nursing license ○ Nursing practices ○ Nursing schools ○ Nursing programs ○ Protect public = main goal

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Professional organizations ○ American Nurses Association ■ Standards of nursing practice ■ Promoting rights of nurses in the workplace ■ Lobbying congress and the regulatory agencies on health care issues affecting nurses and the public Professional Identity ● Set of beliefs, attitudes, and understanding about role as a nurse ● How do you see yourself? ● How do others see you? ● Sources of professional identity ○ Contact with other nurses ○ Formal expectations set by faculty ○ Unofficial expectations observed in clinical settings ○ Integration of self, social roles, externally defined standards ● Characteristics of a professional ○ Technical competence ○ Interpersonal skills ○ Work ethic ○ Moral standards ○ Concern for the welfare of others ● Essentials norms, values, attitudes, and behaviors ○ Begin during nursing school ○ Continue through one’s career ● Historical, legal, contemporary context ○ Roots in humble acts of charity provided to poor ○ Once considered an unpleasant occupation ○ Held in high esteem by general public ● Accountability for self and nursing practice ○ Social responsibility ○ Agreement to uphold societal trust ○ Acquiring knowledge and skills ○ Developing personal attitudes and values congruent with profession’s social contract Conceptualization of Professional Identity ● Code of ethics for nurses with interpretive statements ○ Ethical obligations and duties of every individual who enters the nursing profession ○ Non-negotiable standard ○ Commitment to society ○ Guidance regarding legal, ethical responsibility ● Nurses Social Policy Statement

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Conceptualizes nursing practice, describes the social context of nursing, and provides the definition of nursing Scope and Standards of Practice ○ Competency based on nursing practice ○ Ethics ○ Education ○ Evidence based practice ○ Quality of practice ○ Collegiality ○ Environmental health ○ Resource utilization ○ Quality of practice Standards of Practice and Educational Competencies of Graduates of Practical/Vocational Nursing Programs Fundamental and Valuable Commitments ○ Honor human dignity ○ Primary commitment to client ○ Client advocacy NAPNES ○ Improved educational achievement for licensed practical/vocational nurses, and ultimately improved care for our citizens ○ Outcomes defined ■ Professional behaviors ■ Communication ■ Assessment ■ Planning ■ Caring interventions ■ Managing...