1. Professional nursing practice
Professional: Is a profession that requires special knowledge, skill and preparation. An occupation that requires advanced knowledge and skills and that it grows out of society’s needs for special services.

2. Professional nursing practice
Included : 1-Nurse Practice Acts 2-Licensure and Certification 3-Science and Art of Nursing practice

3. Professional Roles
1- Caregiver Assess the client, analyze collected information to determine the client’s need, developing nursing plan of care 2- Advocate Assist the client & family on interpreting information from other health care team members 3- Educator Work with clients, family members & caregivers regarding health promotion, disease & treatment

4. Characteristics of a Profession
-Requires an extended education of its members. -A profession has a theoretical body of knowledge leading to defined skills, abilities and norms. -A profession provides a specific service. -Members of a profession have autonomy in decision-making and practice. -The profession has a code of ethics for practice.

5. Nursing
- Is a disciplined involved in the delivery of health care to the society. -Is service-oriented to maintain health and well-being of people. - Is an art and a science.

6. Characteristics of Nursing:
1- Nursing is caring. 2-Nursing involves close personal contact with the recipient of care. 3-Nursing is concerned with services that take humans into account as physiological, psychological, and sociological organisms.

7. Nursing as a profession
Accountability
1-Personal accountability
2-Public accountability
Nurses, as a professionals, are responsible for their actions
The goal is to:
1-Maintain high standards of care
2-Protect the patient from harm
Licensures

8. Dimensions of Nursing Practice
1.The personal dimension. 2. The social dimension. 3-The physical dimension

9. Dimensions of Nursing Practice
1.The personal dimension. The nursing assessment based upon theories of human development and communication. A- It is inclusive of the person's self-concept, body image, self-awareness, and self-esteem. B- Assessment also involves meanings of sexuality, spirituality, and philosophical values particular to each person.

10. Dimensions of Nursing Practice
1.The personal dimension. C-Clients as persons, families, and/or communities are viewed as open systems that interact and interface with the environment.

11. Dimensions of Nursing Practice
2. The social dimension focuses on the person in the family and environment. A-Includes the cultural, moral, and political realms. B-Assessments within this dimension identify roles and patterns of behavior that impact on health maintenance and related behaviors.

12. Dimensions of Nursing Practice
3-The physical dimension: include:
The cardiovascular,
Gastrointestinal,
Genitourinary/reproductive,
Integumentary,
Musculoskeletal,
Neurologic respiratory systems.
The genetic patterns

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