1. Nursing as a professional disciplines Dr. Ali D. Abbas/ Instructor, Fundamentals of Nursing Department, College of Nursing, University of Baghdad, ali_dukhan@yahoo.com

2. CONTENTS 1. Nursing as a professional disciplines 2. Professional Nursing Organizations 3. Guidelines for Nursing Practice 4. Current Trends in Nursing

3. Nursing standards set forth by professional organizations and an established code of ethics. Nursing focuses on human responses to actual or potential health problems Nursing increasingly focused on wellness; an area of caring Nursing scholarly, with academic qualifications, research, and publications specific to the profession Nursing interventions are focused on evidence-based practice, which is practice based on research Nursing evolved through history from a technical service to a person-centered process that maximizes potential in all human dimensions.

5. Professional Nursing Organizations One of the criteria of a profession is having a professional organization that sets standards for practice and education. Nursing’s professional organizations are concerned with current issues in nursing and healthcare, and influence healthcare policy and legislation.

7. International Nursing Organization The first international organization of professional women by sharing a commitment to maintaining high standards of nursing service and nursing education and by promoting ethics.

8. National Nursing Organizations Professional American Nurses Association (ANA) National League for Nursing (NLN) American Association of Colleges in Nursing (AACN) National Student Nurses’ Association (NSNA)

9. American Nurses Association (ANA) 1800public education clinical nursing standards advance the profession of nursing lobbying state and federal lawmakers

10. National League for Nursing (NLN) 1952 foster the development and improvement nursing servicesnursing education

11. American Association of Colleges in Nursing (AACN) 1969 quality educational standards influencing the nursing profession improve health carepromoting public support baccalaureate and graduate education research nursing practice

12. National Student Nurses’ Association (NSNA)1952students enrolled in nursing education programs Through voluntary participation students practice self- governance advocate for student and patient rights take collective, responsible action on social and political issues

13. Guidelines for Nursing Practice

15. Standards of Nursing Practice activities that are specific and unique to nursing allow nurses to carry out professional roles serving as protection for the nurse, the patient, and the institution

16. Nurse Practice Acts and Licensure Protect the public Create a state board of nursing Define important terms and activities in nursing Establish criteria for the education and licensure of nurses laws to regulate the practice of nursing

17. Nursing Process To identify the patient’s healthcare needs and strengths To establish and carry out a plan of care to meet those needs To evaluate the effectiveness of the plan to meet established outcomes To use critical thinking when providing care that is individualized and holistic To define those areas of care that are within the domain of nursing

18. Current Trends in Nursing