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11 Cards in this Set
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Professional status
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acknowledgment of professional status is dependent upon meeting particular criteria that include, but are not limited to:
-expertise -autonomy -authority -accountability -unity |
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Professional status
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-historical and cultural influences have affected the criteria commonly used for the term professional
-a system or code of ethics is generally accepted as one criterion of a profession |
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Expertise
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-the characteristic of having a high level of specialized skill and knowledge
-since society allows professionals a monopoly over the services they provide, ethics demands that those services be provided with expertise |
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Nursing and autonomy
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-means "self-governing" but does not require full and absolute control over every aspect of practice
-because it self-regulates, the profession is autonomous -autonomy has two levels; autonomy of the profession, and individual practitioner |
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Accountability
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-refers to being answerable to someone for something one has done
-is grounded in the moral principle of fidelity |
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Mechanisms of accountability
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Include by not restricted to:
-codes of nursing ethics -standards of nursing practice -Nurse Practice Arts -Nursing theory and practice derived from nursing research |
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Internal Standards of Nursing practice
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developed within the profession that establish the minimum level of nursing care
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External standards of Nursing Practice
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guides for nursing developed by non-nurses, the government, or institutions
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Nurse Practice Act
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Foremost legal statute regulating nursing:
-formulated by each state -protects the public -defines nursing practice -describes the boundaries of practice -establishes standards for nurses -protects the domain of nursing |
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Authority
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-authority for nurses to practice is granted through the legal process of society
-authority relates to having legitimate power and sovereignty |
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Nursing Unity
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-the profession's ability to organize for the purpose of fulfilling the promises made to society
-the relationships that nurses have with one another |
