Nursing Professionalism
Abstract
This paper reports on my individual views of what professionalism in nursing means to me and how professionalism is important to nursing as a profession. Professionalism in nursing provides a framework for the development and advances in the profession of nursing. Factors that influenced me to become a nurse are explained in detail with orientation to higher education and pursuing a profession. Reasons are given why I have returned to school to achieve my goal of obtaining a BSN while showing how support groups facilitate the road in accomplishing this goal. Views and perspectives are given on how nursing is a profession rather than just a job. Dorothea Orem’s self-care deficit theory is explained and defined. Orem’s theory articulates the concepts of self-care, self-care deficit, and nursing systems. The theory investigates what nurses do. Two articles related to nursing as a profession are described in detail to include the significance of the articles to the nursing profession along with personal reactions to the articles. The articles cover nurse practice prior to nursing education being offered in higher learning institutions. The articles show a clear contrast of how nursing has evolved in the present such as pertaining to gender.
Nursing professionalism means having developed an internal professional identity that reflects the values, norms, attitudes and behaviors of nursing; for example one may have the identity of a parent, friend, consumer or a nurse. Nursing professionalism is a way of life, meaning that if you are not on the job, it does not mean you stop being a nurse. You follow a code of ethics both as indicated by the profession of nursing such as the American Nurses Association Code of Ethics for Nurses (Blais & Hayes, 2011, p. 59) and you follow your own ethical values as a human being that should incorporate the professional code of ethics with standard acceptable values and behaviors. Nursing professionalism equates
This paper reports on my individual views of what professionalism in nursing means to me and how professionalism is important to nursing as a profession. Professionalism in nursing provides a framework for the development and advances in the profession of nursing. Factors that influenced me to become a nurse are explained in detail with orientation to higher education and pursuing a profession. Reasons are given why I have returned to school to achieve my goal of obtaining a BSN while showing how support groups facilitate the road in accomplishing this goal. Views and perspectives are given on how nursing is a profession rather than just a job. Dorothea Orem’s self-care deficit theory is explained and defined. Orem’s theory articulates the concepts of self-care, self-care deficit, and nursing systems. The theory investigates what nurses do. Two articles related to nursing as a profession are described in detail to include the significance of the articles to the nursing profession along with personal reactions to the articles. The articles cover nurse practice prior to nursing education being offered in higher learning institutions. The articles show a clear contrast of how nursing has evolved in the present such as pertaining to gender.
Nursing professionalism means having developed an internal professional identity that reflects the values, norms, attitudes and behaviors of nursing; for example one may have the identity of a parent, friend, consumer or a nurse. Nursing professionalism is a way of life, meaning that if you are not on the job, it does not mean you stop being a nurse. You follow a code of ethics both as indicated by the profession of nursing such as the American Nurses Association Code of Ethics for Nurses (Blais & Hayes, 2011, p. 59) and you follow your own ethical values as a human being that should incorporate the professional code of ethics with standard acceptable values and behaviors. Nursing professionalism equates
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