NURSING

AS A PROFESSION

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 “An occupation or calling requiring advanced
training and experience in some specific or
specialized body of knowledge which provides
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service to society in that special field. ”
DEFINITION OF PROFESSION, WEBSTER’S DICTIONARY

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 CRITERIA OF A PROFESSION
ACCORDING TO WILLIAM SHEPARD

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 CRITERIA OF A PROFESSION ACC TO WILLIAM SHEPARD
·Must satisfy an indispensable social need and
must be based upon well-established and
socially-accepted scientific principles;

·Must demand adequate pre-professional and

cultural training;

·Must demand the possession of a body of a

specialized and systematized training;

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 CRITERIA OF A PROFESSION ACC TO WILLIAM SHEPARD
·Must give evidence of needed skills which the
public does not possess; that is, skills which
are partly inherent and acquired;
·Must have developed a scientific technique
which is the result of tested experience;
·Must require the exercise of discretion and
judgment as to time and manner of the
performance of duty;
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 CRITERIA OF A PROFESSION ACC TO WILLIAM SHEPARD
·Must have a group of consciousness designed
to extend scientific knowledge in technical
language;
·Must have sufficient self-impelling power to
retain its members throughout life.
·Must recognize its obligations to society by
insisting that its members live up to an
established code of ethics.
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 QUALITIES OF A PROFESSION
ACCORDING TO FLEXNER ET AL.

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 QUALITIES OF A PROFESSION ACC TO FLEXNER ET AL.
·A profession applies its body of knowledge in
practical services that are vital to human
welfare, and especially suited to the tradition of
seasoned practitioners shaping the skills of
newcomers to the role.
·It constantly enlarges the body of knowledge it
uses and subsequently imposes on its members
a lifelong obligation to remain current in order to
“do no harm”.
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 QUALITIES OF A PROFESSION ACC TO FLEXNER ET AL.
·A profession functions autonomously (with
authority) in the formulation of professional
policy and monitoring its practice and
practitioners.

·It utilizes in its practice a well-defined and

well-organized body of knowledge that its
intellectual in nature and describes its
phenomena of concern.
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 QUALITIES OF A PROFESSION ACC TO FLEXNER ET AL.

·A profession has a clear standard of

educational preparation for entry into practice.

·A profession is distinguished by the presence

of specific culture, norms, and other values
that are common among its members.

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 DEFINITION OF PROFESSION
ACCORDING TO GENEVIEVE K. AND ROY W. BIXLER

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 DEFINITION OF A PROFESSION ACC TO GENEVIEVE K.
AND ROY W. BIXLER
·Utilizes in its practice a well-defined and well-
organized body of specialized knowledge which
is on the intellectual level of higher learning;
·Constantly enlarges the body of knowledge it
uses, and improves its techniques of education
and service by the use of scientific method;

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 DEFINITION OF A PROFESSION ACC TO GENEVIEVE K.
AND ROY W. BIXLER
·Entrusts the education of its practitioners to
institutions of higher education;
·Applies its body of knowledge in practical
services which are vital to human and social
welfare;
·Functions autonomously in the formulation of
professional policy and in the control of
professional activity;
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 DEFINITION OF A PROFESSION ACC TO GENEVIEVE K.
AND ROY W. BIXLER
·Attracts individuals of intellectual and personal
qualities who exalt service above personal gain
and who recognize their chosen occupation as
a life work; and
·Strives to compensate its practitioners by
providing freedom to act on opportunity for
continuous professional growth, and economic
security.
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 A professional nurse is a person who has
completed a basic nursing education program and
is licensed in his/her country or state to practice
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professional nursing.
DEFINITION OF A PROFESSIONAL NURSE

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 Philippine Nursing Act of 2002
(Republic Act No. 9173)
WHICH REPEALED PHIL. NURSING ACT OF ’91 (R.A. 7164)

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 DUTIES OF THE NURSE ACC TO ARTICLE VI SEC. 28 OF
REPUBLIC ACT 9173
·Provide nursing care through the utilization of the nursing
process. Nursing care includes, but not limited to, traditional
and innovative approaches, therapeutic use of self,
executing health care techniques and procedures, essential
primary health care, comfort measures, health teachings,
and administration of written prescription for treatment,
therapies, oral topical and parenteral medications, internal
examination during labor in the absence of antenatal
bleeding and delivery. In case of suturing of perineal
laceration, special training shall be provided according to
protocol established;
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 DUTIES OF THE NURSE ACC TO ARTICLE VI SEC. 28 OF
REPUBLIC ACT 9173
·Establish linkages with community resources and
coordination with the health team;
·Provide health education to individuals, families and
communities;
·Teach, guide and supervise students in nursing
education programs including the administration of
nursing services in varied settings such as hospitals and
clinics; undertake consultation services; engage in such
activities that require the utilization of knowledge and
decision-making skills of a registered nurse; and
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 DUTIES OF THE NURSE ACC TO ARTICLE VI SEC. 28 OF
REPUBLIC ACT 9173
·Undertake nursing and health human resource
development training and research, which shall
include, but not limited to, the development of
advance nursing practice;

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 PROVISIONS TO THE DUTIES OF THE NURSE ACC TO
ARTICLE VI SEC. 28 OF REPUBLIC ACT 9173
·Shall not apply to nursing students who
perform nursing functions under the direct
supervision of a qualified faculty;
·Nurse is duty-bound to observe the Code of
Ethics for Nurses and uphold standards of safe
nursing practice;

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 PROVISIONS TO THE DUTIES OF THE NURSE ACC TO
ARTICLE VI SEC. 28 OF REPUBLIC ACT 9173
·Required to maintain competence by continual
learning through continuing professional
education to be provided by the accredited
professional organization or any recognized
professional nursing organization;
·Program and activity for the continuing
professional education shall be submitted to
and approved by the Board.
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 QUALIFICATIONS AND
ABILITIES OF A
PROFESSIONAL NURSE

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 A. PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION
The professional nurse must:
·Have a license to practice nursing in the country;
·Have a B.S. degree in Nursing; and
·Be physically and mentally fit.

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 B. PERSONAL QUALITIES AND PROFESSIONAL
PROFICIENCIES
Includes:
·Interest and willingness to work and learn with
individuals/groups in a variety of settings;
·A warm personality and concern for people;
·Resourcefulness and creativity as well as a well-
balanced emotional condition;
·Capacity and ability to work cooperatively with
others;
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 B. PERSONAL QUALITIES AND PROFESSIONAL
PROFICIENCIES
Includes:
·Initiative to improve self and service;
·Competence in performing work through the use of
nursing process;
·Skill in decision-making, communicating, and
relating with others and being research oriented;
·Active participation in issues confronting nurses
and nursing.
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 BASIC EDUCATIONAL
PROGRAM IN NURSING

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 BASIC EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM IN NURSING
·Until 1983: The 4-year collegiate degree program
leading to the B.S. in Nursing was the only basic
education program in Nursing.
·Revision of this program continues as seen fit
Council of Deans, the Phil. Colleges of Nursing,
CHED, and nursing practitioners.
·Effective S.Y. 1998-1999: curriculum for the 2-year
AHSE was enforced.

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 Bachelor of Science in Nursing Program
Offers a competency-based community oriented
curriculum to educate future nurse practitioners to
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assume their roles and responsibilities in the
Philippine Health Care System.

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 TERMINAL COMPETENCIES:
I. Utilize the nursing process in the care of
individuals, families and community by
·Assessing the client’s healthcare status,
·Planning with client and/or significant others
the nursing action based on identified needs
and problems,
·Implementing appropriate nursing interventions
(wholly/partially compensatory, supportive,
educative),
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 TERMINAL COMPETENCIES:

·Modifying interventions, and

·Evaluating the results of nursing interventions
accordingly based on criteria established;

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 TERMINAL COMPETENCIES:
II. Communicate effectively at all levels of
healthcare in various settings by
·Applying “therapeutic use of self”,
·Documenting and reporting observations,
responses to nursing actions, and
·Relating with clients, families, communities,
and groups and members of the health team;

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 TERMINAL COMPETENCIES:
III. Utilize the elements of management in any
healthcare setting by
·Utilizing management process in the delivery of
health care,
·Participating in the formulation and
implementation of policies, and
·Working independently and/or in collaboration
with others on matters promoting a better
quality of life;
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 TERMINAL COMPETENCIES:
IV. Utilize research findings in the care of
clients; and
V. Assume responsibility for personal and
professional growth and development by
·Promoting professional and personal growth;
·Accepting accountability for professional action; and
·Participating in the solution of health/social problems

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 THE BSN PROGRAM INTENDS TO PRODUCE A
PROFESSIONAL NURSE DEMONSTRATING:
·Caring behavior (compassionate, competent, and
committed);
·Ability to practice legal, ethico-moral, social
responsibilities/accountabilities;
·Critical and creative thinking; and
·Skill in practicing S-K-A and values for the promotion
of health, preventions of illness, restoration of health,
alleviation of suffering; assisting clients to face death
with dignity and in peace.

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 CREDITS
Professional Nursing in the Philippines, 12th Ed., L.
Venzon, RN, MAN, PhD, FPCHA, R. Venzon, RN, MAN
https://www.lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2002/
ra_9173_2002.html

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