Criteria of a nursing profession

Criteria of a nursing profession

1. CRITERIA OF A Nursing PROFESSION PREPARED BY: USHA RANI KANDULA, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF ADULT HEALTH NURSING, ARSI UNIVERSITY,ASELLA,ETHIOPIA, SOUTH EAST AFRICA.

2. INTRODUCTION The status of ‗Nursing as a Profession 1945, appraised nursing according to their original seven criteria as follows:-

3. 1. A profession utilizes in its practice a well defined and well organized body of knowledge, which is on the intellectual level of the higher training.

4. 2. A profession constantly enlarges the body of knowledge its uses and improves its techniques of education and service by the use of the scientific method.

5. 3. A profession entrusts the education of its practitioners to institutions of higher education. 4. A profession applies its body of knowledge in practical service, which is vital to human beings and social welfare.

6. 5. A profession functions autonomously in the formulation of professional policy and in control of professional activities there by.

7. 6. A profession attracts individuals of intellectual and personal qualities who exalt service above personal gain and who can recognize their chosen profession as life long.

8. 7. A profession strives to compensate its practitioners by providing freedom of action, opportunity for continuous professional growth and economic security.

9. After examining all the criteria of profession and other related concepts and aspects ―world health organization‖ has already recognized ‗Nursing as a Profession‘.

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