Nursing Role and Scope

After reading Chapter 6 and reviewing the lecture power point (attached),  please answer the following questions:

Questions:

1. What do you think about the current image of nursing?

2. What factors facilitate professional role development in Nursing?

Chapter 6
Education and
Socialization
to the Professional
Nursing Role
Professional Socialization
• Socialization involves a process by which a
person acquires the knowledge, skills, and sense
of identity that are characteristic of a profession
• Involves internalization of values and norms of
the profession
• Formation is the development of perceptual
abilities, the ability to draw on knowledge and
skilled know-how, and a way of being and acting
in practice and in the world
Goals of Professional Socialization
• To learn the technology of the profession
• To learn to internalize the professional culture
• To find a personally and professionally
acceptable version of the role
• To integrate this professional role into all of
the other life roles
Essential Features of Nursing (1 of 2)
• Provision of a caring relationship that
facilitates health and healing
• Attention to the range of experiences and
responses to health and illness within the
physical and social environments
• Integration of assessment data with knowledge
gained from an appreciation of the patient or
group
Essential Features of Nursing (2 of 2)
• Application of scientific knowledge to the
processes of diagnosis and treatment through
the use of judgment and critical thinking
• Advancement of professional nursing
knowledge through scholarly inquiry
• Influence on social and public policy to
promote social justice
• Assurance of safe, quality, and evidence-based
practice
Roles of the Professional Nurse
• Provider of care
• Designer/manager/coordinator of care
• Member of a profession (AACN, 2008)
Professional Nursing Values
• Commitment to public service
• Autonomy
• Commitment to lifelong learning and
education
• Belief in the dignity and worth of each person
Socialization Through Education
• Stage 1: Unilateral dependence
• Stage 2: Negative/independence
• Stage 3: Dependence/mutuality
• Stage 4: Interdependence
From Novice to Expert
• Stage 1: Novice
• Stage 2: Advanced beginner
• Stage 3: Competent
• Stage 4: Proficient
• Stage 5: Expert
Facilitating the Transition to
Professional Practice
• Potential transition issues
– Reality shock
– Role conflict
– Role transition shock
• Role transition assistance
– Internships and externships
– Residency programs and preceptor support