21 July 2011

Introduction to Nursing

Care comes from the Latin Nutrix (Caring or keeping)
Ellis Hartley 1984: nurse is someone who plays a role in caring for or maintain, assist and protect a person due to illness injury and the aging process.
Hamid AY 1996: Professional is a work devoted to the interests of society and not for the benefit of a particular class or group.


Seven Element or criteria Profession (de Young 1985):
1. Having a strong science base
2. Service-oriented
3. Having authority
4. Having a code of conduct
5. Having a professional organization
6. Conducting ongoing research
7. Having autonomy


The characteristics of Profession (Shortridge 1985)
1. Service-oriented Comm.
2. Based on science
3. Autonomy
4. Having a code of conduct

Four areas nursing
1. Improve health status
2. Prevention of disease (primary prevention / secondary / tertiary)
3. Improving health status
4. Facilitating coping

Nursing As a Profession (Loknas Kep 1983)
A form of professional services as an integral part of health services by nursing knowledge and tips covering aspects of bio-psycho-socio-spiritual konferhensif aimed at individuals, families and communities are healthy or sick cover human life cycle to achieve optimal health status.

The tips in nursing
1. Nursing is caring
2. Nursing is sharing
3. Nursing is laughing
4. Nursing is Crying
5. Nursing is tauching
6. Nursing is Helping
7. Nursing is Beleiving in others
8. Nursing is Trusting
9. Nursing is Believing inself
10. Nursing is learning
11. Nursing is respeeting
12. Nursing is listening
13. Nursing is doing
14. Nursing is feeling
15. Nursing is accepting.


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