Homework: Professional role development in Nursing

After reading Chapter 6 and reviewing the lecture power point (located in lectures tab),

please answer the following questions.

Each question must have at least 3 paragraphs and you must use at 3 least references included in your post.

Questions:

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

2. What factors facilitate professional role development in Nursing?

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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) Homework: Professional role development in Nursing

• 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 Homework: Professional role development in Nursing

• 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 • R Homework: Professional role development in Nursing