NURSE-UN 1261 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Nurse Educator, Human Services, American Nurses Association
26 Oct 2018
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Nyu3t (healthcare teams and teamwork) and notes on. Profession: occupational group w/ a set of attitudes or behaviors. The service provided is vital to humanity and welfare of society. There is a special body of knowledge expanded through research. The service involves intellectual activities; individual responsibility is a strong feature. Practitioners are educated in institutions of higher learning. Practitioners are motivated by service and consider their work an important component of their lives. There is a code of ethics to guide decisions and conduct. There is an organization/ association that encourages and supports high standards of practice. Profession: calling, vocation or form of employment that provides a needed service to society + possesses characteristics of expertise, autonomy, long academic preparation, commitment, responsibility. Occupation: person"s regular work or profession; job of principal activity. Social contract: obligation to recipients of their service. Humans manifest an essential unity of mind, body, spirit. Humans experience is contextually + culturally defined.
