Criteria of profession

 CRITERIA OF PROFESSION

High Intellectual level of functioning

Modern nurses use assessment skill and knowledge,have the ability to reason make routine judgement depending on patient's condition. Professional nurses functions at a high Intellectual level. Florence nightingale raised the bar for education and graduates of her school were considered to be highly educated.

High level of individual responsibility and accountability

Nurses must be accountable and demonstrate a high level of individual responsibility for the care and services they provide. The concept of accountability has legal , ethical and professional implications that include accepting responsibility for action taken to provide client care as well as accepting responsibility for the consequences of action taken to provide client care as well as accepting responsibility for the consequences of action that are not performed.

Specialized body of knowledge

Nursing has developed into an identifiable separate discipline,a specialised body of knowledge called as nursing science. It was compiled through the research efforts of nurses with advanced educational degrees. Although this body of specialized knowledge is relatively small,it forms a theoretical basis for the practice of nursing today. As more nurses obtain advanced degrees. Although this body of specialized knowledge is relatively small, it forms a theoretical basis for the practice today. As more nurses obtain advanced degrees, conduct research and develop philosophies, and theories about nursing, this body of knowledge will increase in scope.

Evidence based practice

Almost  all the currently used nursing theories address this issue in some way. Evidence based practice is the practice of nursing in which interventions are based on data obtained from research that demonstrates that, the findings are appropriate and successful.It involves a systematic process of uncovering, evaluating and using information from research as the basis for making decisions about providing client care.