PROFESSIONAL ADVANCEMENT & ROLE AND SCOPE OF NURSING EDUCATION

PRESENTED BY:
MS.R.ANU SARANNYA
M.SC(NURSING) I YEAR
Introduction

Nursing has had a significant effect on people's lives. As rapid change continues to
transform the profession of nursing and health care system. Today, nurses bring
knowledge, leadership, spirit, and vital expertise to expanding roles that afford
increased participation, responsibility, and rewards.
terminologies

Advancement-Promotion of a person in rank or status.

Knowledge-Information and skills acquired through experience or education.

Criteria-A Principle or standard by which something may be judged or decided.

Dimension-A aspect or feature of a situation, problem or thing.

terminologies

Strategies-Plan of action or policy designed to achieve a major or overall aim

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Scope-Extend of the area or subject matter that something deals with or to which it is
relevant.
Analytical-Logical reasoning

Definition of nursing
"The unique function of the nurse is to assist the individual, sick or well, in the
performance of those activities contributing to health or its recovery (or to peaceful
death)".-Verginia Henderson
Professionalization

Profession: an occupation with ethical components that is devoted to the promotion of

human and social welfare

It requires extensive education, special knowledge, skill, and preparation.

Professionalization: is the process of becoming professional.

NURSING AS A PROFESSION

Nursing is a profession with moral principles devoted to the welfare of humanity.

It is based on specialized knowledge and skill.

Nurses come into this profession after a specified period of skilled and technical training.

CRITERIA OF A PROFESSION
PAVALKOS DIMENSION OF PROFESSION(1988)

Has relevance to social values

Has a training and educational period

Self motivation addresses how a profession serves a society

Has a code of ethics

Has a commitment to lifelong work

Members control their profession

It has theoretical framework

Members have common identity and distinctive subculture

Professional practice model

Professional advancement

Professional advancement refers to process of obtaining the skills, knowledge and

experience for attaining both personal and career advancement.

Professional advancement
Purpose

Provide opportunity for nurses have choice to move beyond entry level role based on
interest in professional development, and increasing responsibility and accountability for
leading nursing practice and care delivery

Objectives

Enhance professional growth and development

Provide recognition for professional contributions

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Encourage involvement of bedside nurses in decisions that support/enhance patient

care outcomes
Provide motivation for direct care nurses to pursue higher education, certification
and other professional achievements
Recruit & retain the highest caliber of nurses at UMMC

PROFESSIONAL ADVANCEMENT MODEL

DREFUS MODEL OF SKILL ACQUISITION

By Brother stuart and Hubert Drefus(1980)

MAIN FOUR BINARY QUALITIES

RECOLLECTION(non situational or situational)

RECOGNITION(decomposed or holistic)

DECISION(analytical or intuitive)

AWARENESS(monitoring or absorbed)

Drefus professional advancement model

Roles and Functions of the Nurses

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Caregiver: assist client physically and psychologically.

Communicator: support the client through health team and support people in
community.

Teacher.

Client advocate: protect patient right.

Leader.

Manager.

Research consumer.

PROFESSIONAL ADVANCEMENT MODEL ROLES

Clinical Nurse I

Clinical Nurse II

Senior Clinical Nurse I

Senior Clinical Nurse II

Scope of Nursing

Nurses provide care for three types of clients:

Individuals.

Families.

Communities.

Scope of Nursing

Nursing Practice involves four areas:

Promoting health and wellness.

Preventing illness.

Restoring health.

Care of the dying.

NURSING EDUCATION

NURSING EDUCATION is the one which provides theoretical and practical training to
nurses with the purpose to prepare them for their duties as nursing care professionals.
Strategies of nursing education

Steps of improving nursing education

Development of educational materials

Conduct of research

Nursing EDUCATIONAL programmes

General nursing and midwifery(GNM)

Bachelor of nursing(B.Sc(N))

Bachelor of nursing post certificate(post basic B.Sc(N))

Degree of master of nursing (M.Sc(N))

Master of philosophy programme in nursing(M.Phil)

Doctorate of philosophy in nursing(PhD)

General nursing and midvifery(gnm)

STUDENT ADMISSION

AGE:17-35 years

12th pass or equivalent, preferably with science subjects.

Once a year admission

Medically fit

TRAINING PROGRAMME

2YEARS-practice in general nursing

1 YEAR-community health nursing and midwifery

YEAR-nursing administration and nursing research classes.

Bachelor of nursing(B.Sc(N))

ELIGIBILITY:

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Students of vocational courses

Pass of 2 years pre university exam or equivalent as recognized by concerned
universities with science subject i.e. physics, biology and chemistry.
40% aggregate mark for SC/ST candidates and 45% aggregate marks in science
subject for other category candidates

Completed 17 years of age at the time of admission or complete this age on or before
31st December of the year of admission.

COURSE OF STUDY: 4 academic years

Bachelor of nursing-post certificate(Post basic.B.Sc(N))

ELIGIBILITY:

Holds certificate in general nursing.

Be a registered nurse.

2 years of experience.

Medically fit.

Have a good personal and professional record.

COURSE OF STUDY:2 Years

Degree of master of nursing

ELIGIBILITY:

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Passed B.Sc(N)/post certificate B.Sc(N) or nursing degree of any university

1 year of experience after B.Sc(N) in hospital or educational institution or
community health settings.

For /B.Sc(N) post certificate no such experience is needed after graduation.

COURSE OF STUDY: 2years

Degree of master of nursing

SPECIALITIES:

BRANCH 1-Medical Surgical Nursing

BRANCH 2-Community Health Nursing

BRANCH 3- Pediatric Nursing

BRANCH 4- Obstetric and Gynecological Nursing

BRANCH 5- Psychiatric Nursing

Degree of master of nursing

Common papers in syllabus

Advanced concepts of health and nursing

Education and nursing education

Bio-statistics, research methodology and nursing research.

Administration and nursing administartion

Master of philosophy programme in nursing

DURATION:

FULL TERM- 1 YEAR

PART TIME - 2 YEARS.

COURSE OF STUDY

PART 1-

Research method in nursing

Major aspects of nursing

Allied disciplines

PART 2-

Dissertation

Doctorate of philosophy in nursing

ELIGIBILITY:

Post graduate in nursing with more than 55% of aggregate marks.

Should have research background.

May or may not published article in journals.

DURATION:

Full time: 3 years

Part time: 4 years

EXPANDED ROLES -EDUCATION

NURSE PRACTITIONER (master degree in specialty)

CLINICAL NURSE SPECIALIST (master degree in specialty with clinical expertise)

NURSE ANAESTHETIST(
ANAESTHETIST course of study in anesthesia)

NURSE RESEARCHER (master degree with research basis)

NURSE ADMINISTRATOR

NURSE EDUCATOR
TRENDS IN NURSING EDUCATION

Scientific and technological advances

Promising career

Curriculum changes

Transnational acceptance

Emergence of new specialties

Potential shortage of nurse educators

Diminishing government role

Cont.

Enrollment of men as nursing students

Computers in nursing education

Expanded nursing literatures

Advanced nursing courses

Research in nursing education

Nursing theories

Scholarships and awards for students.

Issues in nursing education

Quantity and quality of placements

High turnover of teachers

Shortage of qualified teachers

Increased competition for placements

Mushrooming of nursing schools /colleges

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