Professionalism
Intro. to Professional Nursing
Professionalism
7/17/14
Professionalism
Over the last two hundred years nursing has changed on so dramatically in so many ways. While I was researching for this paper I had a hard time choosing just five changes but I did narrow it down to: job duties, public image, education standards, nurse patient ratios, and technology.
Job duties:
This one I found so very interesting; we have come so far. Nurses were first known as “handmaidens.” Their role was limited to doing exactly what the doctor told them. Typical duties included: cleaning of the patients’ areas, sweep/mop floors, making beds, laundry, giving patients food, help patients in/out of bed, and occasionally help with bandages. Nurses in the 1800’s were a lot like a maid in my opinion.
Today nurses are a lot more involved in the patients’ actual care. The nurses’ duties include assessments, development of a nursing plan, patient/family teaching, medication education, and many other hands on duties. Nurses are given a lot of responsibility today, they are no longer the doctors “handmaiden.” Public Image:
The public image of a nurse has changed, in my opinion, for the better in recent years. From all the reading I did while researching for this paper it almost sounded as if this was a job that woman who could find a husband would have, or maybe just until they found a husband. If fact, for many years nurses were not allowed to be married or have children as it was thought these would be a distraction.
Nursing has become a highly respected profession today. Nurses are viewed as more than the doctors “handmaiden” by society. Nurses are highly educated professional who advocate for their patients. According to Gallup poll, nursing has been rated the number 1 for honesty and ethical standards for the 11th year in a row.
Education Standards:
In the 1800’s medical training throughout the United States was still largely through apprenticeships. In 1860, Florence
Professionalism
7/17/14
Professionalism
Over the last two hundred years nursing has changed on so dramatically in so many ways. While I was researching for this paper I had a hard time choosing just five changes but I did narrow it down to: job duties, public image, education standards, nurse patient ratios, and technology.
Job duties:
This one I found so very interesting; we have come so far. Nurses were first known as “handmaidens.” Their role was limited to doing exactly what the doctor told them. Typical duties included: cleaning of the patients’ areas, sweep/mop floors, making beds, laundry, giving patients food, help patients in/out of bed, and occasionally help with bandages. Nurses in the 1800’s were a lot like a maid in my opinion.
Today nurses are a lot more involved in the patients’ actual care. The nurses’ duties include assessments, development of a nursing plan, patient/family teaching, medication education, and many other hands on duties. Nurses are given a lot of responsibility today, they are no longer the doctors “handmaiden.” Public Image:
The public image of a nurse has changed, in my opinion, for the better in recent years. From all the reading I did while researching for this paper it almost sounded as if this was a job that woman who could find a husband would have, or maybe just until they found a husband. If fact, for many years nurses were not allowed to be married or have children as it was thought these would be a distraction.
Nursing has become a highly respected profession today. Nurses are viewed as more than the doctors “handmaiden” by society. Nurses are highly educated professional who advocate for their patients. According to Gallup poll, nursing has been rated the number 1 for honesty and ethical standards for the 11th year in a row.
Education Standards:
In the 1800’s medical training throughout the United States was still largely through apprenticeships. In 1860, Florence