Nursing Roles in Practice

Nursing Roles in Practice

Introduction

Nursing is considered a profession that aims to help people regain complete biopsychosocial wellbeing, improving their quality of life and taking care of this. This profession is eminently humanist, that is, who cares Man comprehensive holistic approach to comply with some features that are clearly visible and others less so, being eminently a profession of service to the community, which has a collective character appropriate knowledge to execution of this (Affara & Schober, 2006).

The professional role of the nurse is the set of behaviors, skills, attitudes and values ??that society expects of these professionals, focusing on the care of human life, through all stages of life of individuals, without neglecting the community care and family, this role is carried out through the following functions: Care, Management, Education and Research (Bastable, 2008).

Nursing has the following criteria profession

Elements of community service

Practical elements

Autonomy

Code of Ethics

Professional organization

Intellectual Properties

These criteria will be analyzed and criticized in a more complete in this report through interviews with nurses, where they will be appreciated or not each of these (Affara & Schober, 2006).

Discussion

Nursing has been associated with the provision of services to other people because of this many students are entering nursing “to help people” which is an image that also shares the public. This professional service to society requires integrity and responsibility in ethical practice and a lifelong commitment.

A registered nurse by the respondents “is one that is responsible for care management, which performs actions with knowledge through a theoretical basis, a certain mystique ethics of nursing.” The care of human life is done depending on the level of care you will locate the nurse for example, if working at a level 1, exercise advocacy and promotion, we have the case of two nurses interviewed working in level 2 º (pediatric ...