Professional Development

INTRODUCTION


The Oxford Concise Medical Dictionary (1998) defines a nurse as ' a person trained and experienced in nursing matters and entrusted with the care of the sick and the carrying out of medical and surgical routines. ' In reality, however, nursing is much more than the physical and medical areas of health care it is also about the more emotional and psychological areas. One of the main objectives of this assignment will be to demonstrate the wide variety of skills and characteristics required to work in the caring profession.
Much research has been done in to the foundations of nursing practice. As a result many ideas on how optimum nursing care can be achieved have been put forward and guidelines produced taking these in to account. During the course of this assignment we will address the theories behind these ideas and how things are most productively learnt.












Recognise and demonstrate the importance and implications of cultural dive...