The AMA has lost power in recent years. Discuss the issue of facilitating crossovers from one medical profession to another. In some ways it would be desirable to have standard modules to allow people to transfer from nursing to medical school, for example. On the other hand, this would detract from the socialization process that is important for all professions. LO4.10 Give four factors from the history of nursing that influence nursing today.
Nurses work primarily in bureaucratic institutions.
The early educational history of nursing was linked to religious orders, with expectations of service, dedication, and charity. LO4.11 Give a legal definition of nursing. The New York State definition is that Nursing consists of diagnosing and treating human responses to actual or potential health problems through such services as case finding, health teaching, health counseling, and provision of care supportive to or restorative of life and well-being, and executing medical regimens prescribed by a licensed or otherwise legally authorized physician or dentist. LO4.12 Give a theoretical definition of nursing. And to do this in such a way as to help him gain independence as rapidly as possible.