tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-110568952011-04-21T20:08:08.687-07:00Discussion as to whether nursing is a profession.nursingprofhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07454288336032221390noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11056895.post-1109270103346761812005-02-24T10:35:00.000-08:002005-02-24T10:35:03.346-08:00<a href='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/3/3769/640/menzel_nancy.jpg'><img border='0' style='border:1px solid #000000; margin:2px' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/3/3769/320/menzel_nancy.jpg'></a><br />Nancy M.&nbsp;<a href='http://www.hello.com/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbh.gif' alt='Posted by Hello' border='0' style='border:0px;padding:0px;background:transparent;' align='absmiddle'></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11056895-110927010334676181?l=profnursing.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nursingprofhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07454288336032221390noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11056895.post-1109267454328327612005-02-24T09:35:00.000-08:002005-02-24T09:50:54.336-08:00What are the hallmarks of a profession? All professions are occupations, but not all occupations are professions. According to Haynes, Boese, and Butcher (2004), Styles (1992) list requirements for an occupation to be a profession:<br /><ul><li>Extensive university education</li><li>A unique body of knowledge</li><li>an orientation of service to others</li><li>Autonomy, self-regulation, Code of Ethics</li><li>A professional society</li></ul><p>Until all nurses hold the first, registered nurses will not be practicing a profession.</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11056895-110926745432832761?l=profnursing.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nursingprofhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07454288336032221390noreply@blogger.com1