WHAT IS NURSING? AN EXAMINATION OF THE ROLE OF THE PROFESSIONAL NURSE.
INTRODUCTION
Nursing is a profession, the depth and breadth of which is to meet different heath care needs of the population (American Nurses Association(ANA), 2010). This demand to clarify what professionalism or profession mean in the health care field. The term ‘professionalism’ has autonomy and self-regulation as the characteristics central to it. It signifies that a profession has authority to establish standards of conduct, practice and training & regulate entry level to the profession (Downie, 1990 cited in Morrel, 2003).