UNIT 1: Nursing as a Profession (42 HRS) A. Nursing 1. Definition 2. Primary characteristics of a profession 3. Personal qualification of a nurse B. Roles and functions of a professional nurse 2. Ethico-moral-Legal responsibilities in nursing 2. Ethical principles of professional patient relationship 3. Legal roles of the nurse 4. Areas of potential liability in nursing 5. Selected facts in nursing practice 6. Patient’s Bill of Rights 7. Fields of opportunity in nursing 8. Historical development of nursing in the world. 9. History of Nursing in Libya UNIT 2: Nursing as an Art 1. Definition of Arts 2. Why is nursing an art? 3. Concepts related to the art of nursing 4. Caring : An Integral Component of Nursing 5. Nursing – Client Relationship 6. Therapeutic communication UNIT 3: Definition of concept, theory, principle Characteristics of a theory Components of a theory Purposes of nursing theory Nursing paradigm UNIT 4: Different views of person, health, environment and nursing by various nursing theorists Florence Nightingale Ernestine Weidenbach Virginia Henderson Faye Glenn Abdellah Jean Watson Dorothea Orem Myra Estrine Levine Martha Rogers Dorothy Johnson Callista Roy Betty Neuman Imogene King Hildegard Perplau Ida Jean Orlando Madelline Leininger Margaret Neuman UNIT 5 : Health as a Multifactorial Phenomenon Interlinking Relationships of Factors Affecting Health Care Enhancement Qualities including Core Values Core competencies under the 11 Key Areas of Responsibility