Complete Solutions | 2026 Update
WHAT MAKES A PROFESSIONAL NURSE? - ANSWERS Privilege of self
regulation-someone who's a nurse does not tell the nurse his profession
Board of nursing protects the public
Specific standards-monitor and evaluate the profession
Expected ethical code of conduct-most trusted profession are the nurses
Provide a specific service to the public
Commitment to lifelong learning
Has its own sub culture-develop a sub culture because nurses behave a certain
way
Clara Barton - ANSWERS Red Cross
Mary Eliza Mahoney - ANSWERS National Association of Colored Graduate
Nurses
Dorothea Dix - ANSWERS developer of first insane asylums
Mary Carson Brenkenrigde - ANSWERS Frontier Nursing Service
Florence nightingale - ANSWERS first person to bring the systematic
professional standards to develop nursing education