An LPN at a local hospital presents to the hospital board of directors her reasons why an LPN can also be considered a professional. Which is the best supporting evidence?
A) If the amount of independence and autonomy that a professional holds should be the criteria to make a health care worker a professional, then only those who prescribe and are paid through direct reimbursement are professionals.
B) If education that caregivers have completed was the only criterion, then only a doctorate-prepared nurse should be considered a professional.
C) The high standards and level of integrity, license, continuing education, and belonging to a professional organization support that the LPN is also a professional nurse.
D) The addition of certification should make the LPN a professional nurse.
Ans: C
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In nursing contexts, the terms professional and nonprofessional refer only to a nurse's educational preparation. All nurses should approach their responsibilities with a professional attitude. Any nurse, regardless of educational preparation, should be serious about the occupation, have a high level of integrity, be trustworthy, and maintain high standards. The best argument to support that the LPN is a professional is the high educational standards, a code of ethics, belonging to a professional organization, being licensed to practice, and a lifelong commitment to education. Certifications alone do not make a professional nurse since lay persons and unlicensed personnel can also receive certifications. Nurse practitioners are not the only ones to be assigned professional nurse status. Nor does having a doctorate degree in one's career path be considered a requirement to be a professional.
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