Purpose: Considering the role and importance of professional ethics in all organizations, including educational organizations, the purpose of this study was designing a pattern of extra-organizational professional ethics of deputies and heads of education districts. Methodology: The present study in terms of purpose was applied and in terms of implementation method was combined (qualitative an...

This study examines the expanded role of the nurse as a specific example of the extension of professional boundaries. Three characteristics of professional territoriality--autonomy, accountability, and identity--were selected as variables in the study. The specific objectives were to examine attitudes of members of the nursing and medical profession toward the expanded role of the nurse, and to...

This paper is an attempt to study the Professional commitment and social factors affecting it. This article is based on a survey, from 230 respondents (37.4 percent were males and 60.9 percent females). The average age was 35 years old and the average salary was 471 $. Among them, 31.5 percent were single and 68.5 percent were married. The average work experience is 10.5 years and classes are ...

in today's organizations, an effective human resource management as the most important organizational source- especially in critical industries such as electricity industry- is not achievable unless having a systematic, specialized and professional perspective. professionalism is a perfect and holistic view to a work or working situation that it encompasses a comprehensive mastery in affai...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To describe the professional opportunities for licensed nursing personnel in radiation oncology within the conceptual framework developed for ambulatory care nurses by the American Academy of Ambulatory Care Nursing (AAACN). DATA SOURCES Published articles and books. DATA SYNTHESIS Using AAACN's framework, the researchers identified three roles that are part of every ambu...

AIM The aim of this paper is to provide a theoretical framework of the initial role transition for newly graduated nurses to assist managers, educators and seasoned practitioners to support and facilitate this professional adjustment appropriately. BACKGROUND The theory of Transition Shock presented here builds on Kramer's work by outlining how the contemporary new graduate engaging in a prof...

The first year turnover rate for newly licensed registered nurses is roughly 30% and increases to about 57% in the second year (Twibell et al., 2012). An effective preceptorship has been shown to better facilitate the first year transition (Hodges et al., 2008) and increase retention rates (Pine and Tart, 2007). The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships between newly licensed r...

Background: Observance of professional ethics by teachers and educators plays a very important role in creating a favorable ethical climate in the educational environment. Teachers' professional ethics have been discussed from numerous philosophical perspectives. In the meantime, one of the philosophers of existentialism who is particularly concerned with the issue of ethics in the human world ...

This study employed social cognitive theory and social cognitive career theory (SCCT) as foundations to explore the influence of high school students’ beliefs about female gender roles and female engineer role models on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) self-efficacy and professional commitment to engineering. A total of 88 students from a national girls’ high school part...