SIGNIFICANCE OF THEORY FOR NURSING AS A PROFESSION 

1)Professional activity is based on intellectual action along with personal responsibility

2)The practice of a profession is based on knowledge, not routine activities

3)There is practical application rather than just theorizing

4)There are techniques that can be taught

5)A profession is organized internally

6)A profession is motivated by altruism, with members working in some sense for the good of society.

CRITERIA OF A PROFESSION by Dr. Abraham Flexner

1) A profession has relevance to social value.

2) A profession has a training or educational period.

3) Elements of self-motivation address the way in which the profession serves the client or family and larger social system.

4) A profession has a code of ethics. 5) A professional has a commitment to

life-long work.6) Members control their profession.

Pavalko's eight dimensions are: 

7) A profession has a theoretical framework on which professional practice is based.

8.)Members of a profession have a common identity and distinctive subculture. 

Grand nursing theories have the broadest scope and present general concepts and propositions.

Middle-range nursing theories are narrower in scope than grand nursing theories and offer an effective bridge between grand nursing theories and nursing practice.

Different categories of nursing theories related to scope:

A micro-range theory is the most concrete and narrow in scope. A Micro-range theory explains a specific phenomenon of concern to the discipline , such as the effect of social supports on grieving and would establish nursing care guidelines to address the problem.