Abraham Flexner's criteria of a profession

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hey,

This is my first year in nursing and am sooo confused its not funny,

I got an assignment to look up Abraham Flexner's criteria of a profession as it regards to nursing, when i google it i got 8 criterias and then i used yahoo search and i got 6 criterias which are different from the first 8...i need help, how do i know which is the correct one??? i'm suppose to compare it to nursing today but i am sooo lost as to which criterias to use i dunno wat to do...

can someone help me out with this cuz am L.O.S.T. :(

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i find 6.

http://www.nursing.twsu.edu/bridge/lessons/class2.asp

in 1915 dr. abraham flexner described criteria of a profession.

criteria includes:

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.

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thanks sooo much for ur help, thats the one i found with yahoo :)

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thanks for the info but can i use this as a reference

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