Responsibility has been defined as a nursing ethical value. It is defined with traits of commitment‚ feeling responsible for the duties forward patients‚ and respecting the patients’ rights for decision making. Based on this definition‚ nurses are responsible for giving evidence-based care‚ best clinical function‚ and applicable and valid research‚ and are accountable for their actions and duties. Verpeet (2005) argues that nurses are responsible for the promotion of patients’ well-being‚ having
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My personal definition of values is the set of principles one uses as a guide to direct their lives. I feel my personal values which I utilize in my nursing practice are very close if not identical with those of the National League of Nursing (NLN). The NLN’s core values are caring‚ integrity‚ diversity‚ and excellence (NLN‚ 2017). In addition to the previous four values‚ stewardship is another principle that is very important to my day-to-day existence as a person and nurse. Moreover‚ my spiritual
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Nursing‚ an integral part of the health care system‚ encompasses many tasks and duties throughout different aspects of the profession. To complete these responsibilities‚ nurses must possess a set of values to ethically guide them through both professional and personal life. Through the self-exploration and reflection that has taken place in NURS 1206: Relational Practice 1‚ I have been able to investigate important self-values. These core values that are featured in my self-mandala include being
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Essential Values of the Professional Nurse Nurses are some of the most caring people known to mankind. Nursing is a group of intelligent‚ caring‚ honest people. Those who commit to nursing are independent and care immensely about the people they choose to care for. A fault in society is the result of hardship‚ often when bad things happen to a person they struggle to find someone who cares about them enough to stick through the rough patch. However‚ in nursing there is an abundance of those who commit
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Professional values of nursing Laura Mcclymont-Allen Nur403 July 19‚ 2010 Stephanie Merck Professional values of nursing Professional values guide the decisions and actions we make in our careers. As nurses we are responsible for caring for patients during birth‚ death‚ illness and healing. If we are not aware of the decisions and actions to take it would be impossible to provide our patients with exceptional care. The values that are the foundation of the nursing profession are altruism
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Evolution of Practical Nursing: Chapter 1 a. What main contribution to nursing are attributed to each period? b. What contributed most to African-Americans’ involvement in nursing? The Civil War‚ beginning in 1861 c. What were Florence Nightingale’s and Mary Seacole’s specific contributions? 2. The Image of Nursing: Chapter 2 a. How has it changed over the decades? b. What is the public’s perception of nurses and nursing? c. What is the new image that nursing is attempting to create
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responsibility when dealing with individuals or other companies in the business environment. When it comes to the career of nursing‚ professionalism is taken to a whole other level. Not only does professionalism come in to account with your business professionals and peers‚ but you have patients with whom professionalism is highly practiced as well. Professionalism in nursing means that you are able to handle all the responsibilities given to you in an efficient and proper way. It means that when
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Professional Roles Running head: Professional Roles and Values 1 Professional Roles and Values Jennifer Kelso‚ RN Western Governor’s University Professional Roles 2 Professional Roles and Values The nurse supervisor has the responsibility of coaching all of her staff members in the importance of utilizing her team members to provide the most holistic care for patients. As a nurse supervisor it is important to recognize when a team member is struggling with this concept and to provide
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My Professional Role and Values RUC1 My Professional Role and Values What is the functional difference between a regulatory agency‚ such as the Connecticut Board of Nursing‚ and a Professional Nursing Organization‚ such as ASPAN? The former is the state regulatory agency that a person who after meeting all the requirements‚ can apply for a nursing license. The latter is a specific organization that focuses on a specific type or filed of nursing. A Professional Nursing Organization can
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Professional Roles and Values Functional Differences The Board of Nursing (BON)‚ is a regulatory agency that regulates nursing practices. The board essentially protects the public by ensuring that the standards of nursing practices are met and that nurses are competent in their practice (ANA‚ 2012). Each state Board of Nursing has their own state governed responsibilities. For example‚ the Texas State Board of Nursing is responsible for: issuing licenses to new nursing graduates‚ approving
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