A nurse should be able to collaborate as part of a health care team through the understanding that successful health care depends on a team effort, and collaboration with others in a collegial team is essential for success in serving clients. A nurse Practices within, utilizes, and contributes to the broader health care system through the understanding that professional nursing has a legally defined standard of practice. The nurse has the responsibility and Accountability for effective and efficient management and utilization of health care resources. A nurse Practices relationship-centered care through the understanding that the effectiveness of nursing interventions and treatment plans depends, in part, on the attitudes, beliefs and values of clients and these are influenced both by, how professionals interact with clients and by the intervention. A nurse communicates effectively through the understanding that effective use of therapeutic communication, establishes a caring relationship, creates a positive environment, to inform clients, and to advocate is an essential part of all interventions. A nurse makes sound clinical judgments through the understanding that effective nursing judgment is not a single event, but concurrent and recurrent processes that include assessment (data collection, analysis and diagnosis), community and client participation in planning, implementation, treatment, ongoing evaluation, and reflection. In making practice decisions, locates, evaluates and uses the best available evidence, coupled with a deep
A nurse should be able to collaborate as part of a health care team through the understanding that successful health care depends on a team effort, and collaboration with others in a collegial team is essential for success in serving clients. A nurse Practices within, utilizes, and contributes to the broader health care system through the understanding that professional nursing has a legally defined standard of practice. The nurse has the responsibility and Accountability for effective and efficient management and utilization of health care resources. A nurse Practices relationship-centered care through the understanding that the effectiveness of nursing interventions and treatment plans depends, in part, on the attitudes, beliefs and values of clients and these are influenced both by, how professionals interact with clients and by the intervention. A nurse communicates effectively through the understanding that effective use of therapeutic communication, establishes a caring relationship, creates a positive environment, to inform clients, and to advocate is an essential part of all interventions. A nurse makes sound clinical judgments through the understanding that effective nursing judgment is not a single event, but concurrent and recurrent processes that include assessment (data collection, analysis and diagnosis), community and client participation in planning, implementation, treatment, ongoing evaluation, and reflection. In making practice decisions, locates, evaluates and uses the best available evidence, coupled with a deep