Professional Values In Nursing

Working in health care is an important job. People put their trust in us to do our very best to provide them with the absolute best care. Being entrusted with such responsibility requires nurses to conduct themselves both professionally and ethically. Nurses must adhere to the professional values of human dignity, integrity, autonomy, altruism, and social justice. It is these five values that guide us in our practice and as nurses we must promote and emulate these values.

Patient advocacy is both essential and crucial for nurses to promote and ensure in the nursing field. I have learned in our class that patient advocacy plays a major role in building a trusting therapeutic relationship. Therefore, nurses must advocate on behalf of their patients and provide them with the support they deserve. Patient advocacy in nursing is being actively supportive of a patient in relation to his / her rights and choices, protecting basic human rights such as autonomy (Cole, Wellard, & Mummery, 2014). This simply means that patient advocacy is the act of informing and supporting a patient so that he/she can make the best possible decision for

personal values, such as respect, responsibility, and obligation are dependent on the moral attitude of the nurse. Professional attitudes in nursing comprise of inclinations, feelings and emotions that conform to their principles and serve as the basis for their behavior. Professional behavior or behavioral professionalism however is behaving in a manner to achieve optimal outcomes in professional tasks and interactions. Nurses must always be committed to the client at all times. In case the family and community are included in decision-making, she must be accommodative to their ideas whether even in cases where she does not agree.

I want my philosophy for nursing to incorporate the knowledge of I have learned from school while being able to combine it with relational and compassionate care that will give respect and dignity to all my patients. I believe nursing care is evidence based with a holistic view while honoring patient’s cultural values. An important aspect of my philosophy is the inter-personal relationships that develops while using collaborative efforts among health care professionals to promote the best quality care for the

I know that the nursing profession is right for me, because I am the type of person who loves helping people and making sure that they are doing well. My personal strengths are shown when I am helping other people while they are struggling; I am compassionate, empathetic, optimistic, and truthful. I worry a lot about other people and how they are feeling, so I always strive to bring their mood back up. Being a compassionate person in nursing is important because the patient has to be see and trust that you care about them in order for them to feel comfortable with their treatment. Empathy in nursing is important, because a patient who is struggling needs to see that the nurse understands what the patient is struggling with physically and emotionally.

“Care can be considered simply an ethical task and thus a burden of one more thing to do, or it can be considered a commitment to attending to and becoming enthusiastically involved in the patient’s needs” (Applying the Ethics of Care to your Nursing Practice, page 116). In this model, nurses need to be knowledgeable about human behavior and responses to health problems, individual needs, how to respond to others, and the strengths and limitations of the patient and family. The nurse also comforts and offers compassion, and empathy to the patient and family. There are many concepts in Jean Watson’s Theory of caring. The three major concepts that will be discussed are: transpersonal caring relationship, caring occasion/caring moment and the ten caritas processes.

In the nursing profession, core values and standards of ethics commensurate together to deal with issues within health care. They are to treat patients with respect and commit themselves as advocates for the well-being of their patients. Furthermore, nurses consistency to uplift and build a moral environment contribute to the institution overall

I am a licensed practice nurse who is compassionate, competent, and displays empathy for all my patients. My personal and professional experiences help me contribute to clients’ recovery and wellness which gives me a sense of pride that strengthens my commitment to this profession. I enjoy making people feel better and that is what drove me to this profession and is currently driving me to further my career in the nursing field. I am currently pursuing a degree as a registered nurse at Gwinnett Technical College. I believe this degree will help me to furthering my career, which will allow me to expand my passion to care for the sick and ill.

The second AACN essential value is autonomy. Nurses must respect the patients’ right to self determination of care. Except for very specific legal instances professional nurses must enable patients to make informed choices about their o... ... middle of paper ... ...o understand that professional values are, “the standards for action that are generally accepted by the group as a whole, expected of its practicing members, and socialized into its novices” (Vezeau, 2006, p. 5). By emphasizing altruism, autonomy, human dignity, integrity and social justice as their core values, nurses can create a truly united, professional and exceptional workforce. References Rapport, F., Doel, M., Hutchings, H., Jones, A., Culley, L., & Wright, S. (2014).

I feel very strongly about family, empathy, and supportive relationships. In my personal experience, family provide structure, hope, support, and friendship. In my nursing practice, I will strive to create supportive relationships with my patient and their family by being empathetic during their time of need. As a nurse it is important to establish a therapeutic relationship to build trust and securement with the patient and family. Building therapeutic relationships allows the patient to feel supported and understood and may help to provide health information, which may otherwise be held in a nontherapeutic relationship.