Professional Nursing Practice Values and Guiding Principles

Vocabulary flashcards outlining key nursing practice values and their corresponding guiding principles based on the lecture transcript.

Value 6: Providing Competent Professional Nursing Practice

A core professional nursing value focused on maintaining competence, practicing within scope, and contributing to the advancement and knowledge generation of the nursing profession.

Guiding Principle 6.1

Nurses continually develop and maintain their nursing knowledge and skills to provide competent care.

Guiding Principle 6.2

Nurses perform within their defined scope of practice and seek appropriate guidance when they lack the competence to provide aspects of care.

Guiding Principle 6.3

Nurses contribute to the ongoing development of the nursing profession.

Guiding Principle 6.4

Nurses contribute to the advancement and generation of knowledge of the nursing profession.

Value 2: Valuing Relationships and Humanizing Care

A nursing value centering the well-being and interests of all people in relationships while utilizing self-reflection and self-awareness to support compassionate care.

Guiding Principle 2.1

Nurses maintain the well-being and interests of all people at the centre of their relationships.

Guiding Principle 2.2

Nurses engage in self-reflection and self-awareness to guide their compassionate practice and maximize their personal well-being.

Value 3: Maintaining integrity and Accountability in Nursing Practice

A nursing value emphasizing honest, responsible, trustworthy, and accountable actions, alongside the maintenance of appropriate professional boundaries.

Guiding Principle 3.1

Nurses act with integrity, honesty, responsibility, trustworthiness and accountability.

Guiding Principle 3.2

Nurses maintain appropriate professional boundaries and conduct themselves professionally.

Value 4: Pursuing Truth and Reconciliation

A nursing value dedicated to upholding the principles of reconciliation and integrating Indigenous knowledge into practice.

Guiding Principle 4.1

Nurses uphold the pursuit of truth and principles of reconciliation.

Guiding Principle 4.2

Nurses value the importance of integrating First Nations, Inuit and Métis knowledge in their practice.

Value 7: Preserving Privacy and Confidentiality

A nursing value centered on safeguarding the privacy and confidentiality of individuals across health-care documentation and delivery formats.

Guiding Principle 7.1

Nurses uphold the interests of clients, colleagues and members of the public by respecting their right to privacy and confidentiality, including in digital health-care delivery.

Guiding Principle 7.2

Nurses uphold people's right to privacy and confidentiality of information that is shared and documented in health records.