6Cs of nursing

Care

Care is the core of nursing, focusing on providing individualized, high-quality, and tailored support that meets a patient's physical and emotional needs.

Compassion

This involves delivering care with empathy, respect, and dignity, aiming to understand the patient’s experience and reduce their distress.

Competence

Competence ensures nurses have the clinical knowledge, skills, and expertise to deliver effective, research-based care to patients.

Communication

This is central to success, focusing on listening and engaging with patients, their families, and staff to create effective working relationships and shared decision-making.

Courage

Courage gives nurses the personal strength to do the right thing for patients, speak up when they have concerns, and innovate to improve care.

Commitment:

This involves a long-term dedication to providing the best possible care for patients and improving their experience, both day-to-day and in the long term