professional values in nursing

1. Professional values

2.  Values are the motive behind a
purposeful action
 Values are provide the general
guidelines for conduct and it is
essential for ethics
 Values describe the personal
qualities that one choose the
embody to guide his or her
action

3. Values are an integral part of the personal
philosophy of life by which we generally mean
the system of values by which we live, The
philosophy of life includes our aim, ideals, and
manner of thinking and the principles by which
we guide our behavior
I J Lehner and N J Kube

4.  Values are not absolute
Values are universal, but they are not
absolute; they are relative to situations,
place and person. Person should never go
against the universal values in pursuit of
individual/ cultural values

5.  Values are different
The degree to which they value may
differ from one person to another
and culture to culture

6. Values are learned and influenced
Values are learned and
influenced early in life from family,
friends, neighborhood, school, etc.
values improve throughout the
lifespan

7. Values help in creating norms
that guide day to day behavior and
build up societies &integrate social
relationship

8. Values are loaded with effective
thoughts about ideas, objectives
behavior , etc. The judgmental values
can help to what is right, good, or
desirable

9. Values often strongly influence
our attitude and behavior Human
values and professional ethics in a
combined way influence the
personality

10. VALUE CLARIFICATION

11.  Values are the behavioral standards
and needs that work to support a
person’s purpose and vision

12.  Value clarification is that a person can
discover his /her own values by assessing
exploring and determining the personal
values and their impact on personal decision
making
 It is important to realize that extrinsic and
intrinsic values

13.  Identify personality
 Role model
 Insight to personality
 Reduce stress and anxiety
 Identify values
 Managing time
 Create goals

14. Intrinsic values Extrinsic values
An intrinsic value is one which has
worth in its own right
An extrinsic value is one which is a
means to some other values
They are good not because of
their consequences but because
they are good in themselves
It is instrumental worth only
It is an end in itself They are means to an end
Ex: truth, beauty , courage Ex; wealth , fame, job security

15.  Personal values are board desirable goals that
motivate actions of people and serve as guiding
principles in their lives. Each person have
different set of values
 Common personal values are
 Knowledge
 Wisdom
 Power
 Loyalty
 Courage
 Creativity
 Determination
 Friendship etc.

16.  Professional values are principles that are
major and unique to practicing a profession
 Professional values are differ across all the
profession and influence work behavior
 The common professional values are
 Dress appropriately
 Punctuality
 Honesty
 Personal responsibility
 Continuing professional development
 Discretion and confidentiality

18. Personal values Professional values
Represent values which are at the
core of being human
Represent the professional life
Values learned by family, friends
and relatives
Learned when an individual
become a part of profession
Values can be changed as per the
choice of individual
Individual cannot make
modification in their professional
values
Only individual remains
accountable for the action
Individual and organization both
will be accountable
Example: honesty, respect,
integrity etc.
Confidentiality, autonomy

19.  Socialization is the process through which
individuals acquire the knowledge, skills,
attitudes, values , norms and appropriate
actions of their community.

20.  Dedication
 Professional development
 Nurses identity
 Collaborate and support one another

21.  Story telling
 Role modeling
 Voice generation using a photo

22. professional nursing values are
defined as important
professional nursing principles
of human dignity, integrity,
altruism, and justice that serve
as a framework for standards,
professional practice and
evaluation

23. Patient care
Ethical competency
Evaluation of integrity

24. Nursing values

25. Caring
It is defined as a feeling or
showing concern for kindness
to others

26.  It is an aid for healing process
 It gives support those going through
sorrow

27.  Smile
 Establish eye contact
 Greet the patient by their name
 Pay close attention without
interruption
 Carry out request
 Identify the needs of the patient
 Respond to queries

28.  Five c’s of caring process
Commitment
Conscience
Competence
Compassion
confidence

29.  Compassion is nothing but feeling
compelled to help when observe
someone in need
 The ability to be sensitive to
others and empathize with their
experience is referred to as
compassion

30.  Being empathetic
 The capacity to bear witness
to, suffer with, and hold dear
within our heart and sorrow
and beauties of the world

31.  Speak with kindness
 Apologize when made mistake
 Listen carefully without judgment
 Encourage other people
 Offer to help someone with a task
 Be happy when someone else success
 Accept people who they are
 Forgive people for making mistake
 Show respect
 Express gratitude and appreciations
 Be patient

32. Listening patients concern
Speaking kindly
Quickly identify the
concerns

33.  Understanding that someone
hurting while remaining
emotionally distanced

34.  Empathy is the capacity to
perceive, comprehend and share
another’s ideas without passing
judgment

35.  Pay attention to patient and express
interest in their lives
 Show politeness and respect
 Increase cultural awareness and
competence
 Practice self care to avoid compassion
fatigue
 Set the examples

36.  The core of professionalism is
altruism
 It is defined as serving the
patients best interest

37.  Find inspiration
 Practice empathy
 Establish a goal
 Providing or giving
 Make a habit of it

38.  Conscientiousness implies desire to
complete a task well and a serious attitude
towards one’s social obligations
 Conscientious trait of a person are
 Dependable , thoroughness, organization,
emotional intelligence, commitment

39.  Being entirely committed to
something
 dedication means devoted towards
work/ task/goal/outcome.

40. Career enhancement
Developing skill
Enhance opportunities
Serve as role model

41.  Essence of nursing
 Caring with love
 Doing beyond the duties
 Overlooking one’s needs
 Caring without expectation
 Considering the patient as family
member

42.  Job satisfaction
 Increase chance of promotion
 Finish the task by time bound
 Develop additional skill

43.  Being flexible
 Passionate
 Motivators
 Goal oriented
 proactive

44.  personal factors
 Interpersonal factors
 Job related factors
 Contextual factors

45.  Positive consequences
 Negative consequences

46.  For nurses
 High quality life, job satisfaction
 For organization
 Financial profitability, managers satisfaction
 For patients
 Quality of care and outcome

47.  Negative physical as well as the
psychosocial health issues

48.  Human dignity is having a sense of
ones own value as a person leading a
meaningful life and deserving respect
from others

49.  Stress reduction
 Employee satisfaction
 Create a fair satisfaction
 Increase productivity and collaboration
 Shows honesty
 Build better relationship

50.  Include patients to take decisions in
their patient care and treatment
modalities
 Talk to the patient politely and
respectfully
 Assess the needs of patient and plan
care
 Provide privacy during a procedure
 Maintain personal hygiene of patient
 Encourage the patient to interact

51.  Privacy talks about the person, but
confidentiality is about information
 Privacy restrict the public from accessing
the personal details about a person
 Whereas confidentiality, protects the
information from the range of unauthorized
persons

52.  Establish trust
 Reduce tension
 Maintain patient dignity
 Patient feel respected
 Promote autonomy

53.  Make sure the privacy when indicated
 Provide gender sensitive waiting and examination
room
 well covered when the patient shift to one
department to another
 Expose only as much as indicated
 Always take permission from the patient before
examination
 Ensure privacy when taking information from the
patient

54.  Limit the accessibility of medical
records
 Do not collect information not related
to the provision of care
 Limit sharing of information with
other staff, unless in cases of
consultations and second opinion

55.  Honesty or truth telling is seen as a fundamental moral
principles
Being honest means never lying or cheating and always
telling the truth
 Integrity means being fair,
possessing strong moral standards or adhering
firmly to a set of moral norms are all characteristics of
someone with integrity

56.  Interact and collaborate freely
 Make right judgment
 Obtain respect and confidence from
coworkers and superiors
 Promote patient recovery
 Positive working relationship
 Integrity inspires others

57.  Act morally and ethically at all time
 Show respect to every one
 Communicate in an open truthful
manner
 Consistently give best effort into work
 Keep promises and commitment
 Accept responsibility for your action

58.  A strong belief in the
dependability, truth or strength of
a person or object is defined as
trust
 The ability to be believed in and
trusted is known as credibility

59.  Quality care
 Optimum in workplace
 Ethical preciseness

60.  Dress In professional attire
 Display sincere interest
 Be respectful
 Active listening
 Be reliable

61.  Loyalty is a sentiment and a
feeling of devoted love for ones
nation, religion, family, friend
among the other things

62.  Fidelity in nursing refers to nurse’s
commitment to remain true to
professional promises such as the
promise to deliver excellent,
knowledgable, secure, and efficient
patient care

63.  Promotes trust among patients,
families, nurses and other healthcare
team members
 Favorable patient outcome
 Increased patient satisfaction
 Encourage patient autonomy
 Good habits are easily duplicated

65. Advocacy refers to any action that
recommends and urges, justifies,
defends on behalf of another
person

66.  Nursing advocacy strategies can
safeguard patients rights , keep
them safe and enhance
communities

67.  Nurses have the ability to be pioneers
in advancing health and medical care
for all
 Workplaces should support open
communication, adapt to changes and
allow nurses to practice to the full
scope of the training education

68.  Nursing students receive training
from nursing educators

69.  Nurse collaborate locally with
management, unit council, and
institutional councils to enhance
workplace policies