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Concept of Value and Belief FON-II.pptx
1. Concept of Value and
Belief
FON-II
Asma Falak Nursing Instructor,
SON, PIMS Islamabad
2. objectives
• By the end of this session learners will be able to:
• Define value/belief pattern
• Explain how behaviors related to values
• Identify sources of professional nursing values
• Apply cultural and developmental perspective when identifying
values
• Discuss values conflict and resolution in nursing care situations
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4. Value System
• value set : Is the small group of values held by an individual
• value system: People organize their set of values internally along a
continuum from most important to least important
• Value systems are basic to:
• A way of life
• Give direction to life
• Form the basis of behavior especially behavior that is based on
decisions or choices
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5. Belief
• Based more on faith than fact
• May or may not be true
• Life and death
• Good and evil
• Health and illness
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6. Attitude
• Attitude lasts over time
• Often judged as bad or good, positive or negative
• Vary greatly among individuals
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7. Nursing Values and Behaviors
• Altruism: Is a concern for the welfare and well-being of others.
• Autonomy: Is the right to self-determination
• Human dignity: Is respect for the inherent worth and uniqueness
of individuals and populations
• Integrity: Is acting in accordance with an appropriate code of
ethics and accepted standards of practice.
• Social justice: Is upholding moral, legal, and humanistic principles
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8. Professionalbehaviors
• Demonstrates understanding of cultures, beliefs, and
perspectives of others.
• Advocates for patients, particularly the most vulnerable.
• Mentors other professionals.
• Plans care in partnership with patients.
• Honors the right of patients and families to make decisions about
health care.
• Provides information so patients can make informed choices.
• Provides culturally competent and sensitive care.
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9. Cont.
• Preserves the confidentiality of patients and health care providers
• Designs care with sensitivity to individual patient needs
• Provides honest information to patients and the public
• Documents care accurately and honestly
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10. Values transmission
• Values are learned through observation and experience.
• Heavily influenced by a person's sociocultural environment that is,
by societal traditions by cultural, and religious groups
• By family and peer groups
• For example, if a parent consistently demonstrates honesty in
dealing with others, the child will probably begin to value honesty
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11. Personal Values
• People derive values from society and their individual subgroups,
they internalize some or all of these values and perceive them as
personal values.
• Professional Values:
• Nurses' professional values are acquired during socialization into
nursing from codes of ethics, nursing experiences, teachers, and
peers.
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12. Values clarification
• Is a process by which people identify, examine, and develop their
own individual values.
• One widely used theory of values clarification was developed by
Raths, Harmin, and Simon (1978)
• They described a "valuing process" of thinking, feeling, and
behavior that they termed "choosing," "prizing," and "acting"
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• Choosing (cognitive)
• Beliefs are chosen
• Freely without outside pressure
• From among alternatives
• After reflecting and considering consequences
• Prizing (affective)
• Chosen beliefs are prized and cherished
• Acting (behavioral)
• Affirmed to others
• Incorporated into one's behavior
• Repeated consistently in one's life
15. Values conflict and resolution in nursing caresituations
• Abortion
• Euthanasia and assisted suicide
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16. Reference
• An Erb, G. & Kozier, B. (1998). Fundamentals of Nursing: concepts
process and practice, 8th edition. Addison: Welsy. Chapter 5;p 79-
93.
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