Virtues in nursing and care practices are learned, and customary attributes of moral character are developed in the context of nursing practice, education and identity formation. Virtues predispose people to behave in ways that fulfill their moral obligations, as understood by the moral nursing community; these virtues grow with experience as the nurse goes from being a novice to being an expert. Virtuous nursing expresses fundamental values, such as compassion, care, dignity, integrity and respect. As a profession that serves the public, there are certain moral attributes that nurses must possess.
These include the application of knowledge and skill in the pursuit of wisdom, humility, and moral strength. In addition, virtues are necessary for the affirmation and promotion of the values of human dignity, well-being, health and other goals that nursing seeks. The nursing profession is constantly evolving, but nurses' core professional values will always remain the same. In addition to the 6 C's of nursing, the professional values of nursing are what motivate nurses and act as guidelines for them when it comes to caring for patients and clients in different care environments.
Promoting professionalism and trust in your nursing role means showing a pure commitment to the standards of practice and behavior established in the Nursing Code. As a nurse, it is your duty to build trust with your clients and patients and to promote professionalism in the healthcare environment in which you work. Responsible nurses are responsible for justifying their actions and decisions. Responsibility is an essential skill and value that nurses must possess in order to instill trust in their colleagues, senior staff and clients. Nursing professionalism is essentially about being a model nurse to follow who puts the needs of her patients and clients first to ensure that they receive the best possible care.
Professionalism is a key characteristic in nursing that can benefit those around you and can lead to better quality care delivery. By their very nature, nurses are naturally curious people. Demonstrating curiosity in your role as a nurse can help you investigate concerns related to your client's care and medical and emotional challenges and ask questions that may lead to the answers you are looking for. Autonomy is often associated with loneliness working in nursing. Being able to make autonomous decisions as a nurse demonstrates your ability to think quickly and react and manage situations with confidence and professionalism without immediately depending on the advice of others.
Autonomy is a skill associated with leadership and is something that potential interviews will take into account when hiring senior nurses, such as the clinical director. Integrity in nursing is defined as being honest and having strong and true moral principles. Demonstrating integrity in nursing is demonstrating to your colleagues and clients that you are trustworthy, trustworthy, and that you have a strong work ethic. The responsibilities of a nurse's role require reliability. As a nurse, you are responsible for the safety and well-being of one or more people.
Being honest and trustworthy can show those around you that you are a trustworthy nurse who truly values the people in your care. A culture of care, as a fundamental part of the nursing profession, characterizes our concern and consideration for the whole person, our commitment to the common good and our approach to vulnerable people. All activities of the organization are managed in a participatory and person-centered manner, demonstrating the ability to understand the needs of others and the commitment to always act for the benefit of all stakeholders. Empathy is an incredibly important value in nursing, helping you build trust with your patients and allowing you to focus on your point of view. Naturally, this strengthens your ability to effectively communicate with them and provide them with better care. Values are fundamental principles that guide people's actions and behaviors.
In nursing education, personal and professional values must be harmonized to promote both professional development and the provision of high-quality care. However, some research has examined the integration of these values or the needs of nursing students to adopt value-based measures. The acceptance and commitment approach can be an innovative perspective for understanding the values of nursing students. This study aimed to explore the personal and professional values of nursing students, the relationship between these values and their needs for value-based actions, through the lens of the acceptance and commitment approach.
As a result, the alignment of personal and professional values is crucial to fostering a meaningful life and providing high-quality care for patients. In addition, this study identified that nursing students have fundamental values that guide their practices and that they have psychosocial and educational needs to participate in value-based actions. Therefore, the integration of value-centered approaches into nursing curricula is essential to promote holistic, ethical care practices. and patient-centered.
To clarify the personal and professional values of nursing students, to explore the connection between the personal and professional values of nursing students, and. To ensure consistency, a coding guide was developed that specifically focused on the values and needs for value-based action identified in the context of the acceptance and commitment approach. This framework served as a guide to identify personal and professional values, as well as the needs to undertake value-based actions. The participants identified respect, equality, trust, empathy, respect for human dignity, comprehensive care, patience, help, compassion, defense, personal development, self-expression and independence as the professional values that most guided their actions in nursing practice.
They also highlighted the importance of valuing the patient and defending them as two fundamental professional values for the practice of nursing. Participants stated that harmonizing personal and professional values with nursing practices added meaning to their lives. Many of the participants recognized that they had never considered the importance of this harmony before entering nursing school. Nursing education and clinical experiences made it possible to internalize not only professional skills, but also empathy, social awareness and the meaning of touching human life.
This process not only transformed the participants' professional identity, but it also gave them a deeper sense of purpose and direction in their lives. Figure 1 shows a value-based process in which nursing students discover new values and reflect them in their nursing practice as a result of their efforts to harmonize their personal and professional values. This process helps to improve patient outcomes and to build a meaningful life for the nursing student and the patient. The value-based process: from personal and professional values to patient outcomes and a meaningful life.
This study aimed to explore the personal and professional values of nursing students, the relationship between these values and their needs for value-based actions, from the perspective of the acceptance and commitment approach. The findings revealed that the integration of personal and professional values plays a key role in shaping meaningful experiences both in life and in care. The results also highlighted that nursing students have psychosocial and educational needs that influence their ability to act in accordance with these values. These findings highlight the importance of nursing education not only to promote awareness of values, but also to support the translation of these values into ethical and person-centered care practices.
In light of these implications, it is valuable to examine the specific personal and professional values emphasized by nursing students in this study. The alignment of personal and professional values is crucial for fostering meaningful lives and providing high-quality care to patients. Nursing students have diverse needs, including clarifying values, developing self-confidence, improving communication skills, providing social support, learning stress management techniques, receiving constructive feedback, and having role models. Addressing these needs within the frameworks of nursing education can foster resilient and ethically based nurses capable of providing high-quality care in diverse clinical settings.
In addition, it is important to conduct multicenter studies that evaluate the effectiveness of existing value teaching strategies and compare different schools in order to examine the applicability of psychoeducational approaches to support the development of values. Participate in interdisciplinary projects to align care delivery with patients' preferences and values. Some participants indicated that psychiatric nursing courses were essential so that they could take action in line with their personal values. Accuracy is an important value for nurses because precise and precise care better meets patient needs and creates a safe environment for medical procedures and recovery.
Valuing human dignity also means recognizing the rights of each patient to choose health care services and maintaining privacy, which are two other important nursing values. Trust has been indicated as an ethical nursing value and is defined by traits of honesty in words and practice. Values help to influence the decisions, actions and emotions of nursing staff and guide them in the fast and responsive care environments in which they work. Professional values are based on personal values, which are influenced by family, culture, environment, religion and ethnicity. Especially nursing education can be designed so that it is possible to see the reflection of values in patient care.
Engage in respectful conversations with patients to understand their perspectives, values and cultural beliefs.
