Beliefs & Core Values
Beliefs and core values of nursing are incorporated into our practice to provide quality care and set standards for each nurse practice and nursing student. I feel that incorporating these beliefs and core values into our nursing profession is important to have patient centred care, keeping us as nursing students accountable, acting with confidence and integrity, and maintaining culturally safe care without personal bias.
Accountability
Accountability to me is a belief and core value in nursing because as a self regulating career we must be accountable and responsible for our actions as they directly impact our patients. In the CNO practice standard (2013) accountability is defined as “each nurse is accountable to the public and responsible for ensuring that her/his practice and conduct meets legislative requirements and the standards of the profession” (p.4).
Integrity
Integrity I included in beliefs and core values because I believe that all nurses must act with integrity in all nursing practices. Integrity relates to ethics of nursing, including confidentiality, being truthful, and client best interest.
Collaboration
Collaboration is a nursing belief and core value because nursing is a leadership role, and to demonstrate this standard we need to collaborate within the healthcare team of the client to provide the best outcome. The CNO practice standards argue that “collaborating with clients and the health care team to provide professional practice that respects the rights of clients, advocating for clients” (p. 10).
Inclusive and Culturally Safe Care
Inclusive and culturally safe care is a belief and core value in nursing as there are many different cultures we care for, and I believe we must give equitable care to each. Culturally safe care as per practice standards (2024) states that “nurses demonstrate cultural humility through self reflection and evaluating their own behaviour” (p. 6). Taking this into consideration nurses self reflect on their own biases, consider peer input, and grow their education of culturally safe care. This provides upmost nurse client therapeutic relationship as clients feel safe.
