Nursing Professional Values and Ethics

Which of the following values is NOT explicitly mentioned as a professional value shown by nurses?

What is fundamental to the type of care provided by nurses?

Which of the following does not align with the principles of primary health care?

Which quality is essential for nurses in establishing trust with patients?

Which value enhances the nurse's ability to engage empathetically with patients?

Nurses Professional Values

Nurses demonstrate professional values such as respect, justice, responsiveness, compassion, empathy, trustworthiness, and integrity.

Nurses and Patients

Nurses provide evidence-informed and person-centered care recognizing and using values and principles of primary health care and health promotion.
Nurses support and protect the right to self-determination for all patients and other health care workers.
Nurses ensure that the use of technology and scientific advances are compatible with the safety, dignity, and rights of people.

Nurses and the Profession

Nurses are active in developing and sustaining a core of professional values.
Nurses, through their professional organizations, participate in creating a positive practice environment that supports individual practice and ensures safe quality care, and maintains safe, equitable social and economic working conditions for nurses

Nurses and the Public

Nurses collaborate with other health professionals and the public to support principles of justice by promoting responsibility in the area of human rights, equity, and fairness, and by promoting the public good and a healthy planet.

This quiz explores the essential professional values that nurses must embody in their practice, including respect, empathy, and integrity. It also examines the role of nursing in promoting patient rights and contributing to the profession's positive practice environment. Test your understanding of these critical concepts in nursing ethics and values.