Beliefs and Values
NURSING PHILOSOPHY:
I believe that nursing is the foundation for ethical and accessible healthcare across the globe. Nurses are at the core of providing holistic care to their patients that is considerate of their lived experiences and applicable to their daily lives. I feel nurses must strive to act with integrity and honesty, while maintining an excellent work-ethic and ability to adapt to their surroundings to best serve their patients. I believe nurses play a key role in delivering the competent care necessary to foster a safe space where healthcare is accessible and equitable. Nurses have the responsibility to continually learn and grow with society to bridge the gap to accessible healthcare through a holistic approach.
NURSING BELIEF STATEMENT:
I believe nursing to be a foundational role within the healthcare team that requires individuals with impeccable work-ethic, who are adaptable, work with integrity and are honest. Nurses have an obligation to deliver competent, compassionate care to their patients. To achieve this, nurses must be culturally competent, and willing to learn at every stage in their career. I hope to embody these traits and learning affinity as a student-nurse, careful to bring that into my future career as a nurse.
MY VALUES:
INTEGRITY
To me, integrity describes being true to your word, and acting in a way that is true to who you are as a person, no matter who is or is not looking. Integrity involves showing up for people in the way you promised you would, completing tasks you set out to complete on time and to the best of your ability. Integrity means acting with truth in your work and acting in a way that is truthful to you personal values and ethics. This is a quality I value in myself and will strive to behave in a way that reflects this.
Acting with integrity in nursing means giving the correct medication and interventions to your patients, when you said you would. It means taking responsibility for the promises you make to yourself and your patients, delivering on them with great care. In nursing, this also means maintaining a strong relationship with your patient, giving great consideration to their circumstance and privacy. Integrity outlines the CNO’s 5th guideline to the Code of Conduct, ensuring patients are receiving competent care that is equitable (CNO, 2023). Nursing care, to me, should be free of bias, and to a high standard for all patients. Nurses should ask themselves; Am I being true to my values and treating this patient to the best of my ability?
HONESTY:
Honesty is the ability to act with truth and integrity with one’s daily ongoings. To act with purpose and truth in all aspects of life, personal, spiritual, and working interactions. Acting with honesty involves acting with truth in one’s self-dialogue and interactions with others. When acting in an honest manner, a person will be truthful to their own values and beliefs, be truthful in the work they put forth, be truthful in ma