The 8th Essential: Professionalism And Professional Values

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The 8th essential is professionalism and professional values. This describes how the nurse should care for their patients and have specific core values. As a nurse we must remember to respect our patients’ preferences, values and needs. Having respect for patients’ rights and autonomy is necessary in provided quality care. This involves respecting the patients way of life and reserving any personal biases towards the patient.

A patient scenario that may arise is someone who may only speak in his or her native language that you may not understand. Using this essential, as a nurse I would want to make my patient feel comfortable by getting an interpreter. As well as hold back any attitudes or biases while trying to communicate back and forth