Human Flourishing

Advocate for patients and families in ways that promote their self-determination, integrity, and ongoing growth as human beings

1. Collaborate with the patient or designee to plan and provide nursing care that respects the patient’s values and needs.

Nursing Judgment

Make judgments in practice, substantiated with evidence that integrates nursing science to provide safe, quality care, and that promotes patients’ health within a family and community context.

    2. Generate safe and effective patient-centered care using the nursing process.

3. Incorporate effective communication strategies to reduce risk and injuries in the healthcare environment.

Professional Identity

Implement one’s role as a nurse in ways that reflect integrity, responsibility, ethical practices, and an evolving identity as a nurse committed to evidence-based practice, caring, advocacy, and safe, quality care for diverse patients within a family and community context.

    4. Create caring relationships with patients and support systems consistent with the American Nursing Association (ANA) Standards of Nursing Practice and the Code of Ethics.

5. Evaluate the utilization of healthcare system resources to manage care efficiently and effectively.

Spirit of Inquiry

Examine the evidence that underlies clinical nursing practice to challenge the status quo, underlying question assumptions, and offer new insights to improve the quality of care for patients, families, and communities.

     6. Integrate current best practices to plan and implement safe and effective patient care.