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Values in Nursing

The document discusses the ICN Code of Ethics for Nurses and its role in guiding nurses. It was first adopted in 1953 and revised in 2006 to reflect changes in healthcare. The Code establishes respect for human rights as an inherent part of nursing. It also supports nurses' refusal to participate in unethical activities that do not promote healing. The document then discusses teaching core nursing values as part of developing caring behaviors in nurses. These core values include human dignity, integrity, autonomy, altruism, and social justice. Integrating these values ensures nursing students develop caring behaviors to strengthen the future nursing workforce.

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Values in Nursing

The document discusses the ICN Code of Ethics for Nurses and its role in guiding nurses. It was first adopted in 1953 and revised in 2006 to reflect changes in healthcare. The Code establishes respect for human rights as an inherent part of nursing. It also supports nurses' refusal to participate in unethical activities that do not promote healing. The document then discusses teaching core nursing values as part of developing caring behaviors in nurses. These core values include human dignity, integrity, autonomy, altruism, and social justice. Integrating these values ensures nursing students develop caring behaviors to strengthen the future nursing workforce.

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The ICN Code of Ethics for Nurses, most recently revised in 2006, is a guide for action based on social

values and
needs.The Code has served as the standard for nurses worldwide since it was first adopted in 1953.

The Code is regularly reviewed and revised in response to the realities of nursing and health care in a changing
society. The Code makes it clear that inherent in nursing is respect for human rights, including the right to life, to
dignity and to be treated with respect.

The ICN Code of Ethics guides nurses in everyday choices and it supports their refusal to participate in activities that
conflict with caring and healing.

Teaching Core Nursing Values

Nursing is a caring profession. Caring encompasses empathy for and connection with people. Teaching
and role-modeling caring is a nursing curriculum challenge. Caring is best demonstrated by a nurse's
ability to embody the five core values of professional nursing. Core nursing values essential to
baccalaureate education include human dignity, integrity, autonomy, altruism, and social justice. The
caring professional nurse integrates these values in clinical practice. Strategies for integrating and
teaching core values are outlined and outcomes of value-based nursing education are described.
Carefully integrated values education ensures that the legacy of caring behavior embodied by nurses is
strengthened for the future nursing workforce.

 CARING: promoting health, healing, and hope in response to the human condition
 INTEGRITY: respecting the dignity and moral wholeness of every person without conditions or
limitation;
 DIVERSITY: affirming the uniqueness of and differences among persons, ideas, values, and
ethnicities
 EXCELLENCE: creating and implementing transformative strategies with daring ingenuity

 CARING: A culture of caring, as a fundamental part of the nursing profession, characterizes our
concern and consideration for the whole person, our commitment to the common good, and our
outreach to those who are vulnerable. All organizational activities are managed in a participative
and person-centered way, demonstrating an ability to understand the needs of others and a
commitment to act always in the best interests of all stakeholders.

 INTEGRITY: A culture of integrity is evident when organizational principles of open


communication, ethical decision-making, and humility are encouraged, expected, and
demonstrated consistently. Not only is doing the right thing simply how we do business, but our
actions reveal our commitment to truth telling and to how we always see ourselves from the
perspective of others in a larger community.

 DIVERSITY: A culture of diversity embraces acceptance and respect. We understand that each
individual is unique and recognize individual differences, which can be along the dimensions of
race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, age, physical abilities, religious
beliefs, political beliefs, or other ideologies. A culture of diversity is about understanding
ourselves and each other and moving beyond simple tolerance to embracing and celebrating the
richness of each individual. While diversity can be about individual differences, it also
encompasses institutional and system-wide behavior patterns.

 EXCELLENCE: A culture of excellence reflects a commitment to continuous growth,


improvement, and understanding. It is a culture where transformation is embraced, and the status
quo and mediocrity are not tolerated.

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