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Essay / The Value of Nursing Leadership Values - 923
Guided by the values of safety, integrity and commitment. Excellence and kindness, nurse leaders offer quality services and innovative solutions to patients in all situations, personally and professionally. They turn vision into reality. Everything they do reflects these values and they constantly strive to improve them. Safety is non-negotiable. Because of nurse leaders' perspective on the causes of errors and their prevention, they are an indispensable part of a multidisciplinary team that finds innovative solutions to improve safety that ultimately benefits the patient. Integrity means exactly that: everything we do is done with fairness and compassion. , respect, courage and much more. Professional integrity is modeled and mentored throughout the training process and provides a foundation of practice that will be supported throughout the nurse leader's career. Commitment is not complicated: it is present or not. Nursing leaders keep their word and keep their promises. Nursing leaders wear their commitment to quality health care like a badge. Commitment requires responsibility, creativity and a positive attitude. Excellence is what a nurse leader strives to achieve in everything they do. Excellence advances the scope and practice of nurse leaders by promoting standards of nursing practice, contributing to the knowledge base, and advocating for the implementation and improvement of standards of practice. Benevolence lies in its moral foundation. Caring validates both the nurse learner and the patient as human beings. Kindness is one of the most essential ingredients for health, human development, human relationships, well-being and survival. These core values all combine to produce great people and great results middle of paper..... .rses work in a constantly changing environment. The one thing I will not change is my dedication to excellence through ethics, standards and best practices. My commitment to the health care profession is to provide excellent care to my patients. I will work to help manage patients with their illness, prevent disease, and promote a healthy lifestyle. We are healthcare educators and advocates for patients, families and communities. Nursing offers a blend of flexibility, opportunity and job security not currently found in any other profession, allowing me to move between different employment settings. I chose this profession to help those in need and improve the quality of life of others. There are many areas of nursing, but all of these areas overlap and the more I learn and absorb, the better nurse leader I will become..