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Challenges to Professional Practice

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Foundations of Nursing Practice

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The aim of this chapter is to start you thinking about some of the issues that influence the ways in which nurses operate as registered practitioners to manage and deliver nursing care. At the end of the chapter, you should be able to:

  • Define professional practice and discuss the responsibilities involved

  • Understand the Code of Professional Conduct in relation to your own roles and responsibilities as a student, with particular relationship to accountability

  • Describe the role that personal, organisational and professional beliefs and values play in underpinning practice

  • Identify the influence of models and frameworks of care in nursing practice

  • Discuss the significance of quality assessment and standards in evaluating nursing care

  • Identify your own responsibilities for evidence-based practice and lifelong learning.

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  1. Melanie Jasper
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  1. NHS Executive, UK

    Richard Hogston MSc(Nurs), PGDipEd, BA(Hons), RN (Nursing Officer for Education and Training) (Nursing Officer for Education and Training)

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Jasper, M. (1999). Challenges to Professional Practice. In: Hogston, R., Simpson, P.M. (eds) Foundations of Nursing Practice. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-14608-6_14

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