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Values-Based Nursing and Fitness to Practice Issues

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Values are often viewed as a reflection of moral, personal and cultural beliefs. Yet nurses are challenged with the additional consideration of professional values. In the United Kingdom (UK) the values that underpin the profession are articulated within the regulatory guidance from the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC). This guidance is a measurable tool of both practice and behaviour and falling short of this standard raises the question of fitness to practice.

This chapter explores the importance of values and how these values not only underpin practice, but determine fitness to Practice.

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  1. 1.

    For further discussion of moral values in nursing and the ethical domain of nursing practice please see Chap. 1.

  2. 2.

    For further description and discussion of the nurse patient relationship please see Chap. 1.

  3. 3.

    For further discussion of lying and honesty within the context of nursing and duty-based ethical theory please see Chap. 2.

  4. 4.

    For a discussion of the nurse’s role in advocating for patients please see Chap. 8.

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  1. School of Nursing and Allied Health, Liverpool John Moores University, 79, Tithebarn Street, Liverpool, L2 2ER, UK

    Julie-Ann Hayes

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  1. Vice President for Equality & Diversity, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland

    P. Anne Scott

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Hayes, JA. (2017). Values-Based Nursing and Fitness to Practice Issues. In: Scott, P. (eds) Key Concepts and Issues in Nursing Ethics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49250-6_13

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