College code: 298
Code of Professional Conduct for Nurses in India
Code of Professional Conduct for Nurses in India
Professional Responsibility and accountabilityNurse
- Appreciates sense of self-worth and nurture it
- Maintains standards of personal conduct reflecting credit upon the profession
- Carries out responsibilities within the framework of the professional boundaries
- Is accountable for maintaining practice standards set by Indian Nursing Council
- Is accountable for own decisions and actions
- Is compassionate
- Is responsible for continuous improvement of current practices
- Provides adequate information to individuals that allows them informed choices
- Practices healthful behavior
- Provides adequate information to individuals that allows them informed choices
- Practices healthful behavior
Nurse
- Provides care inaccordance with set standards of practice
- Treats all individuals and families with human dignity in providing physical, psychological, emotional, social and spiritual aspects of care
- Respects individuals and families in the contex to traditional and cultural practices, promoting healthy practices and discouraging harmful practices
- Presents realistic picture truthfully in all situations for facilitating autonomous decision-making by individuals and families
- Promotes participation of individuals and significant others in the care
- Ensure safe practice
- Consults, coordinates, collaborates and follows up appropriately when individuals ’care needs exceed the nurse’s competence
Nurse
- Establishes and maintains effective interpersonal relationships with individuals, families and communities
- Upholds the dignity of team members and maintains effective interpersonal relationship with them
- Appreciates and nurse professional role of team members
- Cooperates with other health professional to meet the needs of the individuals, families and communities
Nurse
- Takes appropriate action to protect individuals from harmful unethical practice
- Considers relevant facts while taking conscience decisions in the best interest to find individuals
- Encourages and supports individuals in their right to speak for themselves on issues affecting their health and welfare
- Respects and supports choices made by individuals
Nurse
- Ensures appropriate allocation and utilization of available resources
- Participates in supervision and education of students and other formal care providers
- Uses judgment in relation to individual competence while accept in handling responsibility
- Facilitates conductive work culture in order to achieve institutional objectives
- Communicates effectively following appropriate channel so communication
- Participates in performance appraisal
- Participates in evaluation of nursing services
- Participates in policy decisions, following the principle of equity and accessibility of services
- Works with individuals to identify their needs and sensitizes policy makers and funding agencies for resource allocation
Nurse
- Ensures the protection of the human rights while pursuing the advancement to knowledge
- Contributes to the development of nursing practice
- Participates in determining and implementing quality care
- Takes responsibility for updating own knowledge and competencies
- Contributes to core of professional knowledge by conducting and participating in research