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Using this format, prepare a 30 - 50 word response in each box that describes your understanding of the values for the BSN nursing student. Review the assigned reading assignments found in the Electronic Reserve Readings, located in the Materials page of the student Web site. Prepare an APA-formatted reference page.
|Define: |Identify how nurses demonstrate this value.|Discuss how you demonstrate this value. |
|Altruism is doing something for someone and|We demonstrate altruism daily in our |I took a heart transplant patient home for |
|not expecting anything in return. Being |practice when we help our coworkers without|Thanksgiving Day from the hospital. The |
|unselfish caring and humanistic toward |them asking use to help them. When a |only way the hospital would let him go home|
|other health care professionals, patients, |patient needs something done and you are |for the day was if he had a nurse who knew |
|families beliefs and values. Also |not assigned to the patient. There is |how to operate the left ventricular |
|developing cultural awareness and |nothing wrong with doing what needs to be |assistive device. This was my specialty. | …show more content…
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|Human dignity is treating others the way |Nurses demonstrate human dignity by being |I demonstrate human dignity by being |
|they would want to be treated. Being |respectful nonjudgmental and professional |humanistic and non- judgmental. I try to |
|respectful, kind and nonjudgmental toward |with the patient and his or her family. |never make preconceive ideas about people |
|coworkers, our families, visitors and |When a nurse is assessing the patient he or|before knowing the whole truth about a |
|patients. Also being respectful to their |she cannot jump to conclusions about |situation. By doing this it allows me to be|
|culture, race and religion. |situations or be quick to judge someone |empathetic and caring to all of my |
| |because of their appearance. |patients. |
|A person who has integrity is accountable, |Nurses demonstrate this value by holding |I demonstrate this value by taking