Explain how each provision identified in part B influences your professional nursing practice by using a clinical example.

Competencies:
740.1.10: The Nursing Profession – The graduate applies historical and contemporary nursing theories and models to define their professional nursing practice.
740.1.4: Professional Accountability – The graduate analyzes the responsibilities and accountability of the professional nurse.
740.1.5: Self-Advocacy of the Nurse – The graducate integrates strategies of self-awareness and self-care into professional practice to ensure personal health and well-being.
740.1.13: The Professional Nurse – The graduate integrates knowledge, skills, and attitudes of the nursing profession into personal and professional interactions and ethical decision making.
740.1.7: Roles of the Nurse (WGU) – The graduate analyzes the roles of the nurse as a scientist, a detective, and a manager of the healing environment.
740.1.15: Healthcare Work Environment – The graduate evaluates how the vision, values, mission, and philosophy of an organization align with an individual’s professional values, beliefs, and approaches to interprofessional collegiality.
Introduction:

The purpose of this task is to develop a working knowledge of nursing theory, nursing ethics, and professional accountability and apply these concepts to your professional clinical practice. You will be required to think about real-life scenarios and how they relate to nursing codes in your professional practice.

Requirements:

B. Identify two provisions from the American Nurses Association (ANA) Code of Ethics (available in the web links section below).

1. Explain how each provision identified in part B influences your professional nursing practice by using a clinical example.

C. Identify four professional traits from the ANA Code of Ethics provisions.

1. Explain how you will bring the professional traits identified in part C to an interdisciplinary team of healthcare professionals.

D. Identify a nursing theory that has influenced your professional practice.