Professional Values in Nursing

Lesley Baillie is an experienced nurse, researcher and educator with a particular interest in caring practices, professional values and dignity in care. She is Professor of Clinical Nursing Practice in a joint post with London South Bank University, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and the Florence Nightingale Foundation. Dr Sharon Black is an experienced nurse, educator and researcher with an interest in professional nursing practice including mentorship, nursing older people and stroke rehabilitation. She is Programme Lead for Nursing and Care Specialities at Oxford Brookes University.

• Values for professional nursing practice: an introduction. Being a professional nurse: practising to the Code. Expectations of professional nurses. Nursing practice within ethical frameworks. Nursing practice within legal frameworks. Dignity and nursing practice. Person-centred and holistic nursing care. Working in partnership with service users, carers and families. Working in partnership within interprofessional teams. Vulnerability and safeguarding adults and children. Challenging poor practice and raising concerns. Promoting best practice and continuing professional development.

"…meets the needs of novice nurses who need to be guided through the often puzzling topic of professional values. …It has great potential to engage student nurses and new nurses on a topic that may not otherwise hold their interest as much as other areas of nursing. It may well become a book that they keep on their shelves for many years."—Martha Scheckel, PhD, RN, Winona State University, Minnesota, USA