Reflecting on the true value of care.
The RCN's (2012) Principles of Nursing Practice are a set of statements about the characteristics of high quality nursing care. This article gives an overview of the principles and demonstrates through a personal reflection that emergency nurses can refer to them when planning and delivering compassionate and evidence-based care in complex settings.
Principles at Work at RCN West Midlands, Birmingham. linda.watterson@rcn.org.uk
Linda
L
Watterson
Jonathan
J
Dickens
D016529:Emergency Nursing / Q000592:standards; D055318:Evidence-Based Nursing; D006801:Humans; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000592:standards*; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D012647:Self-Assessment; D006113:United Kingdom