CARE PRINCIPLES CARE PRINCIPLES

Nursing Midwifery Council (NMC) NMC serves as our stepping stones

•Regulate policies and standards. towards serving the best interest to our service users,
•Support and guide professionals assessing and meeting their needs, and accomplish
•Influence the care setting. our duties and responsibilities ethically.

Codes of conduct

1. To Prioritise People 2. To Practise Effectively 3. To Preserve Safety 4. To Promote

1. Uphold respect and
dignity to patients.
2. Listen to their needs,
preferences, and
problems.
3. Assess and respond to
their needs.
4. Act in the people’s
interest.
5. Respect confidentiality
and privacy
6. Practise evidence-based
processes.
7. Communicate with clarity
that people can
understand.
8. Cooperate with
colleagues to give the best
care.
9. Share expertise with
honesty, and accuracy.
10. Keep accurate practice
records.
11. Be accountable in every
act shown.
12. Keep indemnity
arrangements in place.
Professionalism
13. Recognise skills and and Trust
competence. Ask help if
needed. 20. Keep standards
14. Inform service uses about and values in the
care, treatment, mistakes, profession.
and harms. 21. Uphold position
15. Offer a hand in with honesty by
emergencies within the refusing offers and
scope of expertise. dealings not related
16. Act on issues immediately. to health.
17. Raise issues or concerns 22. Comply with the
when risk is identified. requirements and
18. Give advice within registration
competence, law, and processes.
policies.
19. Be always aware of
possible risks and harms.

EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY

NMC’s ROLES:
• Make adjustments in all policies.
• Ensure just and accessible processes. PATIENT EMPOWERMENT
• Create and review plans for improvement and
effectiveness.
Positive policies cover beliefs, values, culture,
• Include all the characteristics: beliefs, culture, needs,
goals, needs, preferences, relationship, and
goals, etc.
affiliations.
What we should do?
• Serve everyone who needs care and protection. An empowered service user is someone who:
• Include everyone in the service without bias and
judgment. • Aware of their health condition or status.
• Ensure that patients’ needs are fulfilled. • Participates in the decision-making
• Avoid descriminations and apply standards. processes.
• Informed about their treatments and
CONFIDENTIALITY decisions.
NMC’s ROLES: • Understands the need to change for their
• Evaluate concerns and issues that arise according to wellbeing.
guidelines and standards. • Challenges and inquire healthcare
• Take actions on the identified issues immediately. professionals to give their best interests.
• Inform healthcare professionals about their • Responsible for their wellbeing.
responsibilities and duties. • Uses information actively and analyses it.
What we should do?
• Raise concerns to the proper authorities.
• Report and help in the investigation processes. Nurses’ roles in patient empowerment:
• Orient colleagues and others concerned to build a
stronger organization. • Share information about their care.
• Give choices by outlining options about
SAFEGUARDING AND EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION their treatment and care.
• Orient results to them from the choices
NMC’s ROLES: What we should do? outlined.
• Ensure clear and
• Express empathy and care about their
updated policy. • Comply with the
condition.
• Safe environment. policies.
• Answer questions that patient raise.
• Analyse and monitor • Work with confidence.
• Respect decisions even if it is not favourable
policies. • Report concerns.
in your own preferences.
• Taking responsibility. • Cooperate in
• Act with care and best investigations.
interest. • Perform duties and
responsibilities properly.