Professionalism

A. PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY
 Hold self and others accountable for mutual professional expectations and outcomes
 Contribute to the advancement of the profession
 Participate in and contribute to professional organizations
 Demonstrate and promote leader and staff participation in professional organizations
 Promote leader and staff participation in lifelong learning and educational achievement
 Achieve and maintain professional certification for self
 Promote professional certification for staff
 Role model standards of professional practice (clinical, educational and leadership) for colleagues and constituents

B. CAREER PLANNING
 Coach others in developing their own career plans
 Seek input and mentorship from others in career planning and development
 Develop a personal and professional career plan and measure progress
 Solicit feedback about personal strengths and weaknesses
 Act on feedback about personal strengths and weaknesses

C. ETHICS
 Uphold ethical principles and corporate compliance standards
 Hold self and staff accountable to comply with ethical standards of practice
 Discuss, resolve and learn from ethical dilemmas

D. ADVOCACY
 Promote clinical perspective in organizational decisions
 Involve nurses and other staff in decisions that affect their practice
 Represent the perspective of patients and families
 Advocate for optimal health care in the community