RNAO BPG - Professionalism in nursing
This Best Practice Guideline (BPG) focuses on professionalism, which is essential for healthy work environments for nurses. A healthy work environment for nurses is a practice setting that maximizes the health and well being of nurses, quality patient outcomes and organizational performance. Professionalism in nursing is an essential ingredient in achieving a healthy work environment and is enabled by the context of practice.
Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario. (2007). Professionalism in nursing. Toronto, ON, Canada: Author.
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