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The Colorado Nursing Articulation Model: 2001-2005

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Core Role Competency: Member of the Professional Role

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The nurse is accountable for the ethical, legal, and professional responsibilities related to nursing practice.

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Values

Performs within the values framework of the nursing profession.

Practices within the values framework of the nursing profession.

Expands and performs within the values framework of the nursing profession.

Ethics, Law, and Profession

Performs within the ethical and legal framework of nursing.

Promotes ethical, legal and professional awareness and responsibility in others.

Fosters ethical, legal and professional awareness and responsibility in others.

Issues and Trends

Demonstrates an awareness of current issues and trends in nursing, health care and policy development.

Participates in identifying current issues and trends in nursing, health care and policy development.

Analyzes the impact of current issues and trends in nursing and health care, and influences policy development.

Self-Development

Assumes responsibility for self-development and lifelong learning.

Assumes responsibility for self-development and lifelong learning.

Demonstrates self-development and life-long learning.

Collegial Relationships

Participates in collegial relationships.

Participates in the establishment of collegial relationships.

Promotes an environment conducive to collegial relationships.

Peer Review

Participates in the peer review process.

Participates in and actively supports the peer review process.

Participates in and evaluates the peer review process.

Image of Nursing

Participates in promoting the positive image of nursing within the context of own practice.

Participates in promoting the professional image of nursing to society.

Participates in promoting and developing the positive image of nursing to society.

Professional Organizations

Demonstrates knowledge of the functions of professional organizations.

Understands the impact of professional organizations on nursing practice.

Verbalizes and analyzes the impact of nursing organizations on nursing practice.

Accountability

Demonstrates accountability for the quality and costeffectiveness of own nursing practice.

Assumes accountability for cost-effective quality nursing practice.

Demonstrates and promotes accountability for costeffective quality nursing practice.

Research

Develops an awareness of research and its relevance to nursing practice.

Utilizes research results in evidence-based nursing practice.

Critiques research studies, promotes utilization for evidence-based practice, and identifies opportunities for research.

 

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