Professional Autonomy
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The Professional Nurse
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2023
Professional nurses are not limited to bedside care and are taking roles of greater responsibility. A nurse should have a knowledge-based practice, including personal, theoretical, procedural, cultural, and reflexive knowledge. Additionally, nurses must be competent in cognitive, technical, interpersonal, and ethical/legal skills. Some of the best attributes of successful nurses include the following: Communication skills: These are critical characteristics, especially speaking and listening.
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Professional Values
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2023
Nurses are responsible for caring for patients during birth, death, illness, and healing. Professional values guide the decisions and actions that nurses make in their careers. If nurses know the decisions and actions to take, providing patients with exceptional care is possible. The values that are the foundation of the nursing profession are altruism, autonomy, human dignity, and social justice. First, altruism refers to the concern for the welfare and well-being of others without personal...
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Biomechanical Analysis Methods to Assess Professional Badminton Players' Lunge Performance
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2019
Here, we present a protocol to evaluate the differences in injury mechanisms between professional and amateur players when performing a badminton maximal right lunge movement by analyzing lower limb kinematics.
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A Virtual Machine Platform for Non-Computer Professionals for Using Deep Learning to Classify Biological Sequences of Metagenomic Data
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2021
This tutorial describes a simple method to construct a deep learning algorithm for performing 2-class sequence classification of metagenomic data.
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Measures of Central Tendency
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2020
The "center" of a data set is also a way of describing location. The two most widely used measures of the "center" of the data are the mean (average) and the median. The words "mean" and "average" are often used interchangeably. The substitution of one word for the other is common practice. The technical term is "arithmetic mean" and "average" is technically a center location. However, in practice among non-statisticians, "average" is commonly accepted for "arithmetic mean." Another measure of...
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Clinical judgment must be exercised within the practitioner’s professional scope, applicable standards, and legal requirements. Accountability remains part of each decision, requiring the practitioner to explain the reasoning, document relevant actions, and communicate with the healthcare team. This balance allows timely clinical responses while ensuring that professional discretion remains responsible, reviewable, and connected to accepted practice expectations.
An informed decision draws on several sources rather than personal preference alone. Practitioners consider scientific evidence, ethical principles, the patient’s preferences, and the details of the clinical situation. Integrating these elements helps align professional expertise with patient-centered care and supports decisions that are both clinically reasoned and responsive to individual needs.
Autonomy does not remove the need for consultation, communication, or professional boundaries. A practitioner may make decisions within their scope, but remains accountable for recognizing situations that require collaboration or referral. Oversight therefore functions as a safeguard for responsible practice, while autonomy allows qualified professionals to apply their judgment without treating independence as isolation.
Consultation or referral becomes important when a clinical situation extends beyond the practitioner’s professional scope or when additional expertise is necessary for responsible decision-making. Recognizing that limit is part of autonomous practice, not a failure of judgment. Early communication with the healthcare team can support appropriate care and help the practitioner remain accountable for the decisions made.
Documentation makes the practitioner’s reasoning and actions visible to the patient-care team and supports accountability. Records should reflect relevant decisions and the communication surrounding them, particularly when consultation or referral is needed. This process helps connect clinical judgment with professional standards and allows decisions to be understood as part of an informed, responsible care process.
When practitioners can apply their expertise within established boundaries, they can respond to changing clinical conditions in a timely way. Their decisions remain grounded in evidence, ethics, patient preferences, and team communication rather than occurring independently of oversight. In diverse care settings, this approach can support patient-centered care while preserving responsibility and appropriate collaboration.