#Nightingale pledge update
#Nightingale pledge professional

' I will do all in my power to maintain and elevate the standard of my profession,' Big guns here. ' I will abstain from whatever is deleterious and mischievous, and will not take or knowingly administer any harmful drug.' First do no harm, remember the responsibilities of the nurse in regards to medication administration, and as Barbara Bush said, just say no to recreational drug use. 'I solemnly pledge myself before God and in the presence of this assembly, to pass my life in purity and to practice my profession faithfully.' Okay, so the very beginning can be a bit touchy, based on one's religious preferences, but I'm also seeing in there that hey, I promise to not publicly put up things on Facebook/end up on the nightly news doing things that would cause doubt in my nursing abilities, and that I will actually use what I learned. Let me be a bit more specific, and break it down. Because I can read it and see it as something that yes, is rather outdated, but then I can also read it and make connections to nursing practice today. Please don't hate - I still love my job as a nurse and I try to be a good one!Įh, I think it's all in how it gets interpreted. With loyalty will I endeavor to aid the physician in his work, and devote myself to the welfare of those committed to my care.'Īnyway, I'm just wondering if I am the only one who feels this way. I will do all in my power to maintain and elevate the standard of my profession, and will hold in confidence all personal matters committed to my keeping and all family affairs coming to my knowledge in the practice of my calling.

I will abstain from whatever is deleterious and mischievous, and will not take or knowingly administer any harmful drug. 'I solemnly pledge myself before God and in the presence of this assembly, to pass my life in purity and to practice my profession faithfully.

#Nightingale pledge update

I would probably want to update the wording on the 'aid the physician in his work'.because heath care is our work too, and it takes a team.įor anyone who doesn't recall the pledge, here it is: I would definitely keep the part about elevating the standard of our profession.

#Nightingale pledge professional

Something that encompasses our roles as professional clinicians AND as comforters and caretakers. If I were on a committee to write a new pledge, I would want to add to it some wording about being critical thinkers and knowledgeable about our fields. I wouldn't mind an oath for nurses.but I'm not a fan of the one we currently have. I feel like its outdated and perhaps out of touch, and it diminishes the critical thinking and professionalism that one needs to be an excellent nurse, instead focusing on nurses promising to be good people and to play handmaiden to the doctors. Personally, I feel like it could use an update.