responsibility and
accountability
Consistently demonstrates professional conduct
in accordance with the College’s standards for
nursing practice and ethics; and that the primary
duty is to the client to ensure safe, competent,
ethical nursing care.
Competencies
The entry-level registered nurse:
1. Demonstrates accountability and acceptance
of responsibility for one’s own actions and
decisions.
2. Recognizes individual competence within
legislated scope of practice and seeks support
and assistance as necessary.
3. Articulates the role and responsibilities of a
registered nurse as a member of the nursing
and health care team.
4. Demonstrates a professional presence and
models professional behaviour.
5. Consistently identifies self by first and
last name, and appropriate professional
designation (protected title) to clients and the
health care team.
6. Displays initiative, confidence and selfawareness,
and encourages collaborative
interactions within the nursing and health care
team, with the client as the centre of the health
care team.
7. Advocates for clear and consistent roles and
responsibilities within the health care team.
8. Demonstrates effective collaborative problemsolving
strategies, including conflict resolution.
9. Advocates and intervenes, as needed, to ensure
client safety.
10. Demonstrates critical inquiry in relation to
new knowledge and technologies that change,
enhance or support nursing practice.
Clients
Individuals
Families
Groups
Communities
Populations
Professional Responsibility
and Accountability