Example: A nurse maintains the confidentiality of patients and health care providers.4. Integrity – acting in accordance with an appropriate code of ethics and accepted standards of practice. This is reflected in professional practice when the nurse is honest and provides care based on an ethical framework accepted within the profession.a. Example: The nurse documents care accurately and honestly.5. Social justice – respect for moral, legal and humanistic principles. This is reflected in professional practice when the nurse strives to ensure equal treatment before the law and equal access to quality health care.a. Example: The nurse supports and promotes equity and non-discrimination in the provision of care. These professional values ​​form the foundation of nursing practice and guide the nurse's interactions with patients and clients. In addition to values, ethical nurses should possess several essential virtues, or human excellences, that enable them to be responsible human beings: competence, compassion, subordination of their personal interest to that of the patient, self-effacement, reliability, conscientiousness , intelligence, practical wisdom, humility and