Simon Roach’s 6 C’s of Nursing Care: Confidence, Compassion, Competence

Running head: NURSING ASSIGNMENT
SIMON ROACH’S 6 C’S
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1NURSING ASSIGNMENT
Introduction
Sister Simon Roach’s 6 C’s of nursing care is the theory that includes six multiple aspects
of nursing care process, inclusion of which in the care process increases its effectiveness and
abilities of nursing professionals (Roach, 2013). The aspects are commitment, comportment,
compassion, competence, conscience and confidence, compliance with which helps the nursing
professionals to comply with the NMBA guidelines related to nursing codes and codes of
conduct while caring for patients in healthcare facilities (Vellone et al., 2016). Therefore, three
of these aspects would be discussed in the following section and the way it helps to comply with
NMBA code of conduct would be discussed in the following sections.
Confidence
Confidence is the most crucial aspect of one’s personality that defines their ability to
struggle thorugh critical situations and also defines their ability to comply with their mental
peace and abilities. As per Vellone et al. (2016), through the help of confidence, people are able
to overcome their difficulties with the help of their inner abilities and strength. In the nursing
profession, confidence is the most crucial aspect that helps them to overcome the difficult
healthcare situations and provide effective care to the patients associated with them. Therefore,
with proper confidence and courage, the nursing professionals are able to provide effective and
accurate care to the patients. As per the NMBA guidelines of code of ethics
Nursingmidwiferyboard.gov.au (2019), there are several codes of conduct such as 2.1 and 3.4
that require confidence of nursing professionals so that effective care could be provided to the
patients. As per the code 3.4, confidence should be present in the nursing professionals so that
they could escalate any abnormality or adverse process of healthcare facility so that they could