Sister Simone Roach’s 6 C’s of Caring: Competence, Confidence, and Compassion

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Introduction:
Sister Simone Roach’s 6 C’s of caring comprises of 5 important aspects. These are the
commitment, conscience, competence, compassion, and confidence (Villeneuve et al., 2016).
These attributes when developed nu nurses can help them to provide care which are not only safe
but also of higher quality. These attributes of the nurses can help them to successfully follow the
NMBA codes of conduct. These would be discussed in the following assignment:
Competence:
One of the most important component of Roach’s C’s of caring is competence.
Competence can be exhibited by the nursing professionals by the exquisite hands on technical
care of the service users. They also need to be competent with the knowledge of successfully
identifying the condition of the patient and their ability to these conditions to the patient in ways
by which the later can understand. Nurses should also be able to recognize the impending
deterioration of the patient and also assist in preparing the family of the patient about the
forthcoming events (Parks et al., 2016). Moreover, competence of the nurse can be successfully
describes in terms of the knowledge possessed by the nurse, her skills, judgment, energy,
experience and also motivation that is exceptionally important for responding adequately to the
different types of demands of one’s professional responsibility (McSherry et al., 2017). Only a
competent nurse would be able to be free from any anxiety about what needs to be done to
provide best therapeutic presence as well as intervention to the patient. Competence of a nurse
remains intricately associated with correctly assessing the conditions of the patients, identifying
the needs of the patient, and responding to the patient on time.

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The NMBA had developed codes of conducts which also expects the nurses to develop
competence in a number of domains to ensure that high quality care is provided to the patients.
Nurses need to be competent in applying care which is both ethically as well as legally
appropriate (Logan, 2017). The NMBA codes 1.2 discusses about the importance of lawful
behaviors where nurses need to comply with “relevant poisons legislation, authorization, local
policy and own scope of practice, including to safely use, administer, obtain, possess,
prescribe, sell, supply and store medications and other therapeutic products”. Moreover, they
also need to be competent enough where they would be able to encourage people in taking part
in their care planning process and take their own decisions as well as discussed in code 2.2. For
example, nurses need to be competent to know how to support patients, take part in effective
delegation, supporting the rights of the people, and many other aspects to ensure safe and quality
care. Nurses need to be competent to “take a person-centered approach to managing a person’s
care and concerns, supporting the person in a manner consistent with that person’s values
and preferences”. Nurses also need to be competent enough to provide culturally competent care
to very patients that align with their cultural preferences and cultural traditions as this satisfies
the later and increases their adherence to treatment plan. As per code 3.2,
nurses need to “respect diverse cultures, beliefs, gender identities, sexualities and experiences
of people, including among team members” and also “create a positive, culturally safe work
environment through role modeling, and supporting the rights, dignity and safety of others,
including people and colleagues”.
Confidence:
Confidence can be described as the attribute that needs to be displayed by the nurses for
ensuring that the family that their patient would get the best healthcare services. It can be also