Accountability
"Part of professionalism is accountability, accountability to your actions and the outcomes of those actions." (Mary Ann Siciliano McLaughlin, 2018) This is my tag line and I say it to my students all of the time. I really try to have students understand professionalism and accountability. I feel this is a very useful life lesson for them as future nurses. I feel they need to understand why it is so important for them to act in a manner conducive to being a professional nurse each day. I know I have posted about this before, but it needs repeating. It amazes me just how much nursing students do not really get the concept of accountability. It is not just a concept for them to think about when they become professional nurses. We, as educators, must develop this accountability while they are still in school training to be nurses. Is it a generational gap? Have we developed a society that thinks they are above accou...