Nurses value cultural differences and strive to individualize knowledge for care. Nurses recognize the real and strive for the ideal. At the same time, nurses acknowledge the complexity in the world. They question how privilege may blind the nurse to the wisdom of ordinary people and thus, how the needs of some people may not be recognized by nursing. As a discipline with a social mandate, nurses take responsibility for social transformation.
Political activism is one form of valuing and acting within the discipline.
Nurses are altruistic and strive to do what is morally right in the service of human beings and society. Nurses are proactive in engaging in health promotion and prevention of ill health. They advocate for others and work to provide access to health care for all. Nurses examine the constraints of modern organizations and work to create systemic change that is more responsive to the needs of the global population. Nurses strive to return the face of humanity to health care systems.