Nurses Must Embrace Professional Core Values – Idris
Chioma Umeha Dr. Jide Idris, the Lagos State Commissioner for Health, has tasked nurses in the State health sector on the need to embrace the core values of the nursing profession in the care of patients. Idris gave this charge today during the 2018 Nurses Assembly, a programme sponsored by the Lagos State Government to update nurses, midwives and educators in Lagos on professional guidelines and policies affecting the profession. He noted that nurses are integral part of the think-tank of the State government who contribute a lot to formulation and implementation of policies in the health sector. Idris who was represented by Dr. Funmilayo Shokunbi, the Director, Medical Administration, Training and Programmes in the Ministry of Health, implored nurses to continue to exude professionalism, discipline, integrity, humility, selflessness and great care in the discharge of noble duties. Earlier in her remarks, Mrs. Dorcas Shonibare, the Director of Nursing Se