ALTRUISM WHICH CAN ALSO BE TERMED

Altruism which can also be termed as selflessness is a principle of practice that concerns the welfare of others. This is one of the traditional virtues that were upheld by several cultures, secular views and religious traditions. This is a malleable notion that is understood differently in many disciplines although the common denominator of all the definitions is the ideology of unidirectional helping character.

Within the clinical setting, altruism is a value that nurses as professionals poses. Despite the enormous changes within the society and the ways in which training and education for nurses is delivered, nursing is highly underpinned by the beliefs and values of the profession.

The values that have been evaluated as altruistic include care for others, academic performance, and self-control. Altruism is the key characteristic that all nurses and the health professionals are expected to have (Puka, 2017).