- Appreciating critical biological, social, cultural, ethical, and psychological factors that influence health
- Exercising emotional intelligence to make useful observations, generate insights, and modify behaviour in a professional work setting
- Understanding the structure and organization of the public health-care system in Ontario and Canada
- Understanding and applying contemporary best practices in nursing care
- Critically appraising and evaluating evidence to support nursing interventions
- Critically analyzing health-care systems from an informed perspective; advocating for and implementing change when appropriate
- Understanding and valuing ethical practice
- Collaborating with patients/clients, families, interdisciplinary health professionals to achieve positive health outcomes
- Decision making; considering information from a variety of sources to solve problems and make decisions