Our Professional Practice Model was updated in 2020 with input from more than 500 nurses.
The model is a compass. It signifies nurses’ role as advocates who help patients and families navigate their experience.
Relationship-based care – our care delivery system – is the heart of our practice. The relationships among patient, family, nurse and team are vital to the delivery of relationship-based care.
The four points of the compass – collaboration, compassion, knowledge and excellence – are essential to our ability to deliver the best care.
Compassion is our “true north” and a defining quality of Brigham nursing practice. These components also connect to our Brigham values, which are reflected in the outer circle.
![BWH's Professional Practice Model, a compass](/assets/BWH/medical-professionals/nursing/images/bwh-compass.png)
This video, narrated by BWH nurses, tells the story of our Professional Practice Model: