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• Professional conduct refers to the manner in which nurses and midwives behave while acting in a professional capacity.

•  The Code of Professional Conduct for Registered Nurses and Midwifes in Brunei Darussalam is a set of expected national standards of conduct for nurses and midwives.
  
  
• The profession expects that all levels of nurses and midwives will conduct themselves personally and professionally in a way that will maintain strong public confidence and care excellence in the profession.
  
  
• Nurses and midwives have a responsibility to provide safe and competent care which is responsive to the individual, family, community needs and the profession.

 PURPOSE OF THE CODE OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT

• set an expected national standard of conduct for the nursing and midwifery profession;

• inform the community of the standards for professional conduct of nurses and midwives in Brunei Darussalam ; and

• provides consumer, regulatory, employing and professional bodies with a basis for decisions regarding standards of professional conduct for nurses and midwives in Brunei Darussalam.

 
 EIGHT (8) PRINCIPLES ON THE CODE OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT

As a nurse or midwife, you are personally accountable for your practice. In caring for clients, you must :

1. Respect their dignity, culture, ethnicity, values, religion and beliefs of client in the provision of nursing and midwifery care;
   
   
2. Practice in a safe and competent manner;
   
   
3. Obtain informed consent before giving any treatment or care;
   
   
4. Treat personal information obtained in a professional capacity as private and confidential;
   
   
5. Co-operate with others in the health care team;
   
   
6. Maintain professional knowledge and competence;
   
   
7. Practice reflectively and ethically;
   
   
8. Practice in accordance with the legislations of Brunei Darussalam and the Malay Islamic Monarchy or ‘Melayu Islam Beraja (MIB)’ philosophy.