CONTRIBUTING.md

# Contributing to the Professional Nurse Advocate Assistant

Thank you for your interest in contributing to the **Professional Nurse Advocate Assistant**! We are building an open-source tool to support nursing professionals in restorative supervision and quality improvement.

## 🤝 How to Contribute

We welcome contributions from developers, nurses, and researchers. Here are a few ways you can help:

*   **Report Bugs:** If you find a bug, please open an issue describing the problem and how to reproduce it.
*   **Suggest Features:** Have an idea for a new feature? Open an issue to discuss it!
*   **Improve Documentation:** Help us make the documentation clearer and more comprehensive.
*   **Submit Pull Requests:** If you want to fix a bug or add a feature, please fork the repository and submit a pull request.

## 🛠️ Development Setup

1.  **Fork the repository** on GitHub.
2.  **Clone your fork** locally:
    ```bash
    git clone https://github.com/YOUR_USERNAME/Professional-Nurse-Advocate-Assistant.git
    cd Professional-Nurse-Advocate-Assistant
    ```
3.  **Create a virtual environment**:
    ```bash
    python -m venv venv
    source venv/bin/activate  # On Windows: venv\Scripts\activate
    ```
4.  **Install dependencies**:
    ```bash
    pip install -r requirements.txt
    ```
5.  **Make your changes** and test them locally:
    ```bash
    python app.py
    ```

## 📋 Pull Request Guidelines

*   Ensure your code follows the existing style.
*   Keep pull requests focused on a single change.
*   Update documentation if necessary.
*   We use **Semantic Versioning** for releases.

## 🏳️‍🌈 Code of Conduct

We are committed to providing a friendly, safe, and welcoming environment for all, regardless of gender, sexual orientation, disability, ethnicity, religion, or similar personal characteristic.

Please be respectful and constructive in all interactions.

## 📜 License

By contributing, you agree that your contributions will be licensed under the [Apache License 2.0](LICENSE).