RN-BC: MEDICAL-SURGICAL CERTIFICATION REVIEW EXAM 2024

Nursing Code of Conduct - correct answer • Participating in intra-professional collaboration • Avoiding conflicts of interests • Maintaining respect for human dignity • Integrating professional values with personal values The Code of Ethics from the American Nurses Association (ANA) states in point 5.3: "Nurses have both personal and professional identities that are neither entirely separate, nor entirely merged, but are integrated. In the process of becoming a professional, the nurse embraces the values of the profession, integrating them with personal values. Duties to self involve an authentic expression of one's own moral point-of-view in practice. Sound ethical decision-making requires the respectful and open exchange of views between and among all individuals with relevant interests." Nursing Ethics - correct answer Ethics: moral principles that govern behavior; ideal, standards Principles: • Autonomy: duty to allow patient to make independent decisions • Veracity: duty to tell the truth • Fidelity: duty to keep promises and commitments • Justice: duty to provide equal and fair distribution of resources • Beneficence: duty to promote good and take positive actions • Nonmaleficence: duty to do no harm and avoid negative actions • Confidentiality: duty to keep some information from disclosure without consent • Priv