Chapter 6: Ethics, Standards, and Nursing
Framework ALL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS latest
version well updated
purpose of ANA code of ethics for nurses
-informs nurse and society of the profession's ethical expectations and
requirements
-provides framework for ethical decision making
-questions for reflection to determine best ethical action
ethical principles
-autonomy
-beneficence
-justice
-nonmaleficene
-paternalism
-veracity
-fidelity
standards of professional performance
-ethics
-education
,-evidence-based practice and research
-quality of practice
-communication
-leadership
-collaboration
-professional practice evaluation
-resource utilization
-environmental health
Code of Ethics for Nurses
1. Practice with unrestricted compassion and respect for dignity, worth,
and uniqueness of everyone
2. Primary commitment is to the patient
3. Promotes, advocates for, and strives to protect the health, safety, and
right of the patients
4. Responsible and accountable to individual nursing practice and
determines the appropriate delegation of tasks consistent with
providing optimum care
5. Owes the same duty to self as to others
6. Participates in establishing, maintaining, and improving health care
environments and conditions of employment conducive to quality
health care and consistent with the values of nursing
7. participates in the advancement of the profession
8. Collaborates with other HCP and the public in promoting community,
national, and international effort to meet health needs
, 9. Responsible for articulation of nursing values, for maintaining the
integrity of nursing and its practice, and for shaping social policy
what are the 6 components in the standards of practice
-assessment
-diagnosis
-outcomes identification
-planning
-implementation
-evaluation
autonomy
people having the right to make their own decisions
fidelity
faithfulness; loyalty to nursing code and duties
beneficence
doing good/doing what's in the best interest of the patient to minimize
harm
Framework ALL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS latest
version well updated
purpose of ANA code of ethics for nurses
-informs nurse and society of the profession's ethical expectations and
requirements
-provides framework for ethical decision making
-questions for reflection to determine best ethical action
ethical principles
-autonomy
-beneficence
-justice
-nonmaleficene
-paternalism
-veracity
-fidelity
standards of professional performance
-ethics
-education
,-evidence-based practice and research
-quality of practice
-communication
-leadership
-collaboration
-professional practice evaluation
-resource utilization
-environmental health
Code of Ethics for Nurses
1. Practice with unrestricted compassion and respect for dignity, worth,
and uniqueness of everyone
2. Primary commitment is to the patient
3. Promotes, advocates for, and strives to protect the health, safety, and
right of the patients
4. Responsible and accountable to individual nursing practice and
determines the appropriate delegation of tasks consistent with
providing optimum care
5. Owes the same duty to self as to others
6. Participates in establishing, maintaining, and improving health care
environments and conditions of employment conducive to quality
health care and consistent with the values of nursing
7. participates in the advancement of the profession
8. Collaborates with other HCP and the public in promoting community,
national, and international effort to meet health needs
, 9. Responsible for articulation of nursing values, for maintaining the
integrity of nursing and its practice, and for shaping social policy
what are the 6 components in the standards of practice
-assessment
-diagnosis
-outcomes identification
-planning
-implementation
-evaluation
autonomy
people having the right to make their own decisions
fidelity
faithfulness; loyalty to nursing code and duties
beneficence
doing good/doing what's in the best interest of the patient to minimize
harm
