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Ethics affects all areas of nursing practice, and it is not always straightforward to decide if one management option is definitely without risk to the patient. Ethical judgements need to be made based on the best available evidence, with respect to the rights of the individual, and through careful balancing of risks and benefits.
This paper will discuss the code of ethics in details including the purpose and the implications of the code of ethics. The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia, (2018), refer to the code of ethics for nurses’ as an important document that outlines the legal requirements, professional behavior and conduct expectations as well as ...
Relational ethics and advocacy in nursing: literature review. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 57(2), 119-126. Nursing and Midwifery Council (2015). The code: professional standards or practice and behaviour for nurses and midwives. London: NMC Royal College of Nursing (2012). Human rights and nursing. London: RCN UK Clinical Ethics Network (2011).
Code of Nursing Ethics: Provision 5.2. 5.2 Promotion of Personal Health, Safety, and Well-Being. As professionals who assess, intervene, evaluate, protect, promote, advocate, educate, and conduct research for the health and safety of others and society, nurses have a duty to take the same care for their own health and safety.
This writer believes that the act of euthanasia in nursing is a subject that needs to be considered very deeply. If the values of nursing ethics include autonomy, beneficence, justice, and non-maleficence, then the concept of euthanasia, in a positive way, reflects all four ethics.
In nursing ethics, beneficence simply means taking an action that benefits patients. There is various nursing action that can be taken under this principle. Providing benefits to patients means facilitating in their well-being, provide safe and quality care (Ellis, 2017).
The Code of Ethics for Nurses puts forward six key ethical principles of nursing, which include nonmaleficence (being a competent professional and report any suspected abuse), beneficence (being compassionate, take actions towards the well-being of patients), fidelity, autonomy, the totality and integrity (2014). Some staple ethical principles ...
Indeed, nursing ethics encompass a broad range of activities and behaviours, designed to maintain the best interests of the patient, advocate on behalf of the patient, and protect the rights of the patient (Burkhardt & Nathaniel, 2013). Furthermore, nurses have a responsibility to make ethical decisions in care on the basis of population health ...
The nursing practice upholds its own code of ethics and this is regulated by strict disciplinary guidelines, with the governing body having more influenceover its member than legislative entities in medical matters. The Department of Health issued a Health Service Circular 219.99, which mandated some requirements of a new nursing education ...
In nursing, ethics refer to the fundamental responsibility of the nurse. Ethics provides a framework for nurses to have critical thinking when delivering better and quality care to patient. Each ethical principle guides to moral decision making, moral action and moral judgement in nursing practices (Beauchamp, 2001).