Ethics

The American Nurses Association is proud to announce a completely updated Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements (The Code).

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Not just one or two: nurses face a lot of ethical issues in the workplace. Here are 7 of the most common ones.

Nurses Week 2015 centers on Ethical Practice, Quality Care; see how to apply the Code of Ethics for nurses to daily decisions and ethical challenges.

For many reasons, the environments in which nurses work are changing rapidly, yet one core principle holds constant: nurses' desire to serve their patients, families, and communities while fulfilling nursing values. These systemic changes create new opportunities for organizational arrangements and work designs that enhance the practice of nursing and ensure that the next generation of nurses can have meaningful careers in service to others.

Nurses are challenged to attain state-of-the-art practices, ethically as well as clinically. To aid in this vital task, the AACN Ethics Work Group developed a series of articles for critical care nurses faced with ethical dilemmas in their day-to-day practice.

It's easy to say that we should do what's best for our patients. But how do you know what's right? That's where nursing ethics come in.

As a nurse, you are a trusted advocate for your clients' right to self-determination. At the same time, you need to honor your own values and those of your profession - all while negotiating increased caseloads and growing technology!

Nurses are ever-increasingly confronted with complex concerns in their practice. Codes of ethics are fundamental guidance for nursing as many other professions. Although there are authentic international codes of ethics for nurses, the national code would be the additional assistance provided for clinical nurses in their complex roles in care of patients, education, research and management of some parts of health care system in the country.

Wikipedia's information about nursing ethics.