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1. BY : LEEN LUDDIN

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ETHICS ????

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-Branch of philosophy dealing with standard of
conduct and moral judgments.
PURPOSE :
-To provide basis for interpreting and
analyzing clinical situations in decision
making.
DEFINITIONS

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POLICY :
1.Nurses are obligated to provide ethical and legal patient care that
demonstrate respect for other.
2. Nurses have 4 fundamental responsibilities
 to promote health
 To prevent illness
 To restore health
 To alleviate suffering
3. Inherent in nursing is respect for human rights including the
right to life, dignity and to be treated with respect. Nursing care is
unrestricted by considerations of age, color, creed, culture,
disability or illness,gender,nationality,politics,race or social status.
4. Nurses render health services to the individual, the family and
the community and coordinate their services with those of related
groups.

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INTERNATIONAL CODE OF ETHICS FOR NURSES
1. The nurse, in all professional relationships, practices with
compassion and respect for the inherent dignity, worth and
uniqueness of every individual, unrestricted by considerations
of social or economic status, personal attributes or the name of
health problems.
 Respect for human dignity
 Relationships to patients
 The nature of health problems
 The right to self determination
 Relationships with colleagues and others
2. The nurse’s primary commitment is to the patient whether
an individual, family, group or community.
 Primary of the patient’s interests
 Conflict of interest for nurses
 Collaboration
 Professional boundaries

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3.The nurse promotes, advocates for and strives to protect the
health, safety and rights of the patients.
 Privacy
 Confidentiality
 Protection of participants in research
 Standards and review mechanisms
 Acting on questionable practice
 Addressing impaired practice
4. The nurse is responsible and accountable for individual
nursing practice and determine the appropriate delegation of
tasks consistent with the nurse’s obligation to provide optimum
patient care.
 Acceptance of accountability and responsibility
 Accountability for nursing judgment and action
 Responsibility for nursing judgment and action
 Delegation of nursing activities

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5. The nurse owes the same duties to self as to others including
the responsibility to preserve integrity and safety, to maintain
competence and to continues personal and professional
growth.
 Moral respect
 Professional growth and maintenance of competence
 Wholeness of character
 Preservation of integrity
6. The nurse participates in establishing, maintaining and
improving healthcare environment and conditions of
employment conducive to the provision of quality health care
and consistent with the values of the profession through
individual and collective action.
 Influence of the environment on moral virtues and values
 Influence of the environment on ethical obligations
 Responsibility for the health care environment

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7. The nurse participates in the advancement of the
profession through contributions to
practice,education,administration and knowledge
development.
 Advancing the profession through active
involvement in nursing and in health care policy
 Advancing the profession by developing,
maintaining and implementing professional
standards in clinical, administrative and educational
practice
8. A nurse treats clients with respect for their individual
needs and values.
 Health needs and concerns
 Responsibilities to the public

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9. Based on respect for clients and regard
for their right to control their own care,
nursing care reflects for the right of
choice held by clients.
 Assertion of values
The profession carries out its collective
responsibility through professional
associations
Intraprofessional integrity
Social reform

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10. The nurse holds confidential all information about a
clients learned in the healthcare setting
11. The nurse is guided by consideration for the dignity
of clients.
12. The nurse provides competent care to clients
13. The nurse maintains trust in nurses and nursing.
14. The nurse recognition the contribution and expertise
of colleagues from nursing and other discipline as
essential to excellent healthcare.
15. The nurse takes steps to ensure that the client
receives competent and ethical care.

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16. The nurse advocates the interests of
clients.
17. The nurse represents the values and
ethics of nursing before colleagues and
others.
18. Professional nurses organizations are
responsible for carrying, securing, and
sustaining ethical nursing conduct. The
fulfillment of these tasks requires that
professional nurses organizations remains
responsive to the rights, needs and
legitimate interests of clients and nurses.

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RESPONSIBILITIES:
All STAFFNURSES
REFERENCES :
MOH.KSA-standard policy,
ANA,CODE OF ETHICS for nurses with
interpretive statements washington D.C
AMERICAN Nurses publishing 2001

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