NUR 4837 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Nursing Ethics, Deontological Ethics, Primum Non Nocere
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9: ethical and bioethical issues in nursing and health. Nursing ethics is a system of principles concerning the actions of the nurse in his or her relationships with patients, their families, other health care professionals, policymakers, and society as a whole. Nursing ethics is part of a broader system known as bioethics. Bioethics is an interdisciplinary field within the healthcare organization resulting from scientific advances. The ethic of care involves the nurse fulfilling the caring task by seeking the best way to care for each patient, one patient at a time, thus fulfilling a moral imperative to alleviate suffering by taking action. If nursing care is to be considered competent the right balance between science and morality must be sought and understood. A value is a personal belief about worth that acts as a standard to guide behavior. A system of principles by which a person can determine what should and should not be done.
