Code Of Ethics

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The Code of Ethics serve the following purposes

1. It is a statement of the ethical values, obligations, duties, and professional ideals of nurses individually and collectively. 2. Professions non negotiable ethical standard. 3. An expression of nursing's own understanding of its commitment to society.

Normative Ethics

Addresses what is right and wrong in human action.

The Code of Ethics Establishes

Establishes the ethical standard for the profession and provides a guide for nurses to use in ethical analysis and decision-making.

ANA's Code of Ethics With Interpretive Statements addresses

Individuals as well as collective nursing intentions and actions, it requires each nurse to demonstrate ethical competence in professional life.

Nine Provisions

Nurse to patient, nurse to nurse, nurse to self, nurse to others, nurse to profession, nurse to society, and nursing to society(both national and global)

Code consists of 2 components

Provisions(broad obligations) and the accompanying interpretive statements(more specific).

Practice

Refers to the actions of the nurse in any role or setting. The values of this code applies to nurses in all roles and forms.

Metaethics

Studies the nature of ethics and moral reasoning.

Applied Ethics

questions what is right, wrong, good, and evil in a specific realm of human action.


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