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Nurses code of Ethics Reviewed February, 2018, Expires February 2020 Provider Information and Specifics available on our Website Unauthorized Distribution Prohibited 2018 , , , LLC By Melissa K Slate, RN, BA, MA Objectives By the end of this educational encounter, the nurse will be able to: 1. Identify ethical issues in Nursing practice 2. Describe the role of nurses in the ethical practice of health care 3. Recall principles of the code of Ethics Purpose: This course is intended to give the nurse an overview of the nurse s code of Ethics , and assist the nurse in developing his or her own practical ethical decision making skills. Ethics - Rules of conduct recognized in respect to a particular class of human actions or a particular group. The american Nurses association wrote the code of Ethics for nurses in order to serve the following purposes: As a statement of the ethical obligations and duties of every person who chooses to enter the profession of Nursing .

This “Nightingale Pledge” has been recited by nurses for generations as is or with some modification. However, a more formal code of ethics was not developed until 1950. The code of ethics developed by the American Nurses Association (ANA) is an evolution of earlier attempts to delineate ethical standards for nurses.

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