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ANA Code of Ethics: Presentation: Viktoriia Kafando

The document summarizes the key points of the ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses. It outlines that the Code conveys shared ethical values and ideals to guide nursing practice and decisions. It informs both professionals and the public of the moral standards of the profession. The Code provides a framework for ethical decision-making. It also describes some of the specific principles in the Code, such as respecting patient dignity and self-determination, maintaining accountability, and cultivating virtues like compassion.

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ANA Code of Ethics: Presentation: Viktoriia Kafando

The document summarizes the key points of the ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses. It outlines that the Code conveys shared ethical values and ideals to guide nursing practice and decisions. It informs both professionals and the public of the moral standards of the profession. The Code provides a framework for ethical decision-making. It also describes some of the specific principles in the Code, such as respecting patient dignity and self-determination, maintaining accountability, and cultivating virtues like compassion.

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ANA Code of Ethics: James Madison University

Presentation
NSG-462
Prof. Andrews

Viktoriia Kafando
ANA’s Code of Ethics for Nurses with
Interpretive Statements (“the Code”)
 Conveys shared ethical values, obligations, duties and ideals of
nurses individually and collectively
 Provides an implied contract with the public
 Informs society of the moral values and ideals by which it
functions
 Informs new professionals of the expected moral behaviors
 Guides the profession in self-regulation
 Provides a framework for ethical decision-making
 Is unapologetic, aspirational and nonnegotiable

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1.1 Respect for Human Dignity
Patient dignity is the foundation of nursing ethics.
Dignity is inherent, not “earned.”

A patient never loses dignity, e.g., when comatose, delirious, frail, or in an

altered state.
A nurse must approach every patient with respect for dignity, regardless of

personal attributes, health state, or any other situational or patient


variable.

Source: Ferrell, B.R., & Coyle, N. (2008). The nature of suffering and the goals of nursing. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.

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1.4 The Right to Self-Determination

Patients have a right to decide for themselves.


 The patient, and decisions made by the patient, are to be
respected regardless of personal attributes of the patient,
conflicting values, or circumstances.

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1.5 Relationships With Colleagues and Others
Interdisciplinary
 All colleagues, including unlicensed personnel

Inter-professional
 All licensed colleagues (medicine, pharmacy, social
workers, dieticians, PT, OT, RT, etc.)
Trans-professional
 Licensed colleagues working together on a team across
fields of expertise

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4.2 Accountability for Nursing Judgments,
Decisions, and Actions
 Fidelity (loyalty, including keeping
promises, honoring agreements,
performing competently, etc.)
 Veracity (truth-telling; non-
deception)
 Beneficence (doing what benefits
the patient)
 Nonmaleficence (non-infliction of
harm)

Beauchamp & Childress, 2013


Legacy of the Code
 Commitment to service is the most precious ideal of the
nursing profession.
 The Code supports ideals of nursing’s service.
 The Code guides all nurses in living out the values and ideals
of the profession.
 The Code is a living, ongoing legacy of core values from
Florence Nightingale in 1850 to 2015 and beyond.

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Virtues Specific to Nursing
 Wisdom
 Patience
 Compassion
 Honesty
 Altruism
 Courage
References

• American Nurses Association. (2015). Guide to the Code of Ethics


for Nurses with Interpretive Statements. American Nurses
Association.

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