NURS 585 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Moral Agency, Society Of Jesus, Pearson Education
28 Oct 2018
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The law generally does not prescribe who might perform particular healthcare tasks or roles, although there are exceptions. Under mental health legislation, for example, only doctors are empowered to perform certain compulsory mental healthcare procedures. How care should be delivered is realised through the ordinary principles of civil, or common law, known as the law of tort, and in particular, the law of negligence. Employing organizations and relevant education bodies need to plug this gap with appropriate multi-professional training. Kim, y. s. , kang, s. w. , & ahn, j. Moral sensitivity relating to the application of the code of ethics. A code of ethics is a(cid:374) i(cid:373)porta(cid:374)t criterio(cid:374) i(cid:374) the defi(cid:374)itio(cid:374) of (cid:862)professio(cid:374)(cid:863) First code of ethics for nurses was enacted in 1953. It has since been adapted by the nurses of various countries around the world. In their clinical study the nurses reported highest application of the code n the nurse- patient relationship.
