Nursing 1070A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Organizational Ethics, Palliative Care, Professional Ethics
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Autonomy being able to think for yourself. Beneficence- the doing of good for others. Justice fairness, equity, moral rightness getting what we deserve: (cid:498)ethical responsibilities(cid:499) the specific values and ethical responsibilities, (cid:498)ethical endeavors with respect to broad societal issues(cid:499) address social. Code of ethics revised in 2012. This code of ethics for nurses was first developed by icn in 1953 expected of registered nurses in canada inequities as part of ethical practice. Nurses have four fundamental responsibilities: to promote health, to prevent illness, to restore health, to alleviate suffering. Inherent in nursing is a respect for human rights, including cultural rights, the right to life and choice, to dignity and to be treated with respect. Cno has identified the following values as being most important in providing nursing care in. Ontario: client well being, client choice, privacy and confidentiality, respect for life, maintaining commitments, truthfulness, fairness.