Nursing 3310A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter week 5: Canadian Nurses Association, Advance Healthcare Directive, Therapeutic Relationship
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Canadian nurses association"s code of ethics, retrievable at: http://www. cna- aiic. ca/~/media/cna/files/en/codeofethics. pdf. Canadian nurses association (2008) code of ethics for registered nurses. Nurses should be moral agents, critically conscious, and advocate for clients. The canadian nurses association"s code of ethics for registered nurses is a statement of the ethical values of nurses and of nurses" commitments to persons with health-care needs and persons receiving care (cna, 2008, p. 1) Code has two parts: part i nursing values and ethical responsibility (core responsibilities of ethical nursing practice, part ii ethical endeavours (ways that nurses can combat social inequities) Part i of the code guides a rn"s ethical decision making process through 7 primary values: providing safe, compassionate, competent and ethical care . Be ethically responsible with clients and other hpcs. Compassionate care, e. g. verbal/non verbal body language. Build therapeutic relationships trust, empathy, warmth, etc. Intervene during unsafe practices, report actions that are inappropriate. Be responsible for mistakes, report mistakes, prevent harm, etc.