Nursing 4320A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Nursing Ethics, Canadian Nurses Association, Health Care In Canada

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Code of ethics for registered nurses. p. 1-27. Available at https://cna-aiic. ca/html/en/code-of-ethics-2017-edition/index. html (online book) https://www. cna-aiic. ca/-/media/cna/page-content/pdf-en/code-of-ethics-2017-edition- secure- interactive. pdf?la=en&hash=09c348308c44912af216656bfa31e33519756387. Nursing values and ethical responsibilities describes the ethical responsibilities central to ethical nursing practice articulated through seven primary values and responsibility statements: a. Providing safe, compassionate, competent and ethical care: b. Promoting health and well-being: c. promoting and respecting informed decision-making, d. honouring dignity, e. maintaining privacy and confidentiality, f. promoting justice, g. being accountable, part ii. Ethical endeavours related to broad societal issues describes activities nurses can undertake to address social inequities. Advocacy: the act of supporting or recommending a cause or course of action, undertaken on behalf of persons or issues. Improve systems and societal structures to create greater equity and better health for all. Nurses" self-reflection and dialogue: moral agents in providing care, includes self-reflection and dialogue, primary focus is the ethics of practice known as everyday ethics.

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