Nursing Code Of Ethics Case Study

One cannot fake being a nurse, one must be extremely genuine in order to perfect being a nurse; therefore, explaining why nurses enforce and value their code of ethics. The purpose of the code of ethics is to ensure patient safety and implement standard of care by following the nine provisions of ethics. The nine provisions explain the nurses’ responsibility while caring for a patient; for example, maintaining the rights and autonomy of a patient. Another point that the provisions highlight is being the patient advocate, nurses are in the front line of patient care and they must protect their patients. An important guideline that the nine provision emphasize is the need and requirement for nurses to continue with their education to promote beneficent and to avoid maleficent. The National Nursing Association (ANA) states that the nursing code of ethics “reiterates the fundamental and the commitment of the nurse” (Lachman, Swanson, & Windland-brown, 2015). The purpose of this paper is to highlight the obligations and duty of a nurse and why it is important when attempting to maintain standard of care.

Principle of autonomy In order to provide the best care, nurses must not break patients’ rights nor their trust. When a patient walks in a health facility, health care providers (HCP) must respect the patient health privacy.

When an individual is admitted to the hospital, it is projected that the treatment provided by the practitioners will not cause that patient any unnecessary harm. In order to advocate for patients, the provisions outline nurses’ responsibility to continue with their education in order to provide the best care. The fifth provision states that nurses must “maintain competence, and continue personal and professional growth” (Windland-Brown et al., 2015)). The ethical standpoint of beneficent is HCP doing all they can to improve the patient health issue and prevent