ANA Code Of Ethics: The Role Of Ethical Knowing In Nursing

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when I was sixteen, I was very homesick, I needed to call home all the time because I missed it. Someone’s home is such an important part in life, which for my patient and I, we’ve experienced the feeling of being homesick.
Ethical Knowing I upheld the ANA code of Ethics by keeping my patient’s health information private by whenever I finished using EPIC that I would close out the screen so that no one could see the information. I made sure that I would promote safety for my patient such as when ambulating her to go on a walk, I would use a gait belt to help insure her safety. While walking along with my patient, she would talk about wanting to leave and knowing the way out; from what she had said I made sure that I would help her walk near the door to the hallway and back to her room. To …show more content…

Due to her well-being, she will not be returning home. She has been told that she will be taken to a nursing home which she is not happy about. I can understand that being taken away from her home and placed in a nursing home is something difficult to handle because you’re no longer in a place you can truly call home. In her situation, being taken to a nursing home is a suitable plan because there she’ll be monitored to be sure that she’s in good health and monitoring her mental status. My patient has claimed that someone has taken money from her bank account that she hasn’t approved of. She is worried that someone has stolen her bank account number from digging through her purse while being at the hospital. She has been very upset and frustrated with what has been occurring with her financial situation. I believe that she is fearful that someone is taking her house and belonging away from her. Many time when she talked about her home she would get upset which can potentially affect the way she may care for herself as that thought is always on her mind and is her number one

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