Explore how the Code of Ethics guides professional practice.
For this discussion, you will further explore how the Code of Ethics guides professional practice. Nurses provide care to patients and their families on an ongoing basis. The Code of Ethics identifies that nurses have a duty to act with beneficence, nonmaleficence, fidelity, veracity, while providing patients with autonomy and justice.
1. Read/Watch the materials provided in Instructional Material and Learning Activities (All Module 4 materials).
2. In your discussion board post, you will choose two of the listed Code of Ethics duties (beneficence, nonmaleficence, fidelity, veracity) for the nurse and translate the meaning of the words into your own words. (Define in your own words – up to 50 words)
3. You will create a written mini-scenario (200 words APA format), indicating use of your two chosen duties (beneficence, nonmaleficence, fidelity, veracity). Make sure that your scenario clearly identifies use of the two duties. This can be an interaction that you have experienced or one that you imagine.
4. A minimum of two (2) references must be included in this email. The provided Code of Ethics link and article do NOT count as one of the references but may be used to support information.
Reading material
Journal Articles:
Review the following articles
Schroeter, K. (2017). Ethics in practice: From moral distress to moral resilience. Journal of Trauma Nursing, 24(5), 290-291. https://doi.org/10.1097/JTN.0000000000000317
Websites:
American Nurses Association. (2015). Code of ethics for nurses with interpretive statements. https://www.nursingworld.org/coe-view-only
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