"Nursing Ethics is a comprehensive, well-written text that provides pre-licensure nursing students with an understanding of ethical issues in the current healthcare climate and underscores the many ways in which ethics affects all levels of nursing care. Divided into three sections - Foundational Theories, Concepts and Professional Issues; Moving into Ethics Across the Lifespan; and Ethics Related to Special Issues - the current edition seamlessly aligns with the cornerstones of the nursing curriculum, providing a solid ethical foundation for pre-licensure nursing students and making it a perfect fit for almost any course"--
Nursing Ethics and Professional Responsibility in Advanced Practice, Third Edition focuses on the historical background, knowledge and leadership skills necessary to improve the quality of health for both individuals and society.
Provides a framework for nurses to use in ethical analysis and decision-making.
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... 168 Interfering factors in ethical nursing action, 79 International Council of Nurses (ICN) code of ethics of. See Code of Ethics for Nurses on nurse–patient relationship primacy, 320 as professional body, 119 International Covenant ...
The book includes clear descriptions of moral theories and concepts and is packed with case examples – giving it immediate relevance to everyday nursing situations.
Rachels (1986), a long-standing critic of the concept of passive euthanasia, believes there is no difference between active euthanasia (actively causing a patient's death) and passive euthanasia (withholding or withdrawing interventions ...
This book also addresses organizational and institutional issues that can confound or promote ethically sound decision making. Each chapter ends with a resource list of websites and recommendations for further reading.
In this new edition, the materials in each chapter have been updated to reflect recent developments in nursing and more generally in health care. In addition, a totally new chapter on ethical theory has been added.