Ethical Nursing Interventions

I have observed some examples of interventions related to safety in the operating room such as infection prevention, time out procedure and sponge/instrument counts. Infection prevention was the most obvious to me. In the operating room was a specific area only designed for the which was the surgeon, surgical technician, and nurse anesthetist while the surgery was in progress. Each of them were donned in their sterile personal protective equipment with a face shield. All the sterile instruments had already been set up by the surgical technician on a blue sterile field table a few feet away from where the surgery was taking place. The surgical tech was responsible for maintaining surgical asepsis, draping, and handling the sterile instruments and counting each item before, during and after the procedure. She was very thorough in her count and keeping up with the sponges, gauzes, and …show more content…
Therefore, each of these should be applied in every stage of the surgical process. Ethical principles exhibiting honesty, integrity, fairness, and avoiding harm are very important for a nurse in surgical care especially when it involves discussing the patient’s medical need or condition. Medical information should only be shared with those that are involved in the patient’s care. Regardless of the circumstances, the nurse has a legal and ethical obligation to provide quality care to the patient. The nurse should be mindful of the legal principles required during surgical care in the perioperative environment and implement them accordingly. Lastly, professional growth is something a nurse can do on a daily basis by keeping up to date with latest in nursing practice, meeting the demands placed on him or her by their senior nursing staff, learning through experiences and continue to strive in becoming a better