The Code of Ethics (2010) was created by the NCNZ which acts to guide nurses in ethical nursing practice. InItheICodeIofIEthics (2010), the four different types of relationships that nurses have, have been acknowledged these are nurse to client, colleague, organisation and society. With use of the underlying values of ethics in nursing- Autonomy (self-determination), Beneficence (doing good), Non Maleficence (doing no harm), Justice (fairness), Confidentiality (privacy), Veracity (truthfulness), Fidelity (faithfulness), Guardianship of the environment and its resources and being professional-in relation to each of the relationships, a RN would demonstrate both a professional and ethical nursing
