What inspired the decision for me to become a nurse? One reason that I elected to pursue a career in nursing is the fact that not only is it the nurse’s duty to promote and insure health and safety, but it is also the nurse’s responsibility to protect the human rights of the patient. The nurse promotes, advocates for, and protects the rights, health, and safety of the patient (ANA, 2011). This is the third decree in the American Nurses Association’s code of ethics and it relates to my personal philosophy of nursing, to protect, promote, empathize and advocate for all vulnerable people especially those under my direct care. The patient has the right to refuse certain types of procedures or treatment due to religion, clashes of their culture
