Nurses are on the frontlines of healthcare delivery and they carry a responsibility for providing care to clients in the most ethical way possible. It is vital for all nurses to possess ethical knowledge so they may conduct their actions appropriately, diffuse tense situations, and give safe and efficient care in today 's changing world. In practical care, the question to answer is: “What can I do?” The answer lies in the context of ethical principles. Ethical care seeks the best way to provide care by using the best nursing function.
Nurses are responsible for their clinical function, and their main responsibility is to provide care to clients who deserve appropriate and safe care. Nurses act based on the values they have selected. These …show more content…
“Nurses are accountable for practicing nursing in accordance with the various sources of law affecting nursing practice” (Wissman , 2010, p. 22). Accountability is an ethical issue, but it is also a legal matter. It is imperative to know the nursing laws in the state and facility that you practice. Not only are nurses ethically responsible to their patients, but also they must answer to the law. Medical professionals must protect themselves by practicing with in the confines of the law. Nurses can shield themselves from liability, advocate for their patient’s rights, provide care with in their scope of practice that is safe and competent, and discern the responsibilities of nursing from other parts of the health care …show more content…
In the document, The Single Scope of Clinical Nursing Practice, the ANA states that the core of essence of nursing practice “is the nursing diagnosis and treatment of human responses to health and to illness”. This core of the clinical practice of nursing is dynamic, and evolves as patterned human responses. It is amenable as nursing interventions are identified and nursing diagnoses are formulated and classified. Nursing skills and patterns of intervention are made more explicit, and patient outcomes responsive to nursing intervention are evaluated” (American Nurses Association , 2010, p.
Nurses are responsible for their clinical function, and their main responsibility is to provide care to clients who deserve appropriate and safe care. Nurses act based on the values they have selected. These …show more content…
“Nurses are accountable for practicing nursing in accordance with the various sources of law affecting nursing practice” (Wissman , 2010, p. 22). Accountability is an ethical issue, but it is also a legal matter. It is imperative to know the nursing laws in the state and facility that you practice. Not only are nurses ethically responsible to their patients, but also they must answer to the law. Medical professionals must protect themselves by practicing with in the confines of the law. Nurses can shield themselves from liability, advocate for their patient’s rights, provide care with in their scope of practice that is safe and competent, and discern the responsibilities of nursing from other parts of the health care …show more content…
In the document, The Single Scope of Clinical Nursing Practice, the ANA states that the core of essence of nursing practice “is the nursing diagnosis and treatment of human responses to health and to illness”. This core of the clinical practice of nursing is dynamic, and evolves as patterned human responses. It is amenable as nursing interventions are identified and nursing diagnoses are formulated and classified. Nursing skills and patterns of intervention are made more explicit, and patient outcomes responsive to nursing intervention are evaluated” (American Nurses Association , 2010, p.