Legal and Ethical Conduct in Nursing



Legal and Ethical Conduct in Nursing

Introduction

The profession of nursing is continuously changing due to the complex and varying challenges in the field of healthcare including health maintenance, patient's protection and safety, dignity and human rights etc. The professional nursing staff has a unique responsibility as the councilors of the patients irrespective of the practice setting. The professional nurses continuously have to make certain decision both professionally and personally (Milstead, 2008). Therefore, due to their job description it is necessary that they make these decisions ethically. The American Nurses Association (ANA) describes various codes of ethics ...