Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements [Paperback]

The Code consists of two components - nine provisions and the accompanying interpretive statements - and serves to: Provide a succinct statement of the ethical obligations and duties of every individual who enters the nursing profession. Serve as the profession's nonnegotiable ethical standard. Express a nursing's own understanding of its commitment to society. The Code is particularly useful to in today's health care environment because it reiterates the fundamental values and commitments of the nurse (Provisions 1-3), identifies the boundaries of duty and loyalty (Provisions 4-6), and describes the duties of the nurse that extend beyond individual patient encounters (Provisions 7-9). This revision retains interpretive statements, for each provision, that provide more specific guidance for practice. The statements are responsive to the contemporary context of nursing and recognize the larger scope of nursing's concern in relation to health. It also includes another innovation: links to foundational and supplemental documents. ANA's Code of Ethics for Nurses is the promise that nurses are doing their best to provide care for their patients and their communities and are supporting each other in the process so that all nurses can fulfill their ethical and professional obligations. It is important tool that can be used now as leverage to a better future for nurses, patients and health care. This Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements is a reflection of the proud ethical heritage of nursing, a guide for all nurses now and into the future.