Ethical Issues In The Nursing Profession

on nurses to use independent judgment in some situations (2009). Davis, Schrader, Belcheir (2012), reveals that when nurses of all types are faced with ethical problems they must maintain moral integrity, living up to their ethical beliefs by being honest, trustworthy and consistently standing up for what is right (2012). Pozgar (2016) the contents of ethics vary depending on the risks associated with a particular profession (p. 300). The National Commission on Correctional Health care (2011) talks about nurses in a traditional medical setting. How ethical decisions happens periodically and sometimes nurses are pulled into ethical situations. Nurses must comply to the American Nurses Association’s code of ethics. It characterized the ethical standards for
Legally nurses are tied to licensure, both state and federal laws, must practice great professional standards. The nurse’s education license and nursing standard establish the ground work in which nurses are to meet. If their practice drops below acceptable standards of care and competence will ultimately open the nurse up to litigation (2011). It is important for the health care profession to obey all laws that have been put in place to avoid un- wanted legal and ethical issues. Ethical and Legal Issues (2017) explain how the legal implications of nursing practices are linked to licensure, state and federal laws, scope of practice. As well as a public expectation that nurses practice a higher professional standard The basis for litigation can relate to negligence, failing to exercise the level of care that a reasonable. Prudent nurse would under similar circumstances; malpractice; and professional negligence, which means an act of neglect committed in the nurse’s professional role. Acts of omission and commission will also subject the nurse to litigation and professional license review. Both litigation and professional license review can result in reprimand of a nurse’s license or loss of a