Ethics of Nursing: Class Notes
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A "prudent nurse" is one who consistently exhibits good judgment in requesting, reviewing, and weighing information
the capacity to quickly and accurately determine that the information is adequate for making an eligibility decision or that further exploration of the circumstances is necessary
A "prudent nurse" is attentive, vigilant, cautious, perceptive, and generally governed by common sense. A "prudent nurse" is alert for disabling conditions that may impact the ability of a person to accurately and timely provide information
Prudent means careful; circumspect; acting with forethought.
A prudent nursing assistant is someone who consistently display good judgment in requesting, reviewing, and weighing information and having the capacity to quickly and accurately determine that the information is adequate. A prudent nursing assistant is attentive, vigilant, cautious, perceptive, and generally driven by common sense.
Nurses play important roles in the recovery of patients. The ethics of nursing is deciding what is right and wrong. Nursing ethics examines the ethics of caring rather than curing by exploring the everyday interaction between the nurse and the patient. Nurses need to have a code of ethics because they make decisions as part of their daily tasks and responsibilities. These decisions affect their patients, their families, and the facility where the nurse works so it is necessary for nurses to have a code which serves as the guidelines on how to act and behave. They need to have a guide on how to ethically and morally act in certain situations.
A "prudent nurse" is one who consistently exhibits good judgment in requesting, reviewing, and weighing information
the capacity to quickly and accurately determine that the information is adequate for making an eligibility decision or that further exploration of the circumstances is necessary
A "prudent nurse" is attentive, vigilant, cautious, perceptive, and generally governed by common sense. A "prudent nurse" is alert for disabling conditions that may impact the ability of a person to accurately and timely provide information
Prudent means careful; circumspect; acting with forethought.
A prudent nursing assistant is someone who consistently display good judgment in requesting, reviewing, and weighing information and having the capacity to quickly and accurately determine that the information is adequate. A prudent nursing assistant is attentive, vigilant, cautious, perceptive, and generally driven by common sense.
Nurses play important roles in the recovery of patients. The ethics of nursing is deciding what is right and wrong. Nursing ethics examines the ethics of caring rather than curing by exploring the everyday interaction between the nurse and the patient. Nurses need to have a code of ethics because they make decisions as part of their daily tasks and responsibilities. These decisions affect their patients, their families, and the facility where the nurse works so it is necessary for nurses to have a code which serves as the guidelines on how to act and behave. They need to have a guide on how to ethically and morally act in certain situations.