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Nursing: Ethical Dimensions Of Ethics In Nursing

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Ethics and performance Ethical dimension of nursing care is an important element of practice in nursing . Being a nurse is an ethical attempt and every decision that a nurse makes has an ethical dimension. Nurses are faced with different ,difficult and complicated situations where they are expected to provide good care. Good care should be led to enhance the health integrity in physical, emotional, moral and spiritual dimensions. But, there is ongoing concern about the ethical practice of nurses. It seems that performing ethical practice in the presence of daily ethical dilemmas is difficult. Nurses have an ethical compliance not only to provide care for meeting the needs of a specific residents but also to develop the essential …show more content…

The practice involves the use of clinical decision in the provision of care to enable nurses to improve, maintain or receive health to cope with health problems and to achieve the best possible quality of life .Good nursing practice requires that practical efficacy .The authority for the practice of nursing is based upon a contract that determines professional rights and responsibilities as well as mechanism for patients accountability (Danjuma & Adeleke,2015). Ethical caring is an essential in nursing practice. Nurses are confronted with difficult situations in which they are expected to autonomously make decisions in delivering good care to patients. Although a wide range of studies have examined ethical behavior of …show more content…

It is therefore of essence that informed consent is observed by nurses to seek patient’s permission and approval before beginning treatment procedure. This is asserted by Sharp (1998) to be a very vital in nursing ethics. It is needed with regards to patients treatment. It is only fair that patients become aware of their health conditions and agree fully to whatever treatment procedure available before treatment (Schopp

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