ANCC Med-Surg Certification
Nursing Code of Conduct (4) -
✔1)Participation in intra-professional collaboration
2) Avoiding Conflicts of Interest
3) Maintaining respect for human dignity
4) Integrating professional values with personal values
Nursing Ethics (definition) -
✔Moral principles that govern behavior, ideal, standards
Autonomy -
✔Duty to allow patient to make independent decisions
Veracity -
✔Duty to tell the truth
Fidelity -
✔Duty to keep promises and commitments
Justice -
✔Duty to provide equal and fair distribution of resources
Beneficence -
✔Duty to promote good and take positive actions
Nonmaleficence -
✔Duty to do no harm and avoid negative actions
Confidentiality -
✔Duty to keep some information from disclosure without consent
Privacy -
✔Duty to protect physical body or information from unauthorized view
Advocacy ( general definition) -
✔Action or series of actions that argues for, speaks in favor of, recommends, or supports another
person, place, or thing.
Nursing Advocacy Components (2) -
