How Ethics Affects Nursing Practice In the nursing profession we have a respect for our patients but obtaining trust and maintaining the confidentiality of the patients information has been established from years ago starting with the Oath of Hippocratic.
How Ethics Affects Nursing Practice Wenda Johnson Grand Canyon University NRS 437 V-Ethical Decision Making January 20th 2011 How Ethics Affects Nursing Practice In the nursing profession we have a respect for our patients but obtaining trust and maintaining the confidentiality of the patients information has been established from years ago starting with the Oath of Hippocratic. The patients confidentiality includes protecting any information the patient divulges to medical personal, and not disclosing or sharing the information to others. If trust is betrayed, the patients would not feel comfortable to share their privet and personal information. Our profession is founded on trust and providing good care, and there are limited reasons in our profession to break our patients trust. A confidentiality breach brings up ethical implications and issues. A breach of confidentiality is disclosure of information to a third party without obtaining an informed consent or a court order. The disclosure of information can be electronically, telephone, fax information, written or orally shared. If this type of disclosure of the patients information is shared to unauthorized persons, there are legal implications. The state and federal laws protect the patients rights, and in the medical field we have principles of morality, to do the right or correct thing for the patient. An understanding of implications to protect the patient pertains to dealing with morals in a proper conduct. The ethical principles that define nursing are autonomy, beneficence, confidentiality, fidelity, justice, nonmaleficence, and veracity. These principles protect and promote the patients rights by promoting self-governing, ensuring the nurses act in a way that benefits the patient, respecting the patients personal information, and establishing faithfulness and keeping promises. As well as providing appropriate, fair, and equitable treatment, causing no harm, and telling the…; How Ethics Affects Nursing Practice Wenda Johnson Grand Canyon University NRS 437 V-Ethical Decision Making January 20th 2011 How Ethics Affects Nursing Practice In the nursing profession we have a respect for our patients but obtaining trust and maintaining the confidentiality of the patients information has been established from years ago starting with the Oath of Hippocratic. The patients confidentiality includes protecting any information the patient divulges to medical personal, and not disclosing or sharing the information to others. If trust is betrayed, the patients would not feel comfortable to share their privet and personal information. Our profession is founded on trust and providing good care, and there are limited reasons in our profession to break our patients trust. A confidentiality breach brings up ethical implications and issues. A breach of confidentiality is disclosure of information to a third party without obtaining an informed consent or a court order. The disclosure of information can be electronically, telephone, fax information, written or orally shared. If this type of disclosure of the patients information is shared to unauthorized persons, there are legal implications. The state and federal laws protect the patients rights, and in the medical field we have principles of morality, to do the right or correct thing for the patient. An understanding of implications to protect the patient pertains to dealing with morals in a proper conduct. The ethical principles that define nursing are autonomy, beneficence, confidentiality, fidelity, justice, nonmaleficence, and veracity. These principles protect and promote the patients rights by promoting self-governing, ensuring the nurses act in a way that benefits the patient, respecting the patients personal information, and establishing faithfulness and keeping promises. As well as providing appropriate, fair, and equitable treatment, causing no harm, and telling the…
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