ANA Code of Ethics Assignment; Part I
The ANA Nurses Code of Ethics is a very important tool in the field of nursing that helps and allows nurses to be able to fulfill their ethical obligations in order to help improve healthcare. The ANA Nurses Code of Ethics was developed by the American Nurses Association to provide guidelines for nurses to carry out their ethical duties by practicing nursing in an effective, suitable, safe, and autonomy way. Provision six of the Code, addresses that nurses should use their values and moral reasoning and thinking to facilitate improvements of the health care environment. Improvements need to be done in the environments of the patients as well as the community clinics, hospitals, and any type of facility that practices nursing including the workplace of the nurse.
Reading provision 6.1 which is titled “The influence of the environment on moral virtues and values.” (American Nurses Association, 2014). Taught me that the professional nurse shall do whatever it takes to establish, maintain, and improve health care. Provision 6 states that a nurse’s ability to fulfill their ethical obligations is a direct function of the environment that he/she is placed in. (American Nurses Association, 2014) If the nurse shows respect and care for the environment he/she can be a stepping stone to others in the environment and may model positive behavior toward the healthcare environment. The more initiative the nurse displays others may want to become more involved. Provision 6.2 titled “Influence of the environment on ethical obligation.” (American Nurses Association, 2014) and provision 6.3 titled “Responsibility for the healthcare environment”. (American Nurses Association, 2014) Taught me that a responsible professional nurse may use ethical principles, creativity, morals and values but must maintain respect for the patient, facilities’