Professional Moral Compass Grand Canyon University: Introduction to the Study of Ethics August 9, 2013 My professional moral compass is driven by integrity, empathy, compassion and service. As a nurse I believe that every individual has equal rights to the same excellence in care. My personal code of ethics that I hold myself to, has direct influence on my practice as a nurse. I believe self-evaluation is imperative to be able to function at a healthy emotional level at work and
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Complete the questionnaire, "My Nursing Ethic," located within the Additional Resources folder in Canyon Connect. 3) Using the reading and the questionnaire, -write a 750-1,000-word paper that describes your professional moral compass. As you write your paper, include the following: a) What personal, cultural, and spiritual values contribute to your worldview and philosophy of nursing? How do these values shape or influence your nursing practice? b) Define values, morals, and ethics in the context
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My Professional Moral Compass Having a proper understanding and adapting an acceptable code of ethics is essential to nursing profession and offers a principles that can be used as guide for producing ethical culture. Code of ethics helps nurse to direct practice with compassion and respect for human dignity, responsibility, accountability, confidentiality and protect patient safety (ANA Code of ethics, 2014). Codes of ethics also act as a guide for to develop and to perform
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is a system of moral principles and is a philosophy branch dealing with values connecting to human conduct, with respect to the wrongness and rightness of specific actions and to the badness and goodness of the motivations and ends of such events (“Ethics”, n.d.). Personal ethics relate to how people are raised, religious, cultural, or political beliefs, the experiences people have had and the books people have read. This paper is going to explain about professional moral compass which helps to guide
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It was stated in our reading material that the Gallop poll rated Nursing to be the most ethical profession and expecting nursing professionals to illustrate the highest ethical standards from any industry. Nurses are held accountable for the patient and their family’s welfare. The ANA provides the Nursing profession guidelines to treat every patient with dignity, respect, and compassion also free from any personal judgment of race, social or economic status, personal disparities, or disregard to
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Personal Nursing Ethics Grand Canyon University NRS-437V Personal Nursing Ethics The American Nurses Association relates as part of its Code of Ethics that “The nurse, in all professional relationships, practices with compassion and respect for the dignity, worth, and uniqueness of every individual, unrestricted by considerations of social or economic status, personal attributes, or the nature of health problems” (ANA, 2010). Given this, all nurses should be practicing their profession equally
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the patient versus the wishes of the patient’s physician conflicting with the personal beliefs the nurse holds to be true. The client’s wishes may conflict with the institutional policies, physician professional opinion, the client’s family desires, or even the laws of the state. According to the nursing code of ethics, the nurse’s first allegiance is to the client (Blais & Hayes, 2011, pg. 60). The ethical ideals of each nurse must be weighed with the laws of the state along with providing the most
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Running Head: INDIVIDUAL: PERSONAL ETHICS Personal Ethics of Nursing Crystal Kingcade Grand Canyon University Ethical Decision Making in Health Care NRS 437V April 30, 2010 Personal Ethics of Nursing Ethics in nursing is a set of principles relating to what is morally right or wrong. It is used in the health care field as a standard of conduct or code for how healthcare workers should behave. As nurses it allows us to analyze information
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I think that all health care professionals are required to follow a strict code of ethics. Health care professionals must learn to become responsible and strive to also be responsible to those they work with and for including those in charge, and to everyone else they work with. Most important are the patients, their families and the public at large who depend on health care workers day after day. This includes having respect and making correct approaches to all responsibilities a top priority
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Professional Moral Compass Ida Carpenter RN Grand Canyon University August 20, 2012 Ethics is defined as the study of good conduct, character, and purposes. It is concerned with determining what is good or important for all people (Potter & Perry, 2001). I struggle daily with ethics when I am faced with making decisions for one or more of my residents. It is not easy keeping your own feelings or religious beliefs out of decision making. I must practice my ethical behavior each day,
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