Ethics in Nursing Practice Book

Foreword     v
Preface     vii
Preparation for ethical decision making     1
Value formation and value conflict     5
The nature of values     6
Cultural values     7
Religious values     9
Personal values     9
Professional values     10
Value conflicts     11
The discipline of ethics     15
Traditional western ethics     16
Theories of ethics     20
Principles of ethics     22
Beyond traditional theories of ethics and principlism     26
Ethics and the law     32
Bioethics     33
Ethical concepts for nursing practice     39
Advocacy     39
Accountability/responsibility     41
Cooperation     43
Caring     45
Consensus on the concepts     46
Standards of ethical conduct in nursing     51
Early standards for nurses' ethical behaviours     51
Development of nursing codes of ethics     53
Purpose of a code of ethics     54
Common themes in nursing codes of ethics     54
Application and enforcement of nursing codes ofethics     56
Ethical analysis and decision making in nursing practice     59
Models for ethical analysis and decision making     59
A model for ethical analysis and decision making in nursing practice     62
Taking ethical action     65
Ethical responsibilities of the nurse     67
Promoting health     69
Preventing illness     81
Restoring health     97
Alleviating suffering     109
Applying ethics to nursing practice     121
Nurses and people     123
Serving people who need nursing care     123
Individual versus collective good     127
Respecting values, customs and spiritual beliefs     129
Protecting human rights and dignity     132
Nurses and practice     139
Allocating nursing care     140
Delegating nursing authority to others     142
Accepting responsibility for nursing care     148
Nurses and the profession     153
Implementing desirable standards of nursing practice and nursing education     154
Participating in research involving human participants     156
Equitable social and economic working conditions in nursing      162
Nurses and co-workers     169
Cooperating with physicians     170
Cooperating with nurses and other co-workers     172
Reporting incompetent nursing care     178
Teaching ethics to nurses     185
Taking moral action     197
Glossary     205
ICN Code of Ethics     211
Index     219