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Ethics in Perioperative Practice—Values, Integrity, and Social Policy
Author(s) -
King Cecil A.,
Broom Catherine
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
aorn journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.222
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1878-0369
pISSN - 0001-2092
DOI - 10.1016/s0001-2092(06)61007-7
Subject(s) - perioperative nursing , ethical code , perioperative , professional responsibility , action (physics) , professional conduct , nursing , code (set theory) , ethical issues , medicine , value (mathematics) , ninth , engineering ethics , psychology , political science , law , computer science , surgery , engineering , physics , set (abstract data type) , quantum mechanics , acoustics , programming language , machine learning
Though often difficult, ethical decision making is necessary when caring for surgical patients. Perioperative nurses have to recognize ethical dilemmas and should be prepared to take action based on the ethical code outlined in the American Nurses Association's (ANA's) Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements. In this final article of a nine‐part series that is designed to help perioperative nurses relate the ANA code to their own area of practice, the author looks at the ninth provision, which emphasizes the responsibility of professional nursing associations to maintain the value and integrity of the profession. AORN J 76 (Dec 2002) 1047–1053.