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Ethics in Perioperative Practice—Duty to Self
Author(s) -
Seifert Patricia C.
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)61070-3
Subject(s) - ethical code , perioperative nursing , duty , perioperative , action (physics) , code (set theory) , statement (logic) , ethical decision , medicine , psychology , nursing , engineering ethics , law , political science , social psychology , computer science , surgery , engineering , set (abstract data type) , quantum mechanics , physics , programming language
Though often difficult, ethical decision making is necessary when caring for surgical patients. Perioperative nurses have to recognize ethical dilemmas and 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 fifth of a nine‐part series that will help perioperative nurses relate the ANA code to their own area of practice, the author looks at the fifth statement, which emphasizes commitment to one's self. AORN J 76 (Aug 2002) 306‐313.