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Ethics in Perioperative Practice—Accountability and Responsibility
Author(s) -
Berlandi Jackie L.
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)61611-6
Subject(s) - accountability , perioperative nursing , ethical code , action (physics) , perioperative , code (set theory) , statement (logic) , social responsibility , code of conduct , professional conduct , code of practice , medicine , nursing , psychology , engineering ethics , political science , law , surgery , computer science , engineering , physics , set (abstract data type) , quantum mechanics , 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 third 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 fourth provision statement, which addresses nurses' accountability and responsibility. AORN J 75 (June 2002) 1094‐1099.