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Perioperative Nurses' Involvement on Nursing Ethics Committees
Author(s) -
Schroeter Kathryn
Publication year - 1996
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)63626-0
Subject(s) - perioperative nursing , ethical decision , nursing , perioperative , nursing ethics , medicine , health care , patient advocacy , health professionals , medline , psychology , political science , social psychology , law , surgery , psychiatry
Ethics issues in health care are evolving constantly; however, perioperative nurses often feel unprepared or unqualified to deal with aspects of ethical decision making. Through involvement as members of a nursing ethics committee, perioperative nurses can obtain the knowledge and skills necessary to assist patients and peers in ethical decision making. Participation on nursing ethics committees improves perioperative nurses' levels of moral reasoning, enhances their ethical decision‐making and patient advocacy skills, and increases their professional satisfaction. AORN J 64 (Oct 1996) 588–596.