Learning Objectives By the end of this section, you will be able to: Publicly lending one’s voice and/or support to a cause, person, or policy is called advocacy. Florence Nightingale is the first nurse advocate we know of. Not only was…
Learning Objectives By the end of this section, you will be able to: The first nursing practice act (NPA) was passed by the New York state legislature in 1938 (Guido, 2020). Since that time, the nursing profession has been bound to laws…
Learning Objectives By the end of this section, you will be able to: Ethics are embedded in everything nurses do. They are intertwined with nursing values and intertwined in nursing standards of practice. They underlie nursing principles. Further, there is a well-defined…
Learning Objectives By the end of this section, you will be able to: How do humans figure out what is good or bad? Right or wrong? Why do some people feel a strong need to care for others who are…
Figure 16.1 Ethical and legal issues in nursing can have profound consequences, both personally and professionally. (credit: “registered nurse assigned to the 959th Medical Group” by Master Sgt. Helen Miller Air Force, Public Domain) Chapter Outline 16.1 Value Considerations of Care 16.2 Ethics in…
Evidence-Based Research Research has been an essential component of nursing since the days of Florence Nightingale. It is codified into our practice acts and ethical standards and has evolved over the decades into a vibrant field of nursing researchers. Today…
Learning Objectives By the end of this section, you will be able to: In any healthcare organization, no nurse works in isolation, not even when working from home or other remote locations. As previously discussed, all nurses work with other…
Learning Objectives By the end of this section, you will be able to: A patient hospitalized for four days may meet fifty different healthcare providers, including a variety of doctors, nurses, assistive personnel (AP), and many additional staff members (O’Keefe, 2020).…
Learning Objectives By the end of this section, you will be able to: The act of requesting staff members to perform tasks or procedures that are outside of their normal job but within the limits of their job description is…
Learning Objectives By the end of this section, you will be able to: In 2016, an earth-shaking article noted that if medical errors were classified as diseases are, they would be the third-largest cause of death in the United States…