The nurse practices with compassion and respect for inherent dignity, worth and unique attributes of every person. The nurse’s primary commitment is to the patient, whether an individual, family group, community or population. The nurse promotes, advocates for, and protects the rights, health, and safety of the patient.

This discussion posting has two (2) parts. Take a few moments to review the nine (9) provisions of ANA’s 2015 Code of Ethics for Nurses below and then answer the following questions: Pick one (1) of the ANA’s Code of Ethics provisions (as listed below) and provide an example of the chosen provision that you observed while watching The American Nurse film. (Please try NOT to pick the first one) Then, evaluate your practice as a nurse and provide an example of how your practice reflects the chosen ANA provision. ANA’s 2015 Code of Ethics for Nursess: Nine Provisions The nurse practices with compassion and respect for inherent dignity, worth and unique attributes of every person. The nurse’s primary commitment is to the patient, whether an individual, family group, community or population. The nurse promotes, advocates for, and protects the rights, health, and safety of the patient.

The nurse has authority, accountability, and responsibility for nursing practice: makes decisions; and takes action consistent with the obligation to promote health and to provide optimal care. The nurse owes the same duties to self as to others, including the responsibility to promote health and safety, preserve wholeness of character and integrity, maintain competence, and continue personal and professional growth. The nurse, through individual and collective effort, establishes, maintains, and improves the ethical environment of the work settings and conditions of employment that are conducive to safe, quality health care. The nurse, in all roles and settings, advances the profession through research and scholarly inquiry, professional standards development, and the generation of both nursing and health policy. The nurse collaborates with other health professionals and the public to protect human rights, promote health diplomacy, and reduce health disparities. The profession of nursing, collectively through its professional organizations, must articulate nursing values, maintain the profession’s integrity, and integrate principles of social justice into nursing and health policy. Then, in part 2, review the MA Nurse of the Future Nursing Core Competencies and write which competencies you believe are best illustrated by one of the nurses in the American Nurse film (Both are available within the module).

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