NURSING ETHICS AND PHILOSOPHY (NSC 211)



Nursing Ethics
Nursing ethics is a branch of applied ethics that concerns itself with activities in the field of nursing. Nursing ethics shares many principles with the medical ethics, such as beneficence, non-maleficience and respect for autonomy. Nursing ethics can be distinguished by its emphasis on relationships, human dignity and collaborative care.


Development of Subject  
The nature of nursing means that nursing ethics tends to examine the ethics of caring rather than ‘curing’ by exploring the relationship between the nurse and the person in care. Early work to define ethics focused more on the virtues that would make good nurse, rather than looking at what conduct is necessary to respect the person in the nurse’s care. For example, this is made explicit in the latest code from the international council of nurses.

Distinctive Nature   
            Although much of nursing ethics can appear similar to medical ethics, there are some factors that differentiate it. Generally the focus of nursing ethics is more on developing a caring relationship than concerns about broader principles, such as beneficence and justice for example, a concern to promote beneficence may be expressed in traditional medical ethics by the exercise of paternalism.

Nigerian Nursing Ethics:- As propounded by the National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives (NANNM). It was formed in 1977 but the decree establishing it was promulgated and known as decree 22 of 1978.
            National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives became the single professional association to protect and advance nursing and professional interest of all Nigerian Nurses Association (NNA) and the Professional Association of Trained Nurses and Midwives (PATNM). This body became only the umbrellas that unite all registered nurses and Midwives all over Nigeria.

Aims/Objectives            
·        To ensure primary care to an effective reality.
·         To effect changes in nursing practice and monument.
·        To organize and direct nursing teachers courses to improve teaching methods.
·        To development teaching programmes for all types of schools nursing.
·        To carryout all professional consultation
·        To arrange a model of highly specialized courses in order to carryout professional specialization in nursing. Other professional power includes:-
·        ICAN  - International Council of African Nurses and
·        WACN - West African College of Nurses.  

Conclusion
Nursing ethics are the major basis of nurses in making moral judgments on certain situations. It emphasizes on nurse’s relationships with their patients, on collaborative care, human rights, morality and dignity.  



Sources:
DEPARTMENT: NURSING SCIENCE 
FACULTY OF HEALTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY



EBONYI STATE UNIVERSITY
ABAKALIKI
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