ARTICLE 1 ( PREAMBLE ) Flashcards
Article 1
PREAMBLE
Health is a FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT of every individual. The Filipino, registered nurse, believing in the WORTH & DIGNITY of each human being, recognizes the primary responsibility to preserve health at all cost.
SECTION 1.
Section 1
This responsibility encompasses PROMOTION of HEALTH, PREVENTION OF ILLNESS, AND RESTORATION OF HEALTH.
To assume this RESPONSIBILITY , registered nurses have to gain “ KNOWLEDGE & UNDERSTANDING of man’ s CULTURAL, SOCIAL, SPIRITUAL, PHYSIOLOGICAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL, AND ECOLOGICAL ASPECTS of ILLNESS, UTILIZING THE THERAPEUTIC PROCESS. Cultural Diversity and Political and Socio- economic status are inherent factors to effevtive nursing care.
SECTION 2
The desire for the RESPECT & CONFIDENCE of clientele, collegues, co-workers, and the members of the community provides incentive to ATTAIN & MAINTAIN THE HIGHEST POSSIBLE DEGREE OF ETHICAL CONDUCT.
SECTION 3