Ethico-Legal and Moral Considerations in Nursing Leadership and Management ETHICO-MORAL ASPECTS OF NURSING Flashcards
are systematic guides for developing ethical behavior. They answer normative questions of what beliefs and values should be normally accepted.
Code of Ethics
A highlight on the creation of Nurses Code of Ethics was composed by a nursing instructor:
Lystra Gretter in 1893
Pursuant to Sec. 3 of RA No. 877, known as the
Philippine Nursing Law
Section 6 of P.D No. 223, the Amended
Code of Ethics for Nurses
Article I Code of ethics
Preamble
Article II code of ethics
Registered nurses and people
Article III code of ethics
Registered nurses and practice
Article IV code of ethics
Registered nurses and Co-workers
Article V Code of ethics
Registered Nurses, Society, and Environment
Article VI code of ethics
Registered Nurses and the Profession
Article VII code of ethics
Administrative, Penalties, Repealing, Clause and Effectivity
implies a commitment to a life of sacrifice and genuine selflessness.
Service to others
perform the responsibilities with the highest sense of integrity and imbued with nationalism and spiritual values.
Integrity and objectivity
certain level of competence is necessary, i.e., knowledge, technical skills, attitudes and experience.
Professional competence
maintain and support professional organization.
Solidarity and Teamwork
consistent with their responsibilities to society and as Filipinos, contribute to the attainment of the country’s national objectives.
Social and civic responsibility
professionals shall remain open to the challenges of a more dynamic and interconnected world.
Global competitiveness
all professionals shall treat their colleagues with respect and strive to be fair in their dealings with one another.
Equality of all professions
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A MORE RESPONSIVE NURSING PROFESSION, REPEALING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7164, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS “THE PHILIPPINE NURSING ACT OF 1991” AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
The nursing act 2002 RA 9173
Article I The nursing act
Title
Article II The nursing act
Declaration of policy
Article III the nursing act
Organization of the Board of Nursing
Article IV the nursing act
Examination and registration
Article V nursing act
Nursing education
Article VI the nursing act
Nursing practice
Article VII the nursing act
Health Human Resource Production, Utilization and Development
Article VIII the nursing act
Penal and Miscellaneous Provisions
Article IX The nursing act
Final provisions
refers to the commission or omission of an act, pursuant to a duty, that a reasonably prudent person in the same or similar circumstance would or would not do, and acting or the non-acting of which is the proximate cause of injury to another person or his property.
Ex. Burns, objects left inside the patients body, falls
Professional Negligence
Res ipsa loquitor means
“the thing speaks for itself”.
Res Ipsa Loquitor means “the thing speaks for itself”. This means that the injury could not have happened if someone was not negligent that no further proof is required.
Example: fracture on a newly-delivered baby born by breech presentation
Doctrine of Rep ipsa loquitor
implies the idea of improper or unskillful care of a patient by a nurse. _______ also denotes stepping beyond one’s authority with serious consequences.
Example: Giving of anesthesia by a nurse or prescribing medicines
Malpractice