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Essay / Nursing Ethics in Nursing - 576
To understand ethics in nursing, you must first know what ethics is. A general explanation of ethics concerns an individual's beliefs, values, and morals. These may not be the same for everyone and some may disagree with everyone's ethics. Ethics deals with what is right and what is wrong, with everyone having different views on what is. A nurse must understand and be clear about their own beliefs, values and morals, before understanding others and being able to cope with the difference that will be encountered in the field of nursing. Ethics in Nursing, (Concepts p. 220), “The nurse is one who has internalized the concept of what it means to be a human being and who accepts personal responsibility for relationships with other human beings. A nurse has an obligation to do good and harm no one and is committed to providing the same level of quality of nursing services to all human beings.” Nursing ethics can be difficult to differentiate between the law and the code of ethics. Committees and groups are formed to contribute to the development of the Nursing Code of Ethics....