Guide to the Code of Ethics for Nurses: With Interpretive Statements: Development, Interpretation, and Application

Marsha Fowler, PhD, MDiv, MS, RN, FAAN

ISBN 10: 1558106030 / ISBN 13: 9781558106031

Published by American Nurses Association, 2015

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Title: Guide to the Code of Ethics for Nurses: With...

Publisher: American Nurses Association

Publication Date: 2015

Binding: paperback

Condition: New

Edition: Second.

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Synopsis:

The Guide to the Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements: Development, Interpretation, and Application, 2nd Editionis an essential resource for nursing classrooms, in-service training, workshops and conferences, self-study, and wherever nursing professionals use ANAs Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements in their daily practice. Each chapter of this comprehensively revised text is devoted to a single Code provision, including: Key ethical concepts. Theories and models of ethical decision-making. Historical, professional and societal issues, trends and other influences. Each interpretive statements contribution to interpreting and applying the provision examples and illustrative cases, based on real situations, to facilitate study and discussion. Bibliographic Web links to key national and international documents. For convenience of reference, the text of ANAs Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statementsis included as an appendix. This book will challenge each nurse to achieve deeper professional and personal understanding, and will provide a foundation for professional pride. From the classroom to professional practice, nurses in all roles or settings will find Guide to the Code of Ethics for Nurses to be a powerful tool for learning how to examine and apply the values, duties, ideals and commitments of their living ethical tradition to their practice. Please read our Terms and Conditions regarding rental books prior to checkout.

About the Author:

Marsha Fowler, PhD, M.Div., MS, RN, FAAN is Professor of Ethics and Spirituality, Azusa Pacific University. She was a Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. Fellow in Medical Ethics, Harvard, 1978 and the 1992 recipient of the ANA Honorary Human Rights Award. She has researched and taught ethics since 1973 and is internationally recognized for her work in social ethics, the history and development of nursings ethics, codes of ethics, bioethics, and religion and ethics.