Guide to the Code of Ethics for Nurses: Interpretation and Application

Today?s healthcare environment is changing rapidly and nurses are faced with ethical challenges every day. Are you prepared to meet these complex and recurring ethical challenges? This book is a must have for nurses who refer to ANA?s Code of Ethics in their daily practice.

Each chapter of this classic text discusses a single Code provision, including:

• History
• Application
• Purpose
• Case studies
• Theory
• Examples

For easy reference, the book also features; provision statement with each chapter, full text of ANA?s Code of Ethics for Nurses: Interpretation and Application and an index of key concepts.

From the classroom to professional practice, nurses will find this book a powerful tool for learning how to apply the values of service in the Code to their nursing practice.