Question

How will you uphold the Code of Ethics?ANA

How does the death of George Floyd impact you as a nurse?

Answer 1

Que: How will you uphold the Code of Ethics? ANA

ANA (American Nurses Association) Code of Ethics includes nine provisions which are as follows:

Provision 1- Nurse should always keep respect for the unique attributes of every patient despite caste, religion, background, occupation, etc.

Provision 2-Nurse primarily responsibility is the patient's care whether an individual, family, or community.

Provision 3-Nurse practices should always promote the health, safety of the patient. It includes protection for their rights too.

Provision 4-Being a nurse, He/She is responsible for accountability, the authority of the respective patient, and while deciding in regards to the patient.

Provision 5-While maintaining the health of the patient, the nurse should follow the same protocol for himself/herself for the promotion of health and safety.

Provision 6 -Nurse practices should be always like maintaining dignity, integrity, and ethical environment collectively with other professionals or individually.

Provision 7- The nurse should always analyze and observe each case thoroughly with the aspects of research and growth of the nursing profession.

Provision 8-The nurse should always maintain collaboration with other health workers for providing quality health care services to the patient.

Provision 9- It is related to maintain the integrity of the profession, and integrate the principle of social justice into nursing and health policy by different professional organizations.

By inculcating every possible ethical consideration in your nursing practices mentioned in the above Code of ethics, you can uphold the Code of ethics.

Que: How does the death of George Floyd impact you as a nurse?

Answer:

Geoge Floyd was an African-American black man, killed by a white police officer as he found using counterfeit money at the grocery shop. He pleaded in front of a white police officer that he can't breathe but the officer continued to press his knee on George's neck showing no mercy.

This is the perfect example of the horrific effects of racism that nurses experienced daily while practicing in hospitals. Being a nurse, we treat all the patients regardless of their caste, religion, race, or any other status. It is so devastating to see such a horrible act leading to someone's death just because of racial discrimination. We served humans putting so much effort to save their lives and this officer just put him to death without thinking once. The way we perform our duties honestly without doing any discrimination and following every possible ethical code, we expect the same for the police to perform their duties honestly irrespective of racism.

Being a nurse, I would have demand justice for George Floyd and a stop to the unnecessary death of black men at the hands of those who should protect them.”

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