Question

1.) A nurses’ primary commitment is to the patient.

1. Elaborate by providing a supporting comment connecting nursing to ethics in relation to the statement that the nurse’s primary commitment is to the patient

2.) Identify and further discuss three (3) key points on how patient-centered care with basic principles of consensus building and conflict resolution are related to quality and safety in healthcare. Provide a scholarly article from CINAL, ProQuest, or MEDLINE.

Answer 1

The nurse practices with compassion and respect for the inherent dignity, worth, and personal attributes of every person, without prejudice.

The nurse’s primary commitment is to the patient, whether an individual, family, group, community, or population.

The nurse promotes, advocates for, and protects the rights, health and safety of the patient.

The nurse has authority, accountability, and responsibility for nursing practice, makes decisions, and takes action consistent with the obligation to provide optimal care.

The nurse owes the same duties to self as to others, including the responsibility to promote health and safety, preserve wholeness of character and integrity, maintain competence, and continue personal and professional growth

The nurse, through individual and collective action, establishes, maintains, and improves the moral environment of the work setting and the conditions of employment, conducive to quality health care.

The nurse, whether in research, practice, education, or administration, contributes to the advancement of the profession through research and scholarly inquiry, professional standards development, and generation of nursing and health policies.

The nurse collaborates with other health professionals and the public to protect and promote human rights, health diplomacy, and health initiatives.

The profession of nursing, collectively through its professional organizations, must articulate nursing values, maintain the integrity of the profession, and integrate principles of social justice into nursing and health policy.

2. Respect for Human Dignity A fundamental principle that underlies all nursing practice is respect for the inherent dignity, worth, and human rights of all individuals. The need for and right to health care is universal, transcending all individual differences. Nurses consider the needs and respect the values of each person in every professional relationship and setting; they lead in the development of changes in public and health policies that support this duty.

Performance Standards and Review Mechanisms Professional nursing is a process of education and formation that involves the ongoing acquisition and development of the knowledge, skills, dispositions, practice experiences, commitment, relational maturity, and personal integrity essential for professional practice. Nurse educators must ensure that basic competence and commitment to professional practice exist prior to entry into practice. Nurse managers and executives similarly ensure that nurses have the required knowledge, skills, and dispositions to perform clinical responsibilities requiring preparation beyond the basic academic programs. In this way nurses— individually, collectively and as a profession—are responsible and accountable for nursing practice and professional behavior

Accountability for Nursing Judgments, Decisions, and Actions In order to be accountable, nurses act under a code of ethical conduct that includes adherence to the scope and standards of nursing practice and such moral principles as fidelity, gratitude, and respect for the dignity, worth, and self-determination of patients. Nurses are accountable for judgments made and actions taken in the course of nursing practice, irrespective of other providers’ directives or institutional policies. Systems and technologies that assist in clinical practice are adjunct to, not replacements for, the nurse’s knowledge and skill. The nurse retains accountability and responsibility for nursing practice even in instances of system or technological failure.