Tenets of the Code of Ethics for Nurses | Report

Running head: TENETS OF THE CODE OF ETHICS FOR NURSES
Tenets of the code of ethics for nurses
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TENETS OF THE CODE OF ETHICS FOR NURSES
Abstract
The thesis of the term paper presented entails various tenets code of ethics for nurses and their
application in the practice setting with the patient. The paper focuses on at least two codes of
ethics I will apply as a nurse while attending to the patient. The identified tenets code of ethics
which I will apply while attending to the patients includes advocacy to protect the right and
privacy of the patient and responsibility and accountability to provide optimum patient care. The
purpose and description of the above mentioned codes of ethics are discussed in the paper below.

TENETS OF THE CODE OF ETHICS FOR NURSES
Advocacy to protect rights and privacy of the patient
Advocacy to protect the rights and privacy of the patients I handle at the hospital entails
keeping the patient’s document safe and not disclosing any information about the health status of
the patient to unauthorized party. It is the right of the patient to have his or her health document
safe since sharing health information with another party will tamper with their private life like
keeping safe the patients' medical information (Vaughn, 2015).
Keeping patient's medical information safe
The purpose of this tenet code of ethics, which is keeping medical information safe is to avoid
leakage of health information to another party who is not related or close to the patient without
the consent of the patient since health status is termed as a private affair. Protecting the right of
every patient I handle will enable the patient to disclose his past health history thus ease the
process of treatment.
Upholding the tenet in maximizing the quality of patient care will enhance my practice as a
nurse in various ways since it will help me to gain the trust of most of the patients I serve due to
my advocacy for their rights and privacy hence most of the patients visiting the health care center
will prefer my service hence will help me to gain more nursing experience and skills (West-
Burnham, et al, 2018).