Moral Obligations of Nurses Based on the ICN, UK, Irish and Polish Codes of                 Ethics for Nurses

Dobrowolska, Beata; Wrońska, Irena; Fidecki, Wiesław; Wysokiński, Mariusz

doi:10.1177/0969733007073697

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“…In an American study, Masters of Social Work (MSW) students indicated that they did not feel adequately prepared to handle sexual feelings towards or from a service user (Berkman et al, 2000). Dobrowolska et al (2007) argue that norms are established according to recurring situations, for example by publishing professional misconduct case studies and considering these in the light of relevant clauses of the professional code (see Castledine, 2003).…”

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Professional Boundaries: Crossing a Line or Entering the Shadows?

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British Journal of Social Work

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This article explores the professional boundaries guidance for social workers.It presents research findings from the formal literature, from agency codes of practice, from telephone interviews with regulatory and professional bodies and from an exercise using 'snowballing techniques' in which informants responded to brief scenarios illustrating boundary dilemmas. The authors caution against ever-increasing bullet points of advice and prescription, and advance a notion of ethical engagement in which professionals exercise their ethical senses through regular discussion of professional boundary dilemmas.

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“…Differences in the ways that professional boundaries are drawn and conceived are probably at their most pronounced if one considers the contrasts between collectivist and individualist societies (Rossiter et al, 2002) and societies that have strong religious beliefs (Dobrowolska, 2007).…”

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Professional Boundaries: Crossing a Line or Entering the Shadows?

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British Journal of Social Work

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“…"Proximity beckons moral agents to act, and therefore has an impact on moral responsiveness." 13 One of the main criticisms of existing conceptualizations of obligation-based ethics and the principles/codes that arise from them is that they usually present overly simplistic understandings of ethical practice. Subsequently, obligation-based ethics (eg, principle approaching grounded in consequentialism and/or deontology) have been popular within nursing and remain so.…”

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Relational Practice and Nursing Obligations

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Varcoe

2007

Advances in Nursing Science

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Nursing relationships and the enactment of nursing values and goals in contemporary healthcare contexts are becoming increasingly challenging. Using a relational inquiry lens, the authors examine the interface of relationships, ethics, and effective nursing practice and the way in which personal and contextual elements continuously influence and shape nursing relationships in many ways. The nursing obligations underpinning relational practice are examined, and the way in which relational inquiry can enhance nurses' ability to navigate through the highly complex, multifaceted, and contextually dependent moments of contemporary nursing practice is illustrated.

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“…The content and function of the codes. These studies dealt with the meaning of the codes in current nursing context (5), their meaning to nurses (27, 63, 64), nurses’ views regarding the development, dissemination and implementation of the codes (28, 65), and nurses’ moral obligations delineated in the codes (66).…”

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Nurses’ codes of ethics in practice and education: a review of the literature

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Leino‐Kilpi

2009

Scandinavian Caring Sciences

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The purpose of this review was to provide an overview of the empirical literature on nurses' codes of ethics in practice and education covering the time from 1980 to August 2007. The focus was on methodological issues, main domains of interest and findings of the studies. The aim of the review was to identify knowledge gaps and to provide recommendations for further research. Research on the codes of ethics in nursing is scarce. The main domains of interest were education, nurses' knowledge and use of the codes, the content and functions of the codes, and moral behaviour and values related to the codes. Education of the codes was important, and it had a positive impact on students' moral behaviour measured by an instrument based on the codes. Nurses' knowledge and use of the codes was deficient. Nurses' practice was guided by environmental contexts and personal experiences rather than the codes. However, nurses' values espoused those of the codes. The nurse-patient relationship was the best known aspect of the codes. Methodological diversity, a small number of studies focusing on several domains of interest warrants care in the interpretation of the findings. Further research should focus particularly on the education of the codes, covering the realization of the teaching process, evaluation of outcomes and organization of education. Cooperation between theoretical education and clinical practice should be explored. Research of the meaning of the codes and their functions for nurses, nurses' moral behaviour and professional values is needed. Research should cover all levels and areas of nursing and reach beyond the nurse-patient relationship to relationships with colleagues, other health professions, organizations and the society. The use of more varied methodological approaches is suggested.

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Moral Obligations of Nurses Based on the ICN, UK, Irish and Polish Codes of Ethics for Nurses

Cited by 29 publications

References 8 publications

Professional Boundaries: Crossing a Line or Entering the Shadows?

Professional Boundaries: Crossing a Line or Entering the Shadows?

Relational Practice and Nursing Obligations

Nurses’ codes of ethics in practice and education: a review of the literature

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