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The Nursing Code of Ethics: Everything You Need To Know

Nurse.com

According to OJIN, the code has gone through regular updates and was revised in 2015, when ANA launched “The Year of Ethics” in an effort to raise awareness of nursing ethics in the profession. Respecting autonomy speaks to patients having the ability to make their own decisions, while nonmaleficence is best described as “do no harm.”.

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Substance Use Disorder in Aging and Serious Illness: A Podcast with Katie Fitzgerald Jones, Jessica Merlin, Devon Check

GeriPal

And as of 2015, the survey started to ask folks about cancer history, just some broad questions about lifetime history of cancer and whether they’ve had a cancer diagnosis in the past year. And so, I kind of partner with my patients and say… First of all, I use agreements.