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Nursing Ethics in CanadaKnowledge of nursing ethics is a requirement for nursing practice in Canada. A registered nurse is required to practice in a safe, competent, and ethical manner. Ethical guidelines for the nursing profession are contained in the CNA Code of Ethics. Knowledge about ethics provides members of the nursing profession with guidelines for making nursing practice decisions that seem to have no clearly defined right or wrong answer. A registered nurse is required to act in the best interests of the client but sometimes the actions needed to fulfill that commitment are not clear.
Consider the findings from this
nursing research
completed in the United States on an oncology unit in 2000.
The study concluded that ethical decision making was a significant source of stress for a registered nurse. Raines, Marcia. (2000)Ethical Decision Making in Nurses: Relationships Among Moral Reasoning,
Coping Style, and Ethics Stress.1(1), 29-45
The Influence of Personal Values on Ethical Decision MakingDecision making about what is right and wrong is based on values. Personal value formation is influenced by family, culture and other experiences in life.
Registered nurses are required to make decisions based on professional nursing values as established in the CNA ethical code
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Current Nursing ShortageSome provincial health authorities have decreased the number of nursing positions because of funding shortfalls. These are some of the political nuances of nursing in Canada. The various career sections on health authority websites still show a wide variety of positions, but many of them are not entry level. This is most likely a temporary situation and all predictions still forcast a nursing shortage for the future. I will be monitoring this situation over the longer term. A Canadian visitor says: Bev:I have read the pages on your site, and just thought you should know, that so far your website has been the most valuable information tool I have found. It is really hard to find the right information. I have just enrolled in a diploma program, RPN, and then I would like to follow through and get my degree. Thank you again for your time, and for the great site, I am certainly going to pass it along.Stephanie
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