The American Nurses Association’s (ANA; 2015) Code of Ethics was developed as a guide that delineates nurses ethical responsibilities to self, nurse colleagues, the profession, and patients. Please review the Code of Ethics and Huston’s (2024) chapters on Patient, Subordinate, Workplace, and Professional Advocacy, and Educating and Socializing Staff in a Learning Organization to answer the following questions related to your PDSA project:
Question #1 (Web links to ANA’s Code of Ethics, American Nurses Association, and Florida Nurses Association available in Modules)
a) How do the following provisions in ANA’s Code of Ethics relate to your PDSA project?
PDSA project ( Reducing anxiety, emotional turmoil, and symptoms improvement in Hospice care patients)
- Provision 3: The nurse promotes , advocates for, and protects the rights, health, and safety of the patient
- Provision 4: The nurse has the authority, accountability, and responsibility for nursing practice; makes decisions ; and takes action consistent with the obligation to promote health and to provide optimal care.
- Provision 5: The nurse owes the same to 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.
- Provision 7: The nurse, in all roles and settings, advances the profession through research and scholarly inquiry, professional standards development, and the generation of both nursing and health policy.
- Provision 8: The nurse collaborates with other health professionals and the public to protect human rights, promote health diplomacy, and reduce health disparities.
Question #2
a) What issues do the American Nurses Association and Florida Nurses Association support to improve patient outcomes as well as the working environment of nurses? Provide at least two issues for each professional organization.