NURSING CODE OF ETHICS
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Describe a situation, preferably at clinical, when you responded based on the Nursing Code of Ethics. If you never encountered such a situation, imagine a possible situation you could face in the future. Link this experience to one of the elements in the code of ethics found at http://www.nursingworld.org/
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Nurses do face situations in the hospital that require them to make hard decisions. Nursing Code of Ethics acts as a guide to help us as nurses to arrive at the best decisions in case of a dilemma. The following is a situation I faced that required me to respond based on the Nursing Code of Ethics. A patient was admitted to the hospital and was diagnosed with pneumonia. After several tests, the results…
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