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Code of Ethics for Nursing
Term Paper # 141050
A look at the background of the nursing code of ethics.
1,500 words (approx. 6 pages) |
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APA | 2006
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Published on: Jan 01, 2006
Paper Summary:
The paper discusses how the nursing code of ethics began with Florence Nightingale in 1893 and was patterned "after the hypocratic oath" taken by physicians (Hook & White, 2008, p. 1). The paper relates that by 1896, the Nurses' Associated Alumnae in both Canada and the United States came together, creating the American Nurses Association, as well as a new code of ethics to be used throughout nursing practice. This code was then replaced in the 1940s by a code mandating 17 provisions for nurses to adhere to, which were not altered until the late 1960s, reducing the number of provisions to ten (Hook & White, 2008, p. 3). The paper explains that by the late 1970s, 11 provisions were adopted and in 1985 and 2001 interpretive statements were added.Visitors who viewed this Term Paper also liked these:
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Code of Ethics for Nursing (2012, April 01). Retrieved May 26, 2012, from http://www.academon.com/Term-Paper-Code-of-Ethics-for-Nursing/141050
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"Code of Ethics for Nursing" 01 April 2012. Web. 26 May. 2012. <http://www.academon.com/Term-Paper-Code-of-Ethics-for-Nursing/141050>
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