Nursing accountability is guided by standards of practice, legal requirements, and ethical principles which hold nurses responsible for their decisions, actions, and consequences. Accountability is important in healthcare as it focuses on patient interests, improves trust between providers and patients, and enhances quality of care. Ethical issues commonly arise in complex healthcare systems and the nursing code of ethics provides guidance, though legal, moral, and ethical concerns sometimes overlap like whether family can be present during resuscitation of a loved one. In such dilemmas, prioritizing patient rights, safety, and health ensures accountability in decision making.

1. NU420M5 Accountability of Care and Ethics.
NU420M5 Accountability of Care and Ethics. Accountability is significant in healthcare. It
involves taking responsibility for actions and ensuring competence in care delivery focused
on placing the interests of the patient first (Krautscheid, 2014). Nursing accountability is
guided by the standards of practice, the legal requirements of practice as well as the ethical
principles of nursing practice. These guidelines hold nurses responsible of their decisions
and actions as well as the consequences associated with the actions (American Nursing
Association, 2001).NU420M5 Accountability of Care and Ethics.NU420M5 Accountability of
Care and Ethics.ORDER NOW.Often, accountability is demanded in the event of
compromised well-being and safety of the patient. It assists in the improvement of trust
between the doctor and the patient as well as reduces the misuse of the organizations
resources. In addition, it improves the quality of healthcare delivered in an organization.
The key areas of accountability include professional values, interpersonal and
communication skills; team working and management, nursing leadership together with
decision-making and practice.NU420M5 Accountability of Care and Ethics.Ethical issues are
common in complex healthcare systems. They occur in situations whereby healthcare
providers are forced to choose between alternatives that have to be evaluated as either
wrong or right. The nursing code of ethics provides guidance on how to resolve multiple
ethical situations likely to occur in the hospital setting. Problems can also be resolved
through the subscription to the ethical theories that provide a framework of evidence-based
practice. Cultivating virtues and nursing values is also significant in healthcare (American
Nurse Association, 2001). The code of ethics contains provisions that promote the nursing
values, promotion of health through collaborative efforts, professional development, health
environment management, accountability in safety and integrity preservation, patients right
advocacy, commitment to patient, family, group or community as well as compassionate
practice with dignity and respect.NU420M5 Accountability of Care and Ethics.NU420M5
Accountability of Care and Ethics.Ethical, legal and moral decisions tend to overlap in
multiple situations. This causes a dilemma during patient care and can thus challenge the
implementation of treatment plans. For instance, the issue of allowing family members in
the room during the resuscitation of a relative has become controversial over the years.
Most healthcare providers restrict the entry of family members in the room citing
aggressiveness, interference with the medication as well as the alteration of resuscitation
efforts. On the contrary, research has shown little evidence of such interferences. Social
workers and chaplains are used as representatives of the family in such situations.

2. Moreover, no health policies are set to provide guidance on whether or not to aloe families
inside during such practices.NU420M5 Accountability of Care and Ethics.NU420M5
Accountability of Care and Ethics.In this case, the ethical principles of beneficence and
respect are deprived in the event that the family is denied the chance to be in the room
during the resuscitation of their loved one. This is because; they are denied a chance to
provide insights that could help save their patient in such critical moment. They are also
able to enquire on behalf of the patient (Winter & Winter, 2018). However, the legal aspect
of nursing demands confidentiality of the patient and therefore, allowing the family violates
the privacy of the client. Morally, it is only right for the family members to be involved in the
treatment of their loved one. This helps prevent the regrets reported by relatives after the
session whereby they feel like they could have done more to improve the recovery of their
patient. As such, this situation presents an overlap of the legal demands, the moral and
ethical aspects of the nursing practice. In such cases, it is important to uphold the rights,
safety and health of the patient to ensure accountability during the decision-making process
(American Nursing Association, 2001).NU420M5 Accountability of Care and
Ethics. Accountability is significant in healthcare. It involves taking responsibility for actions
and ensuring competence in care delivery focused on placing the interests of the patient
first (Krautscheid, 2014). Nursing accountability is guided by the standards of practice, the
legal requirements of practice as well as the ethical principles of nursing practice. These
guidelines hold nurses responsible of their decisions and actions as well as the
consequences associated with the actions (American Nursing Association, 2001).NU420M5
Accountability of Care and Ethics.Often, accountability is demanded in the event of
compromised well-being and safety of the patient. It assists in the improvement of trust
between the doctor and the patient as well as reduces the misuse of the organizations
resources. In addition, it improves the quality of healthcare delivered in an organization.
The key areas of accountability include professional values, interpersonal and
communication skills; team working and management, nursing leadership together with
decision-making and practiceEthical issues are common in complex healthcare systems.
They occur in situations whereby healthcare providers are forced to choose between
alternatives that have to be evaluated as either wrong or right. The nursing code of ethics
provides guidance on how to resolve multiple ethical situations likely to occur in the
hospital setting. Problems can also be resolved through the subscription to the ethical
theories that provide a framework of evidence-based practice. Cultivating virtues and
nursing values is also significant in healthcare (American Nurse Association, 2001). The
code of ethics contains provisions that promote the nursing values, promotion of health
through collaborative efforts, professional development, health environment management,
accountability in safety and integrity preservation, patients right advocacy, commitment to
patient, family, group or community as well as compassionate practice with dignity and
respect.NU420M5 Accountability of Care and Ethics.Ethical, legal and moral decisions tend
to overlap in multiple situations. This causes a dilemma during patient care and can thus
challenge the implementation of treatment plans. For instance, the issue of allowing family
members in the room during the resuscitation of a relative has become controversial over
the years. Most healthcare providers restrict the entry of family members in the room citing

3. aggressiveness, interference with the medication as well as the alteration of resuscitation
efforts. On the contrary, research has shown little evidence of such interferences. Social
workers and chaplains are used as representatives of the family in such situations.
Moreover, no health policies are set to provide guidance on whether or not to aloe families
inside during such practices.NU420M5 Accountability of Care and Ethics.In this case, the
ethical principles of beneficence and respect are deprived in the event that the family is
denied the chance to be in the room during the resuscitation of their loved one. This is
because; they are denied a chance to provide insights that could help save their patient in
such critical moment. They are also able to enquire on behalf of the patient (Winter &
Winter, 2018). However, the legal aspect of nursing demands confidentiality of the patient
and therefore, allowing the family violates the privacy of the client. Morally, it is only right
for the family members to be involved in the treatment of their loved one. This helps
prevent the regrets reported by relatives after the session whereby they feel like they could
have done more to improve the recovery of their patient. As such, this situation presents an
overlap of the legal demands, the moral and ethical aspects of the nursing practice. In such
cases, it is important to uphold the rights, safety and health of the patient to ensure
accountability during the decision-making process (American Nursing Association,
2001).NU420M5 Accountability of Care and Ethics.