The document outlines the Code of Ethics for Nurses in India, emphasizing the importance of ethical principles such as respect, autonomy, beneficence, justice, veracity, and fidelity in nursing practice. It discusses the purpose of the code in guiding nursing actions, protecting individual rights, and resolving ethical dilemmas that may arise from conflicting principles. Additionally, it highlights the nurse's responsibilities in maintaining confidentiality, competence, and collaboration within the healthcare team to ensure quality care.

1. Dr.Anjalatchi
Muthukumaran
vice principal
Era college of nursing
CODE OF ETHICS FOR
NURSES IN INDIA

2. Introduction
• Ethics includes personal behaviors and issues
of character e.g. kindness, tolerance and
generosity.
• Ethic is derived from the word ETHOS – ethos
as defined by Bernard Harding compromises
distinction attitudes, which characterize the
cultural outlook of professional group.

3. Continued
• Ethics are the distinction between right and
wrong based on a body of knowledge, not just
based on opinions.
• Ethics in nursing is set of moral codes of
professional behaviors towards holistic care.
• The ethical code is a set of guidelines
formulated by the members of profession with
the help of specialists in the field of nursing
leaders, advocate lawyers at times members
from the society.

4. PURPOSES OF CODE OF
ETHICS IN NURSING:
• Standards for the behaviors of nurse and
provide general guidelines for nursing action in
ethical dilemmas.
• The code helps to distinguish between right and
wrong at a given time especially when
alternatives appear just as satisfactory.
• The code enables a correct decision and a
uniform decision within the groups.
• Helps to protect rights of individuals, families
and community and also the right of the nurse.

5. USES OF CODE OF ETHICS
• Acknowledge the rightful place of individual in
health care delivery system.
• Constitutes towards empowerment of individual
to become responsible for their health and
wellbeing.
• Contributes to quality care.
• Identifies obligations in practice, research and
relationships.
• Inform the individual, families, community and
other professionals about expectation of nurse

6. ETHICAL PRINCIPLES
• 1. Ethical principles of respect and autonomy :
Respect for a person involves: - level of
understand of another person or empathy and
reducing exploitation.
• Autonomy: - person‘s independence, self
determining action allow the patient to make

7. Continued
• 2. Principle of
beneficence:-
• Activity seeking
benefits, promotion of
good.

8. Continued
• The duty to do balance between benefits and
harms, Paternalism is an undesirable outcome
of beneficence, in which the health care provider
decides what is best for the client and attempt to
encourage the clients to act against his or her
own choices.
• 3. Principle of justice and families:- Basic
principle is that each person has equal right to
the liberty available to everyone.

9. Continued
• 4. Principle of veracity: - The obligation to tell the
truth.
• 5. Principle of fidelity: - The duty to do what one
has promised.

10. ETHICAL DILEMMA
• An ethical dilemma occurs when there is conflict
between two or more ethical principles.
• No correct decision exists.
• The nurse must make a choice between two
alternatives that are equally unsatisfactory.
• Such dilemmas may occur a result of
differences in cultural or religious beliefs.
• Ethical reasoning is the process of thinking
through what one ought to do in an orderly and
systematic manner to provide justification for
actions based

11. UNIQUENESS OF INDIVIDUAL
IN PROVISION OF CARE.
• NURSE:-
• Provides care for individual without
consideration of caste, creed, religion, culture,
ethnicity, gender, socio- economic and political
status, personal attributes, or any other grounds.
• Individualize the care considering the beliefs,
values and cultural sensitivity.
• Appreciates the place of individualize in the
family and community and facilities participation
of significant others in the care.

12. • Develop and promotes trustful relationship with
individuals.
• Recognizes uniqueness to response of
individuals to interventions and adapts
accordingly.

13. • 2. THE NURSE RESPECTS THE RIGHTS OF
INDIVIDUALS AS PARTNERS IN CARE AND
HELP IN MAKING INFORMED CHOICES.
NURSE:-
• Appreciates individuals‘ right to make decisions
about their care and therefore gives adequate
and accurate information for enabling them to
make informed choices.
• Respects the decisions made by individuals
regarding their care.
• Protects the public from misinformation and
misinterpretations.
• Advocates special provisions to protect
vulnerable individuals/groups.

14. • 3.THE NURSE RESPECTS INDIVIDUAL’S RIGHT
TO PRIVACY MAINTAINS CONFIDENTIALITY
AND SHARES INFORMATION JUDICIOUSLY.
NURSE:-
Respects the individuals‘ right to privacy of their
personal information.
Maintains confidentiality of privileged information
except in life threatening situations an uses
discretions in sharing information.
• Takes informed consent and maintains anonymity
when information is required for quality
assurance/academic/legal reasons.
• Limits the access computerized to authorize
persons only.

15. • 4. NURSING MAINTAINS COMPETENCE IN
ORDER TO RENDER QUALITY NURSING
CARE:
• Nursing care must be provided only by
registered nurse.
• Nurse strives to maintain quality nursing care
and upholds the standard of care.
• Nurse values containing education initiates and
utilize all opportunities for self development.
• Nurse values research adhering to ethical
principles.

16. • 5. THE NURSE IS OBLIGED TO PRACTICE
WITHIN FRAMEWORK OF ETHICAL
PROFESSIONAL LEGAL BOUNDARIES:
NURSE:-
• Adheres to code of ethics a code of professional
conduct for nurses in India developed by Indian
nursing council.
• Familiarizes with relevant laws and practices in
accordance with the law of the state.

17. • 6. NURSE OBLIGED TO WORK
HARMONIOUSLY WITH MEMBERS OF THE
HEALTH TEAM:
• Appreciates the team efforts in rendering care.
• Cooperates, coordinates and collaborates with
members of the health team to meet the needs
of people.

18. • 7. NURSE COMBINES TO RECIPROCATE THE
TRUST INVESTED IN NURSING PROFESSION
BY SOCIETY:
• NURSE:-
• Demonstrate personal etiquettes in all dealings.
• Demonstrate professional attributed in all
dealings.

19. Questions & Answers
• Invite questions from the audience

20. Resources
Sr. Nancy text book of “fundamental of nursing”

21. Thank you so much for your
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