The American Nurses Association Code Of Ethics Case Study

The nursing profession is one of the most honorable and noble because of its altruistic aspect. Being a nurse is being all about others and others well-being. In the scenario that will be discussed in this paper, I became aware that a good friend of mine who is also a “great nurse” working in the same hospital with me is making extra money “on the side” selling worthless nutritional supplements online (Bradshaw, 2015). This really sad action taken by my friend does not glorify the nursing profession, and goes against all the ethics of the profession. I chose this scenario because it is very embarrassing, and anyone will be shocked when he or she notice that her best friend especially a nurse is selling worthless products to people. It seems unethical to me that a health care practitioner is selling a product that is not worthy for people’s health because as a nurse, she is supposed to help people by

It is a promise that anyone who enters the nursing career makes that he or her will provide his or her best care to the patients, and to the community. The American Nurses Association is an organization that protects the profession of nursing. It was created in 1896 as the Nurses Associated Alumnae and was renamed few years after (1911) the American Nurses Association also knows as ANA. According to the official website of the association, the interests of 3.4 million registered nurses are watched by the ANA. The American Nurses Association set up high standard of the nursing practice. In this order, the first code of nursing ethics was created many years ago. The purpose of the code of ethics is to help nurses to understand their commitment to the society. It guides nurses to improve health care practice, promotes the rights of nurses in the workplace, and also helps them to know how to use ethical theory to make a decision when they are facing a