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Ana Code Of Ethics In Nursing

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I love your last statement “Patient care is a collaborative effort and we should feel like our opinions are important and valued as healthcare professionals”. Unfortunately, I feel like some team members don’t feel the same way. Your story sounds similar to mines, with your concerns being dismissed, which is truly unfortunate, because we are at the bedside I feel like we know when our patients just aren’t right. ANA code of ethics provision 6.3 states “nurses have the right to freely and openly advocate for themselves and their patients, without fear of retribution” (Fowler, 2015). In the NICU our patient cannot advocate for themselves or tell us what is wrong, it is nursing assessment that helps guide the necessary actions needed for those

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