Although the American Nurses Association's (ANA's) code of ethics is reviewed and revised regularly to reflect changes in nursing practice, the basic principles that remain constant are: (Se-lect all that apply)
1. Advocacy
2. Reliability
3. Responsibility
4. Accountability
5. Confidentiality
6. Professionalism
ANS: 1, 3, 4, 5
The American Nurses Association (ANA) established the first code of nursing ethics decades ago. The ANA reviews and revises the Code regularly to reflect changes in practice. Basic princi-ples remain constant; however, responsibility, accountability, advocacy, and confidentiality. Alt-hough admirable, the remaining options are not considered core principles of the code.
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