The nursing professional code of ethics is best defined as:
1. The criteria for judging nursing professionalism
2. A benchmark for professional nursing deeds and actions
3. The nursing profession's expectations of its members' behavior
4. A document that holds nurses responsible for professional behavior
ANS: 3
It is a collective statement about the group's expectations and standards of behavior. The re-maining options are not accurate or complete descriptions of the nursing professional code of ethics.
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