The nurse is instructing a patient on weight reduction and smoking cessation. Which code of nursing practice is the nurse implementing?
1. International Council of Nurses Code of Ethics for Nurses
2. American Nurses Association Standards of Professional Practice
3. American Nurses Association Code of Ethics for Nurses
4. State Board of Nursing Code
Correct Answer: 1
The International Council of Nurses (ICN) Code of Ethics for Nurses specifies what nurses are accountable for in terms of people, practice, society, coworkers, and the profession. The philosophical basis for this code is that nurses are responsible for promoting health, preventing illness, and alleviating suffering. Instructing a patient on weight reduction and smoking cessation exemplifies the ICN Code of Ethics for Nurses. The American Nurses Association Standards of Professional Practice are standards, not a code, and focus on specific behaviors to address quality practice, practice evaluation, education, collegiality, collaboration, ethics, research, resource utilization, and leadership. The American Nurses Association Code of Ethics for Nurses has nine statements that address the nurse's professional relationships, commitment to patients, patient rights, nursing practice, competency, conditions of employment, and contributions to the science of nursing, collaboration, and nursing values. The state boards of nursing do not publish codes for nursing.
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