A nurse who was working in the 1960s used the code of ethics to guide making an ethical deci-sion. Which code of ethics would have been used?
a. Nightingale Pledge
b. Code for Professional Nurses
c. Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpre-tive Statements
d. International Council of Nurses (ICN) Code of Ethics for Nurses
ANS: B
Florence Nightingale lived in the 1800s. The Code for Professional Nurses was adopted in 1950, the Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements was adopted in 2001, and the ICN Code of Ethics for Nurses was adopted in 2000.
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