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Nightingale Pledge. The Nightingale Pledge, named in honour of Florence Nightingale, is a modified version of the Hippocratic Oath. Lystra Gretter and a Committee for the Farrand Training School Grace for Nurses in Detroit, Michigan created the pledge in 1893. Gretter, inspired by the work of Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing, credited ...
Keywords: ethics, teacher, education, decision making, case analysis, narrative 1. Introduction 1.1 Introduce the Problem Many of the concerns confronting teachers in U.S. public schools today, indeed around the globe, require ethical decision making. Teachers may experience tensions between personal beliefs, professional codes of conduct, and
Nursing ethics. Nursing ethics is a branch of applied ethics that concerns itself with activities in the field of nursing. Nursing ethics shares many principles with medical ethics, such as beneficence, non-maleficence and respect for autonomy. It can be distinguished by its emphasis on relationships, human dignity and collaborative care.
The American Nurses Association ( ANA) is a 501 (c) (6) professional organization to advance and protect the profession of nursing. It started in 1896 as the Nurses Associated Alumnae and was renamed the American Nurses Association in 1911. [3] It is based in Silver Spring, Maryland [4] and Jennifer Mensik Kennedy [2] is the current president.
the opportunity to develop a code of ethics that focused on key challenge areas in the usage of information technology while at the same time making connections to ethical leaders. Keywords: Adult learning, Code of ethics, Computer ethics, Ethics education, Subsumption ethics INTRODUCTION T
A code of ethics, as such, is simply a collection of words. These words have only as much meaning as the profession is willing to attach to them. The task ahead is one of implementing the Code, both through the professional associations and by assuring that adherence to the Code as it is interpreted by the profession ultimately becomes a con-
The Library Code of Ethics was created by the American Library Association (ALA). The document is a guideline for librarians and other library associates on how to uphold the values that libraries symbolize. [1] It currently includes nine core principles that "are expressed in broad statements to guide ethical decision making".
This practitioner's guide addresses principles that are globally valuable in ethical decision making and provides a model for professionals to utilize in their practice. It opens with a review of the five moral principles that are viewed by many as the cornerstone of ethical guidelines: autonomy, nonmaleficence, beneficence, justice, and fidelity.