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Ethical Considerations for EBP

Ethical Considerations for EBP

Nurses are with the patient more than any other healthcare provider throughout the course of a patient’s stay. They are the primary advocates for all patients and are ethically held responsible for the benefit of the patient. Since completing the ethics assignments, my understanding of the nurse’s contribution towards ethics and research have changed immensely. Nurses are indeed involved in research-based studies and play an important role. It is a clinical responsibility to ensure that all rights are provided to…

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Assumptions

Assumptions

In my opinion, the nurse’s role has always been to be an ethical advocate for their patients. As you may be aware, studies progress immensely with each decade that passes. With that, comes new evidenced based practice. Each generation of nursing has a different perspective when it comes to implementing these in their practice. For example, nurses in the early to mid-nineteen hundreds were endorsed in a medical era where studying diseases were important. At the time, they had an…

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Image of Nursing

Image of Nursing

I personally believe that nursing is the combination of team work that progresses towards the act of caring for others. The nurse’s job is to provide medical care for their patients, but there is also another aspect of their position that makes their job different from other medical positions. The patient sees nurses throughout their stay more than any other physician. Therefore, a trusting bond is required to make the patient feel more safe with their care. The nurse must…

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