title: Ethics in professional nursing practice.
abstract: With expanded roles in nursing comes increased responsibility, often without clear authority. Understanding professional ethics and their practical application is essential to professional practice. The authors review the concept of ethics and discuss examples for application of ethical judgment from OGN nursing practice.
mesh_terms: D004993:Ethics, Nursing; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007600:Judgment; D009773:Obstetric Nursing / Q000592:standards; D011247:Pregnancy