title: When values conflict with obligations: safeguards for nurses.
abstract: Increasingly, nurses are being confronted with clinical situations that challenge their personal and professional integrity. For integrity to be preserved, safeguards must be developed and an environment that supports ethical practice fostered. Standards such as those promulgated by the JCAHO provide an important opportunity for nurses to create mechanisms to assure that diverse religious, cultural, and ethical beliefs of nurses are respected and upheld.
authors.forename: C H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Rushton
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Scanlon
mesh_terms: D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D004993:Ethics, Nursing; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007591:Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000523:psychology*; D010344:Patient Advocacy; D012945:Social Values