title: A modest proposal concerning policies.
abstract: "A Practice-Based Bioethic" is a regular column in Advanced Practice Nursing Quarterly. A practice-based approach is derived from, and therefore is intended to be appropriate to, the situation of a patient, the purpose of the health care setting, and the role of the nurse. It is based on a shared state of awareness on the basis of which ethical interactions between nurse and patient occur.
authors.affiliation: Duquesne University School of Nursing, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
authors.forename: G L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Husted
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Husted
mesh_terms: D004993:Ethics, Nursing; D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations