title: Ethical balance versus an ethical anomaly.
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, the foundation on 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: D002755:Choice Behavior; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D004993:Ethics, Nursing; D006801:Humans; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009726:Nurses / Q000523:psychology*; D011340:Problem Solving; D035501:Uncertainty