A pathway for moral reasoning in home healthcare.
Ethical issues arise in the practice of infusing nursing, and when they do, the home care nurse can find guidance in the code of ethics. This article addresses the importance of the code of ethics and introduces a framework for decision-making to assist the home care nurse in determining a course of action in the face of ethical quandaries.
McCormick-Gendzel
Mary
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Regis University and National Infusion Nurses Society. mmg95@aol.com
Jurchak
Martha
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D016223:Advance Directives / Q000941:ethics / Q000523:psychology; D000368:Aged; D000575:American Nurses' Association; D032781:Codes of Ethics; D003657:Decision Making / Q000941:ethics; D028663:Ethical Theory; D018718:Home Infusion Therapy / Q000941:ethics / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D007392:International Council of Nurses; D008128:Logic; D008297:Male; D009014:Morals; D024802:Nurse's Role / Q000523:psychology; D010344:Patient Advocacy / Q000941:ethics / Q000523:psychology; D010358:Patient Participation / Q000523:psychology; D028662:Principle-Based Ethics; D011340:Problem Solving / Q000941:ethics; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000941:ethics / Q000523:psychology; D016312:Treatment Refusal / Q000941:ethics / Q000523:psychology; D014481:United States