Abstract
Introduction: Health care and health related services occupy a prominent place in human activities. Many of the health care centers do not follow the ethical practices due to lack of awareness. Aim: The main aim is to assess the knowledge on nursing professional code of ethics in practice among nurse educators, final year nursing students and nurse clinicians and on the role of Indian Nursing Council in evolving and administrating the paramedical professional ethics. Materials and Methods: Observational cross sectional study design with a total of 1200 respondents were assessed from college of nursing, school of nursing and their affiliated hospital in various districts around Tamil Nadu. Results: The level of knowledge assessment on the nursing professional ethical codes among nurse educators reveals 63.0% adequate knowledge, among final year nursing students, 13.3% adequate knowledge and among nurse clinicians 7.0% adequate knowledge. Conclusion: This study concludes that awareness on ethical codes in nursing curriculum and providing continuing education will optimize the high quality nursing care, as nursing profession faces legal issues and challenges. Keywords: Indian Nursing Council, Knowledge, Nursing profession, Professional ethics, Code of ethics, Ethical principles.
Highlights
Health care and health related services occupy a prominent place in human activities
Materials and Methods An observational cross sectional study was conducted to assess the level of nursing professional ethical knowledge among the nurse educators, final year nursing students and nurse clinicians in Tamil Nadu, India
The knowledge domains used in the study were ethical principles, role of Indian Nursing Council, code of ethics and professional conduct, code of ethics for nurses and code of professional conduct for nurses respectively among nurse educators, final year nursing students and nurse clinicians
Summary
Health care and health related services occupy a prominent place in human activities. Aim: The main aim is to assess the knowledge on nursing professional code of ethics in practice among nurse educators, final year nursing students and nurse clinicians and on the role of Indian Nursing Council in evolving and administrating the paramedical professional ethics. Results: The level of knowledge assessment on the nursing professional ethical codes among nurse educators reveals 63.0% adequate knowledge, among final year nursing students, 13.3% adequate knowledge and among nurse clinicians 7.0% adequate knowledge. Conclusion: This study concludes that awareness on ethical codes in nursing curriculum and providing continuing education will optimize the high quality nursing care, as nursing profession faces legal issues and challenges. Code of ethics and profession conduct along with practice standards provide a frame work for nursing in India. Professional ethics in nursing are codes of conduct that are quite different from the norms of behaviors
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