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    The code outlines the responsibilities of nurses to people requiring care, nursing practice, the nursing profession, and co-workers. Nurses must respect individuals' rights and values, ensure informed consent, keep information confidential, and advocate for vulnerable populations. Nurses are personally responsible for competent, ethical practice and maintaining standards of conduct. Nurses determine standards of care, develop the professional knowledge base, and advocate for safe working conditions through professional organizations. Nurses cooperate with other professionals and take action if anyone endangers health.

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    Elements of The Code-Icn

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    The code outlines the responsibilities of nurses to people requiring care, nursing practice, the nursing profession, and co-workers. Nurses must respect individuals' rights and values, ensure informed consent, keep information confidential, and advocate for vulnerable populations. Nurses are personally responsible for competent, ethical practice and maintaining standards of conduct. Nurses determine standards of care, develop the professional knowledge base, and advocate for safe working conditions through professional organizations. Nurses cooperate with other professionals and take action if anyone endangers health.

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    The code outlines the responsibilities of nurses to people requiring care, nursing practice, the nursing profession, and co-workers. Nurses must respect individuals' rights and values, ensure informed consent, keep information confidential, and advocate for vulnerable populations. Nurses are personally responsible for competent, ethical practice and maintaining standards of conduct. Nurses determine standards of care, develop the professional knowledge base, and advocate for safe working conditions through professional organizations. Nurses cooperate with other professionals and take action if anyone endangers health.

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    Elements of The Code-Icn

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    The code outlines the responsibilities of nurses to people requiring care, nursing practice, the nursing profession, and co-workers. Nurses must respect individuals' rights and values, ensure informed consent, keep information confidential, and advocate for vulnerable populations. Nurses are personally responsible for competent, ethical practice and maintaining standards of conduct. Nurses determine standards of care, develop the professional knowledge base, and advocate for safe working conditions through professional organizations. Nurses cooperate with other professionals and take action if anyone endangers health.

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    ELEMENTS OF THE CODE 1. NURSES AND PEOPLE The nurses primary professional responsibility is to people requiring nursing care.

    In providing care, the nurse promotes an environment in which the human rights, values, customs and spiritual beliefs of the individual, family and community are respected. The nurse ensures that the individual receives sufficient information on which to base consent for care and related treatment. The nurse holds in confidence personal information and uses judgement in sharing this information. The nurse shares with society the responsibility for initiating and supporting action to meet the health and social needs of the public, in particular those of vulnerable populations. The nurse also shares responsibility to sustain and protect the natural environment from depletion, pollution, degradation and destruction. 2. NURSES AND PRACTICE The nurse carries personal responsibility and accountability for nursing practice, and for maintaining competence by continual learning. The nurse maintains a standard of personal health such that the ability to provide care is not compromised. The nurse uses judgement regarding individual competence when accepting and delegating responsibility. The nurse at all times maintains standards of personal conduct which reflect well on the profession and enhance public confidence. The nurse, in providing care, ensures that use of technology and scientific advances are compatible with the safety, dignity and rights of people. 3. NURSES AND THE PROFESSION The nurse assumes the major role in determining and implementing acceptable standards of clinical nursing practice, management, research and education. The nurse is active in developing a core of research-based professional knowledge.The nurse, acting through the professional organisation, participates in creating and maintaining safe, equitable social and economic working conditions in nursing. 4. NURSES AND CO-WORKERS The nurse sustains a co-operative relationship with co-workers in nursing and other fields. The nurse takes appropriate actions to safeguard individuals, families and communities when their health is endangered by a co-worker or any other person

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