Nursing Ethics

Course overview

The relationship between a nurse and patient involves values of trust, responsibility, and care. The healthcare setting is a professional environment where a nurse interacts not only with patients and their family members but also with coworkers and other interdisciplinary health team members. Each profession has its specific ethical considerations, and ethics is an important part of the nursing role during daily interactions with health team members, in the delivery of patient care, and when engaging with patients family members. The following sections will examine ethics specific to the nursing profession.