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2025 Code of Ethics for Nurses

Publication Year:
2025
Edition:
2025
Author:
American Nurses Association
Publisher:
American Nurses Association, Inc
ISBN:
978-1-96-305223-7
Doody Core Title Score:
  • 3 (Legal/Ethical) Doodys Essential Title
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The 2025 Code of Ethics for Nurses reaffirms and expands the ethical foundation of the nursing profession, now with ten provisions that illuminate the essential relationships central to nursing practice.

Grounded in nursing’s enduring commitment to health and social justice, the Code serves as a timeless yet dynamic foundation to nursing theory, practice, and praxis, expressing the values, virtues, ideals, and obligations that shape and guide the profession.

This revised 2025 edition retains the nine provisions from the 2015 Code, with updates to reflect the evolving needs of nursing practice. A new tenth provision has been added, focusing on global ethical issues, emphasizing nursing's commitment to health and well-being on a global scale complementing the relational structure already established:
  • Nurse to Patient (Provisions 1–3)
  • Nurse to Nurse (Provisions 4 and 6)
  • Nurse to Self (Provision 5)
  • Nurse to Profession (Provision 7)
  • Nurse to Others (Provision 8)
  • Nursing to Society and the Global Community (Provisions 9 and 10)

These relationships are inherently reciprocal, re
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Platform:
OvidSP
Publisher:
American Nurses Association, Inc
Product Type:
Book
Author:
American Nurses Association
ISBN:
978-1-96-305223-7
Specialty:
  • Management & Administration
Language:
English
Edition:
2025
Pages:
78
Publication Year:
2025
Doody Core Title Score:
  • 3 (Legal/Ethical) Doodys Essential Title

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