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Volume 3 Journal of Nursing Research and Practice Nursing & Pediatrics 2019
February 25-26, 2019
February 25-26, 2019 | London, UK
5 th World Congress on Neonatology and Pediatrics
World Congress on Nursing Research and Evidence Based Practice
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Nursing and ethics: The importance of your internal compass
Shannon Faythe Brown
Universal Nursing Services, LLC, USA
Experts recognize nursing as the most trusted profession throughout the world. Evolving from camp followers in war time,
religious/spiritual traditions, and shared home remedies, today’s nurses are highly skilled, trusted, and educated practitioners
within large and small organizations. Our origins as caregivers largely shape the narrative of our profession; working long hours,
performing tasks that few will voluntarily perform under less than ideal conditions. Nurses must develop an awareness of internal
values and beliefs, which influence care provided (or not provided), information shared (or not shared), and verbiage (language/
words) used while providing care. In an increasingly politicized and polarized global economy, the issues of ethnicity, gender
identity, and religious beliefs must be recognized and addressed at the bedside, in research, and within communities. Our call to
action remains developing and teaching the understanding of ethics, which guide us personally, organizationally, and nationally to
create policies and legislation benefiting the health care industry.
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