Zahedi F, Sanjari M, Aala M, Peymani M, Aramesh K, Parsapour A, Maddah Ss Bagher, Cheraghi Ma, Mirzabeigi Gh, Larijani B, Dastgerdi M Vahid
Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Centre, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran ; Medical Ethics and History of Medicine Research Centre, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Iran J Public Health. 2013 Jan 1;42(Supple1):1-8. Print 2013.
Nurses are ever-increasingly confronted with complex concerns in their practice. Codes of ethics are fundamental guidance for nursing as many other professions. Although there are authentic international codes of ethics for nurses, the national code would be the additional assistance provided for clinical nurses in their complex roles in care of patients, education, research and management of some parts of health care system in the country. A national code can provide nurses with culturally-adapted guidance and help them to make ethical decisions more closely to the Iranian-Islamic background. Given the general acknowledgement of the need, the National Code of Ethics for Nurses was compiled as a joint project (2009-2011). The Code was approved by the Health Policy Council of the Ministry of Health and Medical Education and communicated to all universities, healthcare centers, hospitals and research centers early in 2011. The focus of this article is on the course of action through which the Code was compiled, amended and approved. The main concepts of the code will be also presented here. No doubt, development of the codes should be considered as an ongoing process. This is an overall responsibility to keep the codes current, updated with the new progresses of science and emerging challenges, and pertinent to the nursing practice.
护士在其执业过程中面临着日益复杂的问题。与许多其他职业一样，伦理守则是护理工作的基本指导。尽管有真正的国际护士伦理守则，但国家守则将为临床护士在照顾患者、教育、研究以及该国医疗保健系统某些部分的管理等复杂角色中提供额外的帮助。国家守则可以为护士提供适应文化的指导，并帮助他们在更贴近伊朗伊斯兰背景的情况下做出伦理决策。鉴于这种需求已得到普遍认可，《护士国家伦理守则》作为一个联合项目（2009 - 2011年）进行了编纂。该守则于2011年初获得卫生和医学教育部卫生政策委员会的批准，并传达给了所有大学、医疗保健中心、医院和研究中心。本文的重点是该守则的编纂、修订和批准过程。这里还将介绍该守则的主要概念。毫无疑问，守则的制定应被视为一个持续的过程。不断更新守则，使其跟上科学的新进展和新出现的挑战，并与护理实践相关，这是一项全面的责任。
