310740Dublin City University, Ireland.
8863Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Ireland.
Nurs Ethics. 2021 Jun;28(4):498-514. doi: 10.1177/0969733020952104. Epub 2020 Oct 22.
A code of ethics for the practice of nursing seeks to capture, in a written document, the normative values, ethical principles and standards of good care to guide nurses - moral agents. A codification of the accepted collective values of nursing can play a constitutional and directional role for the profession. It can further stimulate discussions about nursing that reflect the dynamic essence of the profession. Consequently, there is merit to continually reflecting on a code's function and role especially when a new or revised code is introduced to the nursing profession and the wider public such as the European Nursing Council's . This paper examines codes of ethics in general and the European Nursing Council Code in particular using the framework of Gaumnitz and Lere. Although the European Nursing Council Code has all the ingredients of a contemporary professional ethics code, our position is that future iterations or addenda to this Code should be aligned to the UN Sustainable Development Goals and take a more radical step in becoming an exemplar of a nursing code that can be a catalyst for the advancement of the Sustainable Development Goals.
护理实践伦理准则旨在以书面文件的形式记录规范价值观、伦理原则和优质护理标准，以指导护士——道德代理人。将护理行业公认的集体价值观编纂成法典，可以为该行业提供宪法和指导方向。它还可以进一步激发关于护理的讨论，反映护理行业的动态本质。因此，不断反思准则的功能和作用是有意义的，特别是在向护理行业和更广泛的公众（如欧洲护理委员会）引入新的或修订的准则时。本文使用 Gaumnitz 和 Lere 的框架，一般地探讨了伦理准则，特别地探讨了欧洲护理委员会准则。尽管欧洲护理委员会准则包含了当代职业道德准则的所有要素，但我们的立场是，该准则的未来迭代或增编应与联合国可持续发展目标保持一致，并采取更激进的步骤，成为护理准则的典范，该准则可以成为推进可持续发展目标的催化剂。
