Nursing ethics is governed by firm principles set forth by the American Nurses Association (ANA). Guidelines help ensure decisions are made in accordance with professional and ethical standards, ...

According to Gallup polls, nursing has ranked as the most honest and ethical profession 22 years in the running. Nursing has been highly regarded since Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern ...

The American Nurses Association developed a Code of Ethics for Nurses in the 1950s. It has been revised over the years to respond to technological advances and changes in society and the nursing field ...

Georgetown University’s School of Nursing (SON) explored the key changes designed to support nurses and patients in the changing healthcare systems in the newly revised 2025 Code of Ethics for Nurses, ...

AI nursing ethics: Viability of robots and artificial intelligence in nursing practice While robots and artificial intelligence have the potential to act as nurses, it raises several ethical concerns ...

The most common ethical dilemmas revolved around making decisions about whether to initiate or withdraw treatment. In accordance with previous research (Oberle & Hughes, 2001), the nurses in this ...

Ethics help nurses make the right decisions under the guidance of their morals. However, due to acute staffing shortages, nurses may feel constantly dissatisfied with their jobs.

For nurses, ethical dilemmas may occur when there is tension between a nurse's ability to do what is perceived to be right in a given situation and the views of other healthcare providers.

More information: Tomohide Ibuki et al, Possibilities and ethical issues of entrusting nursing tasks to robots and artificial intelligence, Nursing Ethics (2023). DOI: 10.1177/09697330221149094 ...