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ABSTRACT: Modern nursing is supported by a rich ethical tradition dating back to the mid-19th century. Moving illustrations of nursing practice and "the highest morals" (McIsaac, 1901) relay the distinguished history and distinctives of nursing ethics from the 1860s to the present day. Of note is that nursing ethics is relationally focused, virtue-based, preventative, and central to the identity of nursing. A brief history of how bioethics emerged in the mid-20th century and an overview of the development of nursing ethics unveils differences between the two ethical paradigms.
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Ethics, Nursing , History of Nursing , Humans , History, 20th Century , Morals , VirtuesSubject(s)
Adaptation, Psychological , Christianity/psychology , Pain/psychology , Pandemics , Adult , Aged , Aged, 80 and over , Female , Humans , Male , Middle AgedSubject(s)
Career Choice , Christianity/psychology , Nursing Care/psychology , Nursing Staff/psychology , Adult , Female , Humans , Male , Middle AgedSubject(s)
Christianity , Empathy , Interprofessional Relations/ethics , Nursing Care/ethics , Nursing Care/psychology , Nursing Staff/ethics , Nursing Staff/psychology , Adult , Female , Humans , Male , Middle AgedABSTRACT
Evangelism has been present in modern nursing care from the days of Nightingale in the Crimea. Even so, there is little in the way of ethical analysis and guidance regarding evangelism in healthcare. This article examines Nightingale's concern about evangelism in nursing care; discusses the boundaries established by the 2015 American Nurses Association Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements; and analyzes ethical issues including vocation, power, vulnerability and voluntariness, religious diversity, spiritual care, harm, and the Great Commission. Within the context of ethical analysis, broad guidelines are provided for nurses in clinical practice.
