Nursing Laws and Ethics

As nursing profession continuously progresses in its quest for excellence, its nature becomes complex in the light of meeting the standards readiness forth by the implementing bodies in nursing profession. These standards argon indeed the subject of careful assessment and observation made to resolve the never determination issues and concerns pertaining to the legal responsibilities and ethical obligations of nurses.Many of these include the debt instrument to interpret and carry out(p) orders, responsibleness to monitor the patient, delegation of authority, consent to aesculapian and surgical procedures, confidentiality of medical records, negligence and others. But among the issues and concerns aforementioned, one of the most controversial issues which caught my attention is Mal set. Sometimes, nurses, for nearly personal reason, go beyond their boundaries and exceed the scope of nursing practice they are ought to observe at all times.In abroad, there have been legion(pred icate) reported incidents wherein Filipino nurses who happened to be medical doctors here in the Philippines were aerated of malpractice and was deported back here for attempting to save a dying patient in the absence of the medical doctor in-charge. Legally speaking, what they did was a breach of duty and basically, they should have been subjected to corresponding sanction.However, as far as nurses sworn duty is concerned, its also their responsibility to save and protect life at all cost. I understand that, doing the job beyond their legal limitations was potent for them. But because Filipino nurses are typically compassionate, they have set out the thought of facing consequences of their actions and didnt think twice when they saw the imminent danger to the patients life, considering their knowledge and experience in full of life blots as doctors.It is quite paradoxical in nature, to which side they are to favor in the midst of ethical dilemmas like that. In the code of nurs es positive by the Ameri do-nothing Nurses Association, there is no way they condone ethically passive behaviour. But being passive pull up stakes mean devil things at the same time. First, being passive and adherent to the scope of their jobs will mean being firm in their chosen profession and rid of legal responsibilities on their part.Secondly, it will mean depriving them of their own wisdom and voluntary to do the right thing and do nothing as if they cant do anything in the midst of life-threatening situation. As for me, we are all trained and equipped with ethical principles and laws just to guide us in making the right decision for the good of all. But no one can really tell us what exactly to do or which way to go. It is always, our wisdom, wise thinking and judicious assessment of the situation that would lead us to make the correct decision.