Ethics have a significant impact on the decisions you make in your day-to-day work, so it’s important for all nurses to develop their understanding of ethical frameworks as preparation for future practice. In this book, the author explains ethical ideas, theories and concepts in simple to understand terms, focussing on real-life nursing situations in order to make applying these principles to your practice easy. This book will make you consider your own values, and how ethics fit into who you are and how you behave, helping you to unlock this interesting and complex subject.

Key features:

*

Fully mapped to the new NMC standards of proficiency for registered nurses (2018)

*

A practical guide that explores how ethics applies to nursing and where theory fits in

*

Contains real work case studies with an emphasis on ethical decision making

*

Activities challenge you to reflect on your own values, experiences and prejudices and think about how ethics fits in with who you are and how you behave