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• environment;

• health.

From the standpoint of the philosophy of nursing,

a nurse acts as

• organizer and performer of patient care;

• advocate for the patient’s interests;

• teacher-consultant;

• researcher;

• leader;

• active member of the medical team.

The

basic principles of nursing philosophy

are respect for the life, dignity and

rights of the patient.

The philosophy of nursing provides answers to the following questions:

• definition of nursing, its goals and objectives;

• the ratio of nursing and medicine;

• nurse-patient interaction;

• professional ethics;

• relationship between nurses and society;

• the environment and its impact on the patient’s health.

At the center of the philosophy of nursing is a person who has biological, psy-

chological, social and spiritual needs, a person who has the right to an active, har-

monious life and development, receiving nursing services, regardless of religion

and social status. A patient is a person (individual) with certain personal charac-

teristics who needs medical care and nursing care.

Professional ethics of a nurse

Ethics

is a philosophical and theological teaching about morality; a set of prin-

ciples that separate right behavior from wrong.

Deontology

(from the Greek «deonthos» – due) – the doctrine of proper be-

havior. It claims that the correctness of people’s actions is determined by motives,

principles and rules. I. Kant wrote: «Good deeds are done out of respect for duty.»

Deontology considers how, from the point of view of nursing ethics, a nurse should

act in specific situations that arise in the course of her professional activity. What

principles

are used in making ethical decisions?

1. Benevolence-the ability to do good for the benefit of others.

2. Confidentiality – non-disclosure of medical secrets.

3. Informed consent.

4. Do not harm – non-harm to the patient.

5. Reliability – ability to keep a promise.

6. Autonomy – to help to the patient make independent decisions.

7. Utility–maintaining thegood for themajority, if non-acceptance is impossible.

8. non-Acceptance-equality in relation to people.