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caused the need to review the code of Ethics, it was adopted in a new version in

2010. As before, the highest value of nursing work is defined as service to people,

loyalty to the principles of charity and the highest priority of the patient’s interests.

Here are the main provisions of the Code.

Part I. Generalities

Part II. The nurse and the patient

Article 1. The nurse and the patient’s right to quality health care

Article 2. The main condition of nursing is professional competence

Article 3. Humane treatment of the patient, respect for his legal rights.

Article 4. Respect for the patient’s human dignity

Article 5. First of all, do no harm.

Article 6. The nurse and the patient’s right to information

Article 7. The nurse and the patient’s right to accept medical intervention or to

refuse it

Article 8. Duty to keep professional secrets

Article 9. Nurse and the dying patient

Article 10. The nurse as a participant in scientific research and educational

process

Part III. Nurse and her profession

Article 11. Respect for her profession

Article 12. Nurse and colleagues

Article 13. Nurse and questionable medical practice

Part IV. Nurse and society

Article 14. Responsibility to society

Article 15. Maintaining the autonomy and integrity of nursing

Article 16. Guarantees and protection of legal rights of a nurse

Part V. Validity of the Ethical code of the Russian nurses, responsibility

for its violations and the procedure for its revision

Article 17. Effect of the code of Ethics

Article 18. Responsibility for violation of the code of Ethics

Article 19. Revision and interpretation of the code of Ethics

Test tasks

Choose one correct answer:

1. When was the International Red Cross society organized?

1. 1886;

3. 1920;

2. 1864;

4. 1912.

2. the Founder of the patient care system is:

1. Yulia Vrevskaya;

3. Ekaterina Bakunina;

2. Florence Antigal;

4. Daria Sevastopol.