Academic Work Ethical Principles Professionalism and Professional Values

Ethical Principles
From the outset of my nursing education up until the present moment, my personal nursing view point and thinking has incessantly advanced, become fortified, and fully-fledged. The four moral principles that consist of justice, autonomy, beneficence, and non-maleficence continue to be the basis of my understanding and practice in nursing. Beneficence helps me to understand that nursing care is purposed to benefit the patient and therefore I ought to do all I can to aid the patient at all times. Similarly, the principle of non-maleficence constantly reminds me to undertake beneficial actions to the patient and avoid the harmful ones. Throughout the RN-BSN program at West Coast University, I have shown my level of competencies in key areas. As I develop and advance my career, I constantly try to link the theoretical nursing aspects to the practical ones.
While writing my paper on virtue ethics, I ascertained that “morally virtuous person is one who does the good and right thing by habit, not merely based on a set of rules of conduct” (Tabufor, 2017a). The meaning of virtue ethics in healthcare became more apparent in grasping that the beliefs of a nurse has to be moral but at the same time has to be in tandem with the guidelines that are in place. In the contemporary sense, “spirituality is an essential aspect in the patient's health and wellbeing and many healthcare systems and medical and nursing schools are now incorporating the concept of spirituality in their educational curriculums” (Tabufor, 2017a). In light of this, I grasped that spirituality together with medicine are very significant elements to the health of a patient. However, my beliefs should not be forced upon the patient and infringe upon their beliefs. As a result, I believe virtue ethics, which lays emphasis on the character of an individual, may offer a more all-inclusive analysis of moral dilemmas faced in real-world nursing. Therefore, this sort of information may enable more flexible and resourceful solutions when pooled with other principles of ethical decision-making (Arries, 2005).
When reflecting on the patient care, I further understand how nurses can improve the health of patients in general through the use of technologies. Through my work on the use of technology in medicine, I ascertained that “continuous collection of a patient’s vital readings is important to ascertain whether this system effectively enhances patient response to treatment, access to medical support and general health care delivery” (Tabufor, 2017b). Similarly, I came to understand that “continual reading and transmission of vital information to health personnel or the patients themselves helps to identify when preventive treatments are needed” (Tabufor, 2017b).
In conclusion, as I embark on linking my nursing education to professional nursing practice, ethical principles and the ethical decision-making framework become progressively more relevant. In a paper on virtue ethics, I outlined the importance of amalgamating professional standards of moral, ethical and legal conduct. By being a virtuous nurse, it is imperative for me to act in a moral manner. However, such actions have to be in line with the ethical conduct of treating the patient as consented and adhering to the legal rules set by the medical establishment. Basically, “a virtuous employee, who wants to act morally, prayers should be a habit, as long as it is not contrary to the employee's belief, and against set policy of the facility, and above all, the patient must be agreeable to same without being forced” (Tabufor, 2017a). Utilizing both these important assignments into a solid personal nursing way of thinking facilitates my capacity to deal with ethical dilemmas within the nursing practice and also sustaining the high standards of patient care.



References
Arries, E. (2005). Virtue ethics: an approach to moral dilemmas in nursing. Curationis, 28(3), 64-72.
Tabufor, E. (2017a). Virtue Ethics. Paper Submitted to West Coast University.
Tabufor, E. (2017b). Technology in Healthcare. Paper Submitted to West Coast University