Butts, Janie B.

Nursing ethics : across the curriculum and into practice / Janie B. Butts and Karen L. Rich - Third Edition - Burlington, MA : Jones & Bartlett Learning, c2013. - xvii, 467 pages ; 23 cm.

Includes index.

Introduction to ethics --
Introduction to bioethics and ethical decision-making --
Ethics in professional nursing practice --
Reproductive issues and nursing ethics --
Infant and child nursing ethics --
Adolescent nursing ethics --
Adult health nursing ethics --
Ethics and the nursing care of elders --
Ethical issues in end-of-life nursing care --
Psychiatric/mental health nursing ethics --
Public health nursing ethics --
Ethics in organizations and leadership.

This accessible textbook integrates nursing ethics content throughout the nursing curriculum, preparing students and professionals for moral issues encountered in daily practice. Its theoretical foundations are derived from clinical evidence, case studies, and Patricia Benner's most recent study that focuses on transformation. NCLEX-testing protocols are integrated throughout the book to prepare students for the nursing ethics portion of the NCLEX.

9781449649005


ETHICS, NURSING
NURSE-PATIENT RELATION ETHICS

RT 85 .B88 2013