The Role of Advanced Practicing Nurses (Essay Sample)

The role of Advanced Practicing Nurses (APNs)
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In today’s public health care environment, nurses are faced with complex ethical and moral dilemmas, especially in situations where they are hindered from doing the right thing by conflicting beliefs and values held by other healthcare providers. In such situations, upholding their obligations to patient calls for increased moral courage and may lead to adverse results. These issues accentuate the need for advanced practicing nurses (APNs) to be committed towards creating environments that nurtures moral courage.
By applying moral courage, nurses base their decisions on the beneficence ethical principle which stipulates that nurses should always endeavor to do good for others. They are also guided by an inte...