ANA Code of Ethics: Boundaries between Male Staff and Female Patients

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ANA Code of Ethics ANA establishes guidelines that dictate nurse-patient interactions. It conceptualizes this aspect on the professional conduct continuum to ensure that these healthcare providers do not become under or over-involved. In the context of a female patient with inappropriate behavior towards her male nursing staff, the issue of boundary-crossing emerges.             The ANA code of conduct affirms the value of maintaining professional boundaries under provision 2.4 (American Nursing Association, 2015). It indicates that maintaining appropriate personal relationships with patients forms the grounds for promoting care and restoring health through proper caring and caregiving practices. As a result, the code prohibits any intimate interactions as a technique for preserving professionalism. In such a scenario, the affected nurses should apply the code of ethics requirements by reporting the matter to their supervisors or peers to manage the conflict. The option can also exempt them from being assigned to the patient to remove them from the problematic scenario to maintain professional boundaries. Such an approach ensu...