American Nurses Association Code of Ethics

1. Describe the main points/highlights covered in this provision of the Code. Use your own words.
2. Reflect on what you learned from reading this particular provision of the Code.
3. Describe how you will apply the information and knowledge from this section of the Code to your clinical
   experiences in your current courses. **(You may use 1st person voice for #s 2&3 only). (This semester my
   clinical for Mental Health and Maternity is online).
   ANA Code of Ethics Paper Grading Rubric Part I:
   Main points of the assigned provision.
   Reflection on what you learned from the provision.
   Application of the provision to clinical experiences.
   Part II:
   Read the entire ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses, The National Student Nurses Code of Ethics, and the
   International Council of Nurses Code of Ethics. The following articles will also help you (links are found below
   the paper directions).
   *Mahony, D.L. & Jones, E.J. (2013). Addressing the social determinants of health in nursing education,
   research, and health policy. Nursing Science Quarterly, 26, 280-284. doi:10.1177/0894318413489186. (Note:
   the Mahony & Jones article comments on the 2001 version of the ANA Code of Ethics. You will see that the
   2015 revision of the Code of Ethics now incorporates discussion of the social determinants of health and
   nurses’ roles in addressing health disparities.)
   *Thurman, W. P.-L., M. (2017). Returning to the profession’s roots: Social justice in nursing education in the
   21st century. Advances in Nursing Science, 40(2), 193-194.
   Answer the following questions in the expanded paragraph style:
4. Describe the target audience/scope for each of the three different Codes, and explain the purpose for each
   specific Code relative to the target audience.
5. Specifically, describe how the concepts of health disparities and social justice are addressed in each of the
   Codes. Give an example from each of the three Codes to support your argument.
6. Describe how these three codes will guide your professional growth and transition from a student nurse to a
   practicing Registered Nurse, to a global steward for nursing and health. (You may use 1st person voice for #3
   only).
   ANA Code of Ethics Paper Grading Rubric Part II:
   The target audience for each Code of Ethics and the purpose of each code for the specific audiences.
   Describe how the concepts of health disparities and social justice are addressed in each of the Codes with an
   example from each of the codes to support your argument.
   Describe how the codes will guide your professional growth/transition from student nurse to practicing RN to
   the global steward of health.
   These professional codes of ethics will be used for the ANA Code of Ethics paper and will be useful throughout

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