Professional and ethical practice
... In such cases, it is useful to look at the guidance given by the professional codes of ethics. ... ‘Ethical principles are fundamental moral rules that are used to justify actions’. ... This principle was chosen after much observation and discussion with the professional staff while on practice. ... Further on throughout the development of this essay, the student will define the principle of beneficence and professional practice. Also will elaborate the principle in relation to professional practice, how the principle underpins professional practice, why ethical type of care is provided and how it influences care delivery. ... By these definitions the student understand that the principle of beneficence is for the patient to benefit from nursing practice that is to give benefits and to balance the possible goods against the possible harms of an action. ... The principle of beneficence in relation to professional practice involves some contradictions where the positive benefit that health care professionals are obligated to seek in practice is the promotion of health. ... According to the student’s point of view the professional code of conduct applies to all nursing schemes provided professionals use their knowledge of ethical principle to categorize every group of patient’s needs. ... Yet the Code of Professional Conduct, 2002, states that ‘ones must be sensitive to their patient’s needs, respect their wishes and also information should be accurate, truthful and presented in such a way as to make it easily understood’. It may be justifiable to counterpart professional practice with principal or beneficence or it may be two different concepts. Since at the beginning of the placement the student considered principle of beneficence as a link to professional practice but following the above, a question of contradictions is brought forward. After further investigation and practice within the placement area, the student understood that there is indeed a link between them. The link in question is individualism, the existing loopholes within professional practice that leads to principle of ethics. Professional practice can be mainly defined as the responsibility one ought to take for one’s own actions and decisions. ... The professional in practice is directly responsible to ensure that the patient’s interest and dignity is always maintained without taking into account gender, age, race, religion or economic status.