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Code for Nurses

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Code for Nurses,
a set of guidelines for carrying out nursing responsibilities adopted by the American Nurses Association (ANA) in 1985. In 1994, the American Nurses Association determined that these guidelines were nonnegotiable and determined that each nurse had an obligation to adhere to the Code, and in 2001 a completely revised version of the Code of Ethics for Nurses was accepted by the ANA.


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The code for nurses consists of eleven major topics that each nurse across the nation is required to adhere.
The first item in the American Nurses Association (ANA) Code for Nurses with Interpretative Statements (2001) addresses respect for human dignity: "Truth telling and the process of reaching informed choice underlie the exercise of self-determination, which is basic to respect for person .
Ethics and human rights position statement: The nonnegotiable nature of the ANA Code for Nurses with Interpretive Statements.
 
 
 
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