Nursing Ethics

Code of Ethics for Registered Nurses (2008 Centennial Edition)

Ethics references from the 2008 Code of Ethics for Registered Nurses

The references below are found in the CNA Code of Ethics for Registered Nurses (2008).

American Nurses Association. (2001). Code of ethics for nurses with interpretive statements. Washington, DC: Author.

American Nurses Association. (2006). Position statement: Risk and responsibility in providing nursing care. Washington, DC: Author.

Burkhardt, M.A., & Nathaniel, A.K. (2002). Ethics & issues in contemporary nursing, (2nd ed.). Toronto: Delmar Publishers.

Canadian charter of rights and freedoms, Schedule B, Constitution Act, 1982.

Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada & Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. (1998, with 2000, 2002 and 2005 amendments). Tri-council policy statement: Ethical conduct for research involving humans. Ottawa: Public Works and Government Services Canada. Retrieved October 22, 2007, from http://www.pre.ethics.gc.ca/english/policystatement/policystatement.cfm

Canadian Nurses Association. (1994). Joint statement on advance directives [Position statement].Ottawa: Author.

Canadian Nurses Association. (2001). Quality professional practice environments for registered nurses [Position statement]. Ottawa: Author.

Canadian Nurses Association. (2002). Ethical research guidelines for registered nurses (3rd ed.). Ottawa: Author.

Canadian Nurses Association. (2003). Global health and equity [Position statement]. Ottawa: Author.

Canadian Nurses Association. (2004a). Registered nurses and human rights [Position statement]. Ottawa: Author.

Canadian Nurses Association. (2004b). Everyday ethics: Putting the code into practice. Ottawa: Author.

Canadian Nurses Association. (2006). Social justice… a means to an end, an end in itself. Ottawa: Author.

Canadian Nurses Association. (2007). Framework for the practice of registered nurses in Canada. Ottawa: Author.

Canadian Nurses Protective Society. (2004). Consent of the incapable adult. infoLAW, 13(3), 1-2.

Caplan, R.L., Light, D.W., & Daniels, N. (1999). Benchmarks of fairness: A moral framework for assessing equity. International Journal of Health Services, 29(4), 853-869.

College and Association of Registered Nurses of Alberta. (2005a). Professional boundaries for registered nurses: Guidelines for the nurse-client relationship. Edmonton: Author.

College and Association of Registered Nurses of Alberta. (2005b). Ethical decision-making for registered nurses in Alberta: Guidelines and recommendations. Edmonton: Author.

College of Nurses of Ontario. (2005). Infection, prevention and control. Toronto: Author.

College of Registered Nurses of British Columbia. (2006a). Competencies in the context of entry-level registered nurse practice in British Columbia. Vancouver: Author.

College of Registered Nurses of British Columbia. (2006b). Delegating tasks to unregulated care providers. Vancouver: Author.

College of Registered Nurses of British Columbia. (2006c). Practice standard: Conflict of interest. Vancouver: Author.

College of Registered Nurses of British Columbia. (2007). Practice standard: Duty to provide care. Vancouver: Author.

College of Registered Nurses of Nova Scotia. (2006a). Emergency preparedness plan. Halifax: Author.

College of Registered Nurses of Nova Scotia. (2006b). Problematic substance use in the workplace: A resource guide for registered nurses. Halifax: Author.

Dutton, J., Lilius, J., & Kanov, J. (2007). The transformative potential of compassion at work. In S.K. Piderit, R.E. Fry, & D.L. Cooperrider (Eds.), Handbook of transformative cooperation: New designs and dynamics. Palo Alto, CA: Stanford University Press.

Evans, R.G. (1994). Introduction. In R.G. Evans, M.L. Barer, & T.R. Marmor (Eds.), Why are some people healthy and others are not? The determinants of health of populations (pp. 3-26). New York: Aldine de Gruyter.

Faith, K., Gibson, J., Thompson, A., & Upshur, R. (2005). Ethics in a pandemic influenza crisis: Framework for decision-making. Toronto: Clinical Ethics Centre at Sunnybrook & Women’s College Health Sciences Centre.

Fenton, M. (1988). Moral distress in clinical practice: Implications for the nurse administrator. Canadian Journal of Nursing Administration, 1, 8-11.

Fry, S., & Johnstone, M.-J. (2002). Ethics in nursing practice: A guide to ethical decision-making (2nd ed.). International Council of Nurses. Oxford: Blackwell.

Godkin, D., & Markwell, H. (2003). The duty to care of healthcare professionals: Ethical issues and guidelines for policy development. Toronto: Submission to the SARS Expert Panel Secretariat.

Hebert, P.C., Hoffman, C., & Davies, J.M. (2003). The Canadian safety dictionary. Edmonton: Canadian Patient Safety Institute.

International Council of Nurses. (2006). ICN code of ethics for nurses. Geneva: Author.

Jameton, A. (1984). Nursing practice: The ethical issues. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall.

Matthews, J. (2007). Nursing ethics decision-making algorithm. Available at www.cna-aiic.ca.

Morin, K., Higginson, D., & Goldrich, M. (2006). Physician obligation in disaster preparedness and response. Cambridge Quarterly Healthcare Ethics, 15, 417-431. [This paper was prepared for the Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs of the American Medical Association.]

Neufeldt, V., & Guralnik, D.G. (1988). Webster’s new world dictionary (3rd ed.). New York: Simon & Schuster.

Nurses Association of New Brunswick. (2004). Professional accountability during a strike. Fredericton: Author.

Oberle, K., & Raffin, S. (in press). Nursing ethics in Canadian practice. Toronto: Pearson.

Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations. (1948). The universal declaration of human rights: A magna carta for all humanity. Geneva: Author.

Public Health Agency of Canada. (2003). What determines health? Retrieved October 22, 2007, from http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/ph-sp/phdd/determinants/index.html

Registered College of Nurses, Australia. (2000). Position statement: Conscientious objection. Canberra: Author.

Registered Nurses Association of Nova Scotia. (1996). Violence in the workplace: A resource guide. Halifax: Author.

Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario. (2006). Collaborative practice among nursing teams. Healthy work environments best practice guidelines. Toronto: Author.

Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario. (2007a). Embracing cultural diversity in health care: Developing cultural competence. Healthy work environments best practice guidelines. Toronto: Author.

Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario. (2007b). Professionalism in nursing. Healthy work environments best practice guidelines. Toronto: Author.

Rodney, P., Hartrick Doane, G., Storch, J., & Varcoe, C. (2006). Toward a safer moral climate. Canadian Nurse, 102(8), 24-27.

Rodney, P., & Starzomski, R. (1993). Constraints on moral agency of nurses. Canadian Nurse, 89(9), 23-26.

Storch, J., Rodney, P., & Starzomski, R. (2004). Toward a moral horizon: Nursing ethics for leadership and practice. Toronto: Pearson-Prentice Hall.

Varcoe, C., & Rodney, P. (2002). Constrained agency: The social structure of nurses’ work.In B.S. Bolaria & H. Dickenson (Eds.), Health, illness and health care in Canada (3rd ed., pp. 102-128). Scarborough, ON: Nelson Thomas Learning.

Webster, G., & Baylis, F. (2000). Moral residue. In S.B. Rubin & L. Zoloth (Eds.), Margin of error: The ethics of mistakes in the practice of medicine (pp. 217-232). Hagerstown, MD: University Publishing Group.

World Health Organization. (2005). Declaration of Alma-Ata. International Conference on Primary Health Care, Alma-Ata, USSR, September 6-12, 1978. Retrieved March 19, 2008, from http://www.who.int/hpr/NPH/docs/declaration_almaata.pdf

World Health Organization. (2006). Constitution of the World Health Organization (45th ed. Suppl.). Retrieved October 31, 2007, from http://www.who.int/governance/eb/who_constitution_en.pdf

Yeo, M., & Moorhouse, A. (1996). Concepts and cases in nursing ethics. (2nd ed.). Peterborough, ON: Broadway Press.