This program explores ethics in nursing, according to the Australian Code of Nursing Ethics. It defines ethics, clarifies what ethics are not, defines duty of care, and explains why it is critical that nurses know about ethics and the behavior standards expected of their profession. Nurses obtain ethical knowledge through personal and professional life experience, as well as by studying codes of ethics and philosophical theories that provide a general framework for decision making. This video examines various types of ethical philosophies and discusses how they inform and impact moral deliberation and decision making for the best possible patient outcomes in the complex world of healthcare.

Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on July 17, 2015.

Ethics in Nursing Overview --(1:33) -- What Nurses Need to Know about Ethics -- (2:00) -- Duty of Care -- (3:21) -- What Ethics Is and What It's Not -- (2:04) -- Bioethics -- (1:45) -- What Ethics is Not -- (1:02) -- Where Nurses Obtain Ethical Knowledge: Part 1 -- (3:05) -- Australian Nursing Code of Ethics -- (2:13) -- Where Nurses Obtain Ethical Knowledge: Part 2 -- (5:08) -- How Ethics Inform Practice -- (5:20) -- Ethics in Nursing Summary -- (0:40) -- Credits: Ethics and Legal Concepts in Nursing: An Introduction -- (1:26).