THE CODE CONDUCT FO THE NURSE

Impartiality: The nurse should be very impartial in dealing with her patients. The nationality, caste, creed, status, or any other such elements should have no influence on her as a nurse and she should be able to serve the patient. In other words, the patient who needs her care and service and not a person, caste, religion, etc.,

Confidence: The relation between a nurse and her patient is based on the confidence they have in each other. In the course of her association with the patient she may be told things by the patient which are confidential in nature and under other circumstances may be very embarrassing to the patient. It is her duty to protect the patient form any exposure of such confidential facts. She should never share it with anyone, unless it is important to share from the point of view of the treatment.

Delegation of responsibility: Since a nurse is part of a team, she will have to accept instructions from those who are her superiors and also she will have to give instructions to those of whom she is the superior. The nurse must make sure that she is taking instructions from person who are (a) amply qualified to give such instruction and (b) are not qualified to the patient in any way. In the same way, when she is giving instructions, she is giving instructions is (a) fully qualified to carry out that instruction and (b) is not inimical to the patient in any way. Each patient has all the rights of the individual intact. By being a patient he does not case to be a person. It is the duty of the nurse to see to it that all the rights of the patient are protected under all circumstances. This gains added importance when she is asked to participate in research activities of which the patient is the important link.