What is beneficence in nursing?
Nurse.com
SEPTEMBER 26, 2023
The four ethical principles of the nursing profession covered by the American Nurses Association’s Code of Ethics include autonomy, justice, nonmaleficence, and one 11-letter word with a simple definition: beneficence. So, what exactly is beneficence in nursing? Cynda Rushton, RN Cynda Rushton, PhD, RN, FAAN, the Anne and George Bunting Professor of Clinical Ethics and Nursing at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, describes it this way: “Beneficence is a big word that only ethics
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