Nursing and nursing theoretical models 4

Module ethics and nursing deontology

The student will be able to understand the ethical and deontological principles of professional behavior as a guide to argue and discuss, in an appropriate way, the complex and different care situations.

In particular, it will be able to:

• identify and discuss the principles and values of the profession
• understand the ethical principles of care responsibility, professional relationships, and relationships with the assisted persons, communication and organization.
• understand ethical principles in caring for the dying person.

• concept of ethics and professional deontology
• the rights of the patient
• citizen nurse agreement
• the nurse's ethic code: critical reflection on professional principles and values, the care responsibility, professional relationships, relationships with clients, communication, organization, freelance, and final dispositions.
• focus on palliative care and pain, bioassays, end-of-life ethics
• bioethics: some topics of nursing interest (informed consent, persistent treatment, organ donation, voluntary termination of pregnancy)

1. Saiani L, Brugnolli A, Trattato di cure infermieristiche.  Casa Editrice Idelson - Gnocchi, Napoli, 2020. 
2. Dichiarazione universale dei diritti umani
3. Carta europea dei diritti del malato
4. Patto infermiere-cittadino
5. Codice Deontologico delle Professioni Infermieristiche 2019- testo approvato dal Consiglio Nazionale
6. Legge 15 marzo 2010, n. 38 "Disposizioni per garantire l'accesso alle cure palliative e alla terapia del dolore"
7. Legge 22 dicembre 2017, n. 219 Norme in materia di consenso informato e di disposizioni anticipate di trattamento

The assessments will be carried out at the end of the integrated course. The methodology will be communicated at the beginning of the lessons together with the bibliography and with the learning resources necessary for the preparation for the final evaluation.

The test will be written with multiple choice questions. The exam will be assessed according to the following criteria:

1. Not suitable: Poor or lacking knowledge and understanding of the topics; limited capacity for analysis and synthesis, frequent generalizations of the requested contents; inability to use technical language.
2. 18-20: Just sufficient knowledge and understanding of the topics, with obvious imperfections; just sufficient capacity for analysis, synthesis and autonomy of judgment; poor ability to use technical language.
3. 21-23: Sufficient knowledge and understanding of the topics; sufficient ability to analyze and synthesize with the ability to reason with logic and coherence the required contents; sufficient ability to use technical language.
4. 24-26: Fair knowledge and understanding of the topics; discrete ability to analyze and synthesize with the ability to rigorously argue the required contents; good ability to use technical language.
5. 27-29: Good knowledge and understanding of the required contents; good ability to analyze and synthesize with the ability to rigorously argue the required contents; good ability to use technical language.
6. 30-30L: Excellent level of knowledge and understanding of the required content with an excellent ability to analyze and synthesize with the ability to argue the required content in a rigorous, innovative and original way; excellent ability to use technical language

The first nurses' ethic code was:

1. 1950
2. 1971
3. 1973
4. 1960
5. 1994