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Staying alert to ethical challenges
1Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida.
Abstract:
Please replace the abstract with: Nurse practitioners (NPs) are faced with many ethical challenges. It requires moral courage to stand up for ones' beliefs and resolve ethical issues. Ethical challenges of NPs are discussed including some specific disciplinary situations involving a state board of nursing. Solutions that may help NPs stay alert to ethical challenges include ethics courses and lifelong mentoring. In this "Year of the Nurse and Midwife," NPs and other nurses should ensure that we maintain the designation of most trusted profession.
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