       Document 0316
 DOCN  M9640316
 TI    A nurse's right to refuse a patient care assignment.
 DT    9604
 AU    Kuhn JE; St Luke's Hospital, San Francisco, USA.
 SO    AORN J. 1995 Sep;62(3):412-4, 416, 418. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/96090648
 AB    Ethics is a set of moral principles or values--a guiding philosophy for
       behavior. Ethical dilemmas in the health care setting occur daily.
       Perioperative nurse managers need to consider basic ethical principles
       when resolving these dilemmas, and they must keep in mind that solutions
       need to serve the best interests of all people involved in given
       situations. This article discusses criteria by which a nurse can refuse
       a patient care assignment and those by which a nurse manager can require
       that a nurse perform a patient care assignment.
 DE    Blood-Borne Pathogens  *Civil Rights  Decision Making  *Ethics, Nursing
       Female  Human  HIV Seropositivity/*NURSING/TRANSMISSION  Nurse
       Administrators  Patient Advocacy  *Perioperative Nursing  Pregnancy
       *Refusal to Treat  Social Responsibility  Universal Precautions  JOURNAL
       ARTICLE

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