Nursing goals encompass the “the protection, promotion, and restoration of health and well-being the prevention of illness and injury and the alleviation of suffering, in the care of individuals, families, groups, communities, and populations” ( American Nurses Association, 2015, p. This trend is problematic, and may put patients at risk for harm.
Though nursing ethics education often focuses on dilemmas and challenging situations ( Truog et al., 2015 Zizzo, Bell, & Racine, 2016), ethical awareness involves recognizing that every nursing action has the potential to impact the patient, even routine daily actions ( Grace & Milliken, 2016 Milliken, 2016 Milliken, 2017a Milliken & Grace, 2015). Recent work suggests that this awareness may be lacking, and that nurses do not often recognize daily activities (e.g., taking vital signs, administering medications, or starting an intravenous line) as having ethical implications ( Krautscheid, 2015 Milliken, 2017a Truog et al., 2015). Many scholars have addressed the ethical nature of nursing practice ( Austin, 2007 Erlen, 1997 Milliken & Grace, 2015 Truog et al., 2015 Ulrich et al., 2010).
nurses do not often recognize daily activities. Finally, strategies for heightening ethical awareness in the clinical setting are suggested. Three everyday scenarios highlight the importance of ethical awareness in everyday nursing practice. The aim of this article is to provide an overview of ethical awareness and its important role in ethical nursing care. This means that nurses must first recognize the potential ethical repercussions of their actions in order to effectively resolve problems and address patient needs. Ethical awareness involves recognizing the ethical implications of all nursing actions, and is the first step in moral action ( Milliken & Grace, 2015). Given the complexity of contemporary healthcare environments, it is vital that nurses are able to recognize and address ethical issues as they arise. Ethical awareness involves recognizing the ethical implications of all nursing actions, and is the first step in moral action.
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