Nursing ethics and its relation with power and work organization

Authors

  • Valéria Lerch Lunardi Fundação Federal University of Rio Grande; Department of Nursing
  • Wilson Danilo Lunardi Filho Fundação Federal University of Rio Grande; Department of Nursing
  • Rosemary Silva da Silveira Fundação Federal University of Rio Grande; Department of Nursing
  • Mara Regina Santos da Silva Fundação Federal University of Rio Grande; Department of Nursing
  • Jacqueline Sallete Dei Svaldi Fundação Federal University of Rio Grande; Department of Nursing
  • Michele Salum Bulhosa Health Secretary of Rio Grande

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11692007000300020

Keywords:

ethics, nursing, work, power^i1^sPsychol, professional autonomy

Abstract

Difficulties faced in the nursing routine, mainly in hospitals, have been reported without the resulting ethical implications to workers and especially to clients, been sufficiently questioned. The work organization can be the main source of suffering to nursing workers, related to the exercise of power of different actors involved in the health institutions, which can potentially cause multiple problems and distress of ethical order. This study aims to make a critical reflection about some relations between the nursing work organization, power relations and its ethical dimension. Strategies for an ethical performance of nurses and other nursing professionals in the organization of work in the healthcare institutions point to the need of these professionals exercise power in an ethical way.

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Published

2007-06-01

Issue

Vol. 15 No. 3 (2007)

Section

Review Articles

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How to Cite

Nursing ethics and its relation with power and work organization. (2007). Revista Latino-Americana De Enfermagem, 15(3), 493-497. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11692007000300020