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Moral authority in OGN nursing. 1982

S A Salladay, and J K Quinn

Ethical dilemmas are becoming more common in the work of the OGN nurse. Ethical decisions that involve nurses sometimes appear as traps in which nurses can feel coerced or manipulated. Nurses may overplay, underplay, or ignore their professional authority due to miscommunication or misunderstanding. A careful reassessment of personal values and assumptions about the OGN nurse's role and responsibility in decision making must be made.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D009014	Morals	Standards of conduct that distinguish right from wrong.	Morality
D009773	Obstetric Nursing	A nursing specialty involving nursing care given to the pregnant patient before, after, or during childbirth.	Nursing, Obstetric,Obstetrical Nursing,Nursing, Obstetrical,Nursings, Obstetric,Nursings, Obstetrical,Obstetric Nursings,Obstetrical Nursings
D011369	Professional-Patient Relations	Interactions between health personnel and patients.	Contacting Clients,Pharmacist-Patient Relations,Professional Patient Relationship,Client, Contacting,Clients, Contacting,Contacting Client,Pharmacist Patient Relations,Pharmacist-Patient Relation,Professional Patient Relations,Professional Patient Relationships,Professional-Patient Relation,Relation, Pharmacist-Patient,Relation, Professional-Patient,Relations, Pharmacist-Patient,Relations, Professional-Patient,Relationship, Professional Patient,Relationships, Professional Patient
D004993	Ethics, Nursing	The principles of proper professional conduct concerning the rights and duties of nurses themselves, their patients, and their fellow practitioners, as well as their actions in the care of patients and in relations with their families.	Nursing Ethics,Ethic, Nursing,Nursing Ethic
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man