Prompted Post #2: Code Of Ethics

Hospitals have a very specific code of ethics that they base their health care tactics on. A hospital setting is a very proffesional sphere therfore following ethical codes is required. Most people already do not want to be in a hospital as it is so it is extremely important to make the patients feel welcome and comfortable and most importantly that you and the rest of your staff is going to make them feel better. In my personal belief nurses and caregivers should always be respectful to eachother and to the patients, and also make sure to dress appropriatly. Nurses should always be wearing scrubs when they are practicing on patients in order to abide by the cleanliness standards of a hospital. Besides how one dresses it is also important to watch what you are saying to patients and other caregivers. You do not want to be joking around in a hospital becasue it is a serious setting and people are in pain behind every door, so you dont want that to be taken lightly. My personal beliefs mainly focus on staying profesional and making sure that the patients needs come before my own.

I did some research on the code of ethics of different hospitals and I found one that aligned with my own personal beliefs. The code of conduct for St John of God, Ballarat Hospital is a really good indicator of why it is important to act professional in a hospital. It lays out the things that should not be done at a hospital such as throwing equipment, inappropriate jokes to patients, especially racial slurs, dishonest behavior and the list goes on. I thought an interesting thing on their code of conduct was the fact that not being able to work as a team is against their code. I believe that in medicine working as a team and collaberating with others is absolutely necessary and I like how failing to do so is frowned upon in a hospital setting. Also their list touches on dressing appropriatly as well and not showing too much skin and other things of that nature. Again I think this is important just for sanitation purposes. Another one that I found to be extremely imporant is not criticising health care professionals in front of others. This is important because if the patient ever feels like the doctor /nurses made a mistake it could make them feel unsafe and they would probably not want to return to that hospital again. The code of ethics in a hopital is truly of the utmost importance.

I think that people expect to be treated a certain way when they walk into a hospital for health care. They want to be respected and treated as an important patient. They may not know the exact code of ethics but they deffinetly know how they want to be treated in a hospital setting. This is why it is even more important for health care proffesionals to follow their code of ethics. Not only for the patients sake but also for their own sake becasue failure to follow ethics can lead to being reported to the directors and could end up in job termination. Hospitals are a place that needs to function smoothly because when it comes to saving lives their is no short cut.