ETHICAL ASPECTS OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN NURSING

Abstract

Ethics is one of the characteristics of contemporary civilization. Health care system faces uniquely complex ethical problems. Many points of serious concern need to be raised under the concept of ethics. For nurse entrepreneurs to be professionally credible they have to be competent and accountable. While fundamental responsibility lies with the individual nurse entrepreneur, the professions have to evidently improve these essential attributes as well. The code of nursing ethics would constitute supplementation of legal provisions and professional regulations. There is growing recognition of the important contributions made by nurse entrepreneurs within health care systems and an acknowledgement that nurse entrepreneurship promises future advancement in health care. As a consequence, ethics will contribute to harmonious, agreeable cooperation of patients in entrepreneurship processes by nurses, as well as harmonious social coexistence with the healthcare environment which in itself cannot protect. 

Keywords

• Ethics,entrepreneurship,health care,nursing

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