Bioethical principles applied by the nurse in an emergency unit of the private area

Abstract

The nursing staff must establish as a priority, providing quality care and efficiency to satisfy patients, taking into account the application of bioethical principles, which seek to humanize the actions of health professionals, as well as the environments clinical Being the objective, determine the applicability of the bioethical principles of the nursing staff in the emergency unit in the private area. Framed in the positivist paradigm, with a quantitative approach, of a descriptive nature, supported by a cross-sectional field design. The population was constituted by 20 nurses, who work in the emergency unit of a private institution of Barquisimeto from which a sample was extracted with intentional sampling. As a technique, the survey was used and a questionnaire of 24 closed questions was used as an instrument, with alternative political responses (yes, no and no), with three dimensions; sociodemographic, cognitive and influential internal and external factors. From the results it is concluded that, the nursing staff possesses general knowledge and identifies the bioethical principles, however, a minority expresses that it does not apply them at the moment of providing a patient care, even knowing the benefits and advantages that exist for the personnel and in the user. In addition, it was identified that there is certain disorientation with respect to ethical - legal problems, where health personnel may be involved by not applying them properly during their practice, since some are unaware of the penalties that arise when they violate the rights of the patient