Ethics and quality control in healthcare

Working in healthcare facilities is rewarding but challenging when it comes to adhering

ethics. Healthcare ethics are the basis of safeguard patient’s health by adhering to best practices

as required by healthcare principles. Ethics in healthcare has four principles; autonomy,

beneficence, non-maleficence, and justice. The autonomy principle suggests that the patients

have the right to their body and the nurse can only give advice. Beneficence helps health workers

to do all they can to help the patient, non-maleficence suggests that health workers should

consider if the decision made harm the society and justice ensures a fair distribution of resources

(Darr, 2005). Quality control is measures taken by healthcare to promote service delivery. They

include a clean environment, training employees and testing types of equipment. The nurse being

any professional, I find this information helpful since it equips me with knowledge of ethical

practices. I will be able to handle patients without making a decision that will harm or