Value Systems, Lifestyle, and Religious Beliefs

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Ethics plays an essential role in every profession. In nursing, ethical issues are common. Recently, I encountered an ethical issue of spirituality v science. The code of ethics requires nurses to respect a patient’s unique differences. These include value systems, lifestyle, and religious beliefs. With this particular patient, I found that religion was important in his family. Therefore, when teaching health promotion strategies to him, I was met with continuous objection because of the patient’s strong religious beliefs. I had to listen to the patient, explaining why some of the proposed health promotion strategies were not right. As a nurse, I understand that healt...