Erratum to "Nursing Code of Ethics: Provisions and Interpretative Statements for Emergency Nurses".

Integral to any discipline is its ethical foundation for practice. The AmericanNurses Association (ANA) describes theNursingCode of Ethics as the non-negotiable ethical standard of the nursing profession, serving as an expression of nursing’s commitment to society. The code consists of 9 provisions with interpretative statements (herein italicized under each provision). Each interpretative statement is followed by an explication of its relationship to emergencynursing’s ethical values andprofessional obligations. The “Nursing Code of Ethics: Provisions and Interpretative Statements for Emergency Nurses” functions to supplement the Emergency Nursing Scope and Standards of Practice and serves as a pledge to enumerate and codify those moral precepts that guide emergency nurses’ provision of care to patients, families, and communities, supporting nursing colleagues in the process. The American Nurses Association has officially recognized emergency nursing as a specialty with their approval and acknowledgment of the Emergency Nursing Scope and Standards of Practice. (The 9 provisions are reproduced with the permission of the American Nurses Association.)