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BJN inform @bjninform.bsky.social · 1d

🧩 Balancing work and parenthood is one of the greatest challenges many nurses face. John Fowler and Aby Mitchell explore the realities of combining nursing careers with parenting and caring duties.

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#NursingWellbeing #WorkLifeBalance #Parenthood

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🔒 Confidentiality is a cornerstone of the nurse–patient relationship. Peter Ellis and Hannah Ellis explore the professional, ethical, and legal dimensions of confidentiality in nursing practice.

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#EthicsInNursing #Confidentiality #PatientSafety

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BJN inform @bjninform.bsky.social · 9d

👩‍⚕️ Nursing role: By modelling compassion, nurse leaders inspire teams, strengthen workplace culture, and promote high-quality, person-centred care.

BJN inform @bjninform.bsky.social · 9d

⚠️ Challenges: Compassion fatigue and perceptions of leniency can occur. Balancing compassion with assertiveness and self-care protects leaders’ wellbeing and effectiveness.

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BJN inform @bjninform.bsky.social · 9d

🧭 Principles: Core qualities include empathy, active listening, and advocacy. By recognising staff challenges and responding with care, leaders create a culture of trust and openness.

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BJN inform @bjninform.bsky.social · 9d

🌟 Impact: Compassionate leaders build stronger, more resilient teams, improving staff morale, retention, and patient outcomes through understanding, respect, and shared purpose.

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BJN inform @bjninform.bsky.social · 9d

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Compassionate leadership places empathy, support, and care at the centre of nursing - fostering trust, wellbeing, and collaboration within teams.

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BJN inform @bjninform.bsky.social · 9d

Brian Webster and Geoffrey Walker OBE explore how compassionate leadership transforms nursing practice, creating psychologically safe environments where staff and patients thrive.

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BJN inform @bjninform.bsky.social · 10d

👩‍⚕️ Nursing role: Ethical awareness empowers nurses to uphold professional duties such as consent, confidentiality, and advocacy, building trust and accountability in all clinical situations.

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💡 Application: Nurses must apply discretion when principles conflict, prioritising patient safety, dignity, and equality in care delivery.

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BJN inform @bjninform.bsky.social · 10d

🩺 Principles: The four duties — beneficence, non-maleficence, autonomy, and justice — form the foundation of ethical nursing, balancing doing good, avoiding harm, respecting choice, and treating people fairly.

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⚖️ Impact: Understanding duty-based ethics helps nurses act with integrity, ensuring fairness, respect, and moral consistency in patient care.

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BJN inform @bjninform.bsky.social · 10d

Peter Ellis and Hannah Ellis explore how duty-based theories, including Beauchamp and Childress’s four-principles approach, guide ethical decision-making in healthcare: ow.ly/EknA50XaCZ2

Duty-based theories: the principles of biomedical ethics – BJN Inform

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BJN inform @bjninform.bsky.social · 10d

Duty-based ethics (or deontology) focus on whether actions are right or wrong, regardless of their outcomes.

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