Analysis of the Florence Oath

Nightingale
Analyzing the "Florence Nightingale
Oath" we consider that it highlights in
all its dimensions her ethics when she
subscribes to leading a pure life; that
is, honest, virtuous and practicing the
profession with devotion and fidelity,
that is, being faithful to the patient,
responding to their needs with
absolute loyalty.
Expresses abstaining from everything
that is harmful and malignant, so the
patient assigned to the service of the nursing staff will be
protected, and drugs that may be harmful to health will
not be knowingly taken or administered; Therefore,
complications and unnecessary dependencies are
avoided, with health education being implicit in this
approach, not directly mentioned by it, but completed.
We can appreciate the traditional medical principles of do
no harm and do good, equivalent to the principle of
beneficence - non-maleficence.
Do no harm : It consists of doing no harm. Hippocrates
speaks in his Oath of what the Roman world has
translated as primun non nocere (Scribonius Largus,
Roman pharmacologist of the first century after Christ).
For him it was about alleviating, or at least, "not
harming." The Hippocratic ideal is accuracy, precision,
diligence, serenity and discipline.
Florence Nightingale adds to this line of action the
concept of care as something beyond the concept of
healing. In his book Notes on Hospitals he wrote: "It may
seem a strange principle to state as the first and
fundamental condition of a hospital and of the people
who work in it, " Do no harm "; this could be the first
deontological norm of nursing. "
Doing good: It is ensuring well-being. Charity is not a
set of acts of kindness that go beyond strict obligation. It
is an obligation to do no harm, maximize possible
benefits, and minimize harms.
Florence Nightingale notes: "I will abstain from all that is
harmful and evil and will dedicate myself to the welfare
of those under my care."
To do good it is necessary that the other desire that
good (it is therefore necessary to recognize the other as
an autonomous being and therefore respect their
personality).
The obligation to do good (benefit) can conflict with
justice (equitable distribution of resources). Florence
Nightingale, among the measures adopted at the Military
Hospital in Scutari, was placing the most seriously ill
patients near the infirmary and not by military rank as
was established, a fair attitude that reflects her great
ethical sense although she did not express it clearly. this
form.

It advocates raising the good name of the profession and

demonstrates it through the professionalization of
nursing.
 Analysis of the Oath of Hippocrates
The oath of Hippocrates consists
of having no other purpose than
the good and health of the sick, it
was the basis of the oath that
Hippocrates made his disciples
take, that they would take
Medicine throughout the world.
This type of oath seeks to guide
medical professionals in one way
or another when they are
practicing their profession;
teaching them through the oath
that they must be humble and simple in front of their patients, that the
service they offer will not only be partial to those who have purchasing
power, but that every public that this patient is, black, white, rich, poor
, slave among other differences must be attended to, as well as, this
oath forces them to have discretion over all aspects of their patients'
lives, no matter how horrifying what they have seen or what they
know, doctors do not They must disclose any information.
Graduate Profile
 The profile of a Lic. In nursing
• He has solid training in the management of health promotion, prevention
and recovery processes and knowledge of basic, social, ethics and
bioethics sciences to provide comprehensive care to the individual, family
and community.
• Able to work in a multidisciplinary team, to act actively in health actions
developed at the levels of care, to recognize their identity and autonomy
specific to their profession.
• Able to plan, direct, control and evaluate nursing actions and care at the
levels of individual care and collective care.
• In teaching: formulates, develops and evaluates curricula for the different
levels of nursing.
 The profile of a Lic. In nursing
• Directs investigative processes in administration, care and decision-
making, implementing scientific-technical criteria and acts critically in
decision-making and development of its activities in its daily work.
• Provides nursing care based on shared responsibility, the principles
of ethics, bioethics, critical spirit, creative capacity and commitment
to the transformation of its environment in cultural, social and
ecological diversity, as well as defending its own health and that of
the family. and community.
• Able to adapt to the changes generated in the National Health
System and update according to advances.
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Values of a Lic. In Nursing
❖ Responsible

❖ Friendly
❖ Honest
❖ Creative
❖ Honored
❖ Friendly
❖ Loyal
❖ Among others
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