Question

What is ethical drift in nursing and how can it be addressed?

Answer 1

Ethical drift is The gradual ebbing of standards that occurs in, nurses as they work individually, in a group, or an organization due to environmental pressures. This gradual erosion of the ethical behavior occurs in individuals below their level of awareness. To stop it is imperative for nurse managers and executives to be on guard of the danger that workplace pressures pose in encouraging ethical drift at all levels of nursing, and they should take steps to prevent this phenomenon from occurring in their facilities. There should be an ethics committee in the healthcare settings that should evaluate the ethics of the nurses who are working in their hospitals and then based on the results counsel the nurses.