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. 2023 Mar 30;22(1):89.
doi: 10.1186/s12912-023-01246-4.

Clarification of ethical principle of the beneficence in nursing care: an integrative review

Rozita Cheraghi  1 , Leila Valizadeh  2 , Vahid Zamanzadeh  3 , Hadi Hassankhani  4 , Anahita Jafarzadeh  5
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Clarification of ethical principle of the beneficence in nursing care: an integrative review

Rozita Cheraghi et al. BMC Nurs. .

Abstract

Background: Ethics-based nursing practice can transform health care practices. As the biggest human capital in the health care system, nurses are obliged to follow ethical principles in this field. One of these ethical principles; is beneficence, which is considered the core of nursing care. This study aimed to investigate clarification of the principle of beneficence in nursing care and its related challenges.

Methods: This integrative review was conducted using the Whittemore & Knafl method in 5 stages, including problem identification, searching the literature, evaluating primary sources, analyzing data, and presenting the results. Databases like SID, Irandoc, Magiran, Google Scholar, Web of Science, PubMed, and Scopus were searched using the keywords; "beneficence", "ethic", "nursing" and "care" in English and Persian in the time range of 2010 to 10 February, 2023. After applying inclusion criteria and assessing the articles using Bowling's Quality Assessment Tool, finally, 16 papers were included from 984.

Results: After reviewing and evaluating the qualified articles, the findings were classified into four main categories: (1) nature, (2) applicability, (3) Relevant and influential factors, and (4) challenges related to the ethical principle of beneficence in nursing care.

Conclusion: Based on the results of this review it seems that paying attention to clarification the principle of beneficence in nursing care can provide positive outcomes for patients to benefit from this principle and finally, it leads to increasing the well-being and health of patients, reducing their mortality rate, increasing satisfaction and maintaining the respect and human dignity of patients.

Keywords: Beneficence; Care; Ethic; Integrative review; Nursing.

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The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect concerning the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

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