Ethics & the Endoscopy Nurse   NURSES are involved with
bioethical, moral and advocacy roles frequently in endoscopy
labs, due to the fact that consents, patient care, and medical
goals are all involved in the outcome of the procedures. Ethics
cover a broad range of concepts that have an effect on many
varied cultures and beliefs in our diverse communities. Trying
to explain all the concepts would require volumes of books.
Concepts that come to mind first for endoscopy would include
autonomy in regard to consents, based on the patient’s wishes.
Beneficence and non-maleficence are concepts that are related to
a physician’s motivation to perform or not to perform a
procedure, and veracity, which has to do with truth-telling and
at least an obligation to offer the truth.  Non-maleficence and
beneficence are ethical principles that serve as guides to
achieve the aims of prevention and cure of disease and improve
the functional abilities of patients. The questions to concern
ourselves with when we are involved wit