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Professional Development and Reflection Give an account of one clause from the Nursing and Midwifery Council (2002) Code of Professional Conduct and discuss the importance of this for your present / future practice. Clause 2 of the Nursing and Midwifery Council's (NMC) Code of Conduct states that: "As a registered nurse, midwife or health visitor, you must respect the patient or client as an individual (NMC, 2002)." This is the most fundamental aspect of nursing care and is based on the ethics of autonomy. This essay will examine the importance of the clause and elaborate on each of the sub-clauses by providing examples of how these duties can be fulfilled. The duties set out in the NMC Code of Professional Conduct are based on the ethics of autonomy, beneficence, nonmaleficence and justice (Edwards, 1996). They provide rules of conduct and define the nurse's responsibility to patients and to other healthcare professionals. The Code's...

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