Ms. Natalicio is a newborn intensive care unit (NICU) nurse. Sheis skilled at feeding and caring for medically stable infants butis much less proficient with infants who are critically ill orwhose condition changes rapidly. Ms. Natalicio has a reputation inthe NICU that she can teach almost any infant to take oralfeedings. One physician says, “She could successfully feed a rock.”The nurse manager of the NICU is encouraging her to expand herskills through continuing education and has made continuingeducation an element of the annual performance appraisal for allRNs on the unit. Ms. Natalicio argues that she is good at what shedoes and does not have the time or energy to pursue more continuingeducation – she gets her required 30 hours through a singlecorrespondence booklet unrelated to NICU nursing.
What specific provision(s) of the ANA Code of Ethics apply tothis situation? Why did you choose this answer?
