Analysis of The Concept of Goodness In Colorectal Palliative Patients

Background: Ethics-based nursing practice can transform health care practice. As the largest human resource 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. Objective: This study aims to investigate the clarification of the principle of beneficence in nursing care of colorectal palliative patients. Methods: This integrative review was conducted using the Whittemore & Knafl method in 5 stages, namely problem identification, literature search, primary source evaluation, data analysis, and presentation of results. Databases such as SID, Irandoc, Magiran, Google Scholar, Web of Science, PubMed and Scopus were searched using the keywords "beneficence", "ethics", "nursing" and "care" in English. Results: After reviewing and evaluating the eligible articles, the findings were classified into four main categories: (1) nature, (2) application, (3) relevant and influential factors, and (4) challenges related to the ethical principle of beneficence in nursing. Conclusion: Based on the results of this review, it seems that paying attention to clarifying the principle of beneficence in nursing care can have a positive outcome for patients to benefit from this principle, and ultimately this leads to improving patients' well-being and health, reducing their pain, increasing satisfaction, and maintaining patients' respect and human dignity.