Another important thing of nursing ethics is informed consent which is taught in nursing programs at all levels
. Informed consent is a legal document which a patient signs which contains the details of how he/she wants to administer his medical treatment. Even in the worst conditions, if the health of the patient is continuously deteriorating, it allows him/her to decide what they would want for them medically if the patient is not able to decide at that particular moment. A very popular informed consent is DNR which means do not resuscitate. It is an order which does not advice the medical professions to attempt any life saving procedures. Even if the nurses and the medical professionals want to save the life of a patient, but if the patient has given a written consent to kill him, then proper ethical action has to be followed. But on the other hand, informed consent makes the nursing ethics less complicated as the desire of a person about his/her health is clearly mentioned.