Page 10 - Human Rights

Faculty of Nursing
Adult care Nursing Department

rest dormant. Others still hold duty to guard them, treat them justly, show care even when use

seems absent.

When someone is sick or at risk, limits on what they can do might happen in medical places.

Still, those limits need clear legal backing, must be truly essential, fit the situation well, and still

honor personal worth.

Workers in care roles - especially nurses - are meant to see where a person's choices naturally

end. Even so, each one must keep honoring basic rights like fairness, kindness, and dignity
without wavering.

What makes human rights so fundamental? It shows up clearly in nursing work, where it pushes

us to act with kindness, fairness, and without bias toward anyone. These rights stay present

whether someone can use them fully or not - their importance does not fade. In settings focused
on health and well-being, protection of such rights remains non-negotiable.

1.1.3 Why are human rights relevant to you?

Human rights are relevant to every individual because they affect all aspects of daily life and shape
how people are treated within society.

As a human being, you are entitled to rights that protect your dignity, freedom, equality, and

safety. These rights influence access to education, health care, work, and social participation, and

they ensure that individuals are treated with fairness and respect in both personal and

professional environments.

For nursing students and health care professionals, human rights are particularly important

because they form the ethical and legal foundation of health care practice. Nurses work closely
with individuals who may be vulnerable due to illness, disability, age, or social circumstances.

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