Ethico-Legal and Moral Considerations in Nursing Leadership and Management ETHICO-MORAL ASPECTS OF NURSING

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are systematic guides for developing ethical behavior. They answer normative questions of what beliefs and values should be normally accepted.

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Code of Ethics

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A highlight on the creation of Nurses Code of Ethics was composed by a nursing instructor:

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Lystra Gretter in 1893

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Pursuant to Sec. 3 of RA No. 877, known as the

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Philippine Nursing Law

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Section 6 of P.D No. 223, the Amended

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Code of Ethics for Nurses

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Article I Code of ethics

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Preamble

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Article II code of ethics

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Registered nurses and people

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Article III code of ethics

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Registered nurses and practice

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Article IV code of ethics

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Registered nurses and Co-workers

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Article V Code of ethics

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Registered Nurses, Society, and Environment

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Article VI code of ethics

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Registered Nurses and the Profession

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Article VII code of ethics

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Administrative, Penalties, Repealing, Clause and Effectivity

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implies a commitment to a life of sacrifice and genuine selflessness.

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Service to others

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perform the responsibilities with the highest sense of integrity and imbued with nationalism and spiritual values.

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Integrity and objectivity

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certain level of competence is necessary, i.e., knowledge, technical skills, attitudes and experience.

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Professional competence

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maintain and support professional organization.

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Solidarity and Teamwork

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consistent with their responsibilities to society and as Filipinos, contribute to the attainment of the country’s national objectives.

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Social and civic responsibility

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professionals shall remain open to the challenges of a more dynamic and interconnected world.

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Global competitiveness

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all professionals shall treat their colleagues with respect and strive to be fair in their dealings with one another.

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Equality of all professions

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AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A MORE RESPONSIVE NURSING PROFESSION, REPEALING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7164, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS “THE PHILIPPINE NURSING ACT OF 1991” AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

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The nursing act 2002 RA 9173

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Article I The nursing act

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Title

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Article II The nursing act

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Declaration of policy

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Article III the nursing act

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Organization of the Board of Nursing

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Article IV the nursing act

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Examination and registration

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Article V nursing act

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Nursing education

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Article VI the nursing act

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Nursing practice

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Article VII the nursing act

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Health Human Resource Production, Utilization and Development

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Article VIII the nursing act

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Penal and Miscellaneous Provisions

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Article IX The nursing act

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Final provisions

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refers to the commission or omission of an act, pursuant to a duty, that a reasonably prudent person in the same or similar circumstance would or would not do, and acting or the non-acting of which is the proximate cause of injury to another person or his property. Ex. Burns, objects left inside the patients body, falls

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Professional Negligence

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Res ipsa loquitor means

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“the thing speaks for itself”.

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Res Ipsa Loquitor means “the thing speaks for itself”. This means that the injury could not have happened if someone was not negligent that no further proof is required. Example: fracture on a newly-delivered baby born by breech presentation

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Doctrine of Rep ipsa loquitor

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implies the idea of improper or unskillful care of a patient by a nurse. _______ also denotes stepping beyond one’s authority with serious consequences. Example: Giving of anesthesia by a nurse or prescribing medicines

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Malpractice

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lack of ability, or legal qualifications and being unfit to discharge the required duty.

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Incompetence

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means an irresistible force, one that is unforeseen or inevitable. Example: Circumstances such as flood, fire, earthquakes, nurses who fail to render service during these circumstances are not held negligent.

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Doctrine of force majeure

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The term means “let the master answer for the acts of the subordinate”. Under this doctrine, the liability is expanded to include the master as well as the employee. Example: The surgeon will be held responsible in case a laparotomy pack is left in a patient’s abdomen.

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Doctrine of respondeat superior

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Illegal wrong, committed against a person or property independent of a contract which renders the person who commits it liable for damages in a civil action.

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Intentional wrong torts

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is the imminent threat of harmful or offensive bodily contact.

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Assault

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is an intentional, unconsented touching of another person.

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Battery

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means the unjustifiable detention of a person without a legal warrant within boundaries fixed by the defendant by an act or violation of duty intended to result in such confinement.

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False imprisonment or illegal detention

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The right of privacy is the right to be left alone, the right to be free from unwarranted publicity and exposure to public view.

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The invasion of rights to privacy and breach of confidentiality

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Character assassination, be it written or spoken, constitute _______

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Defamation

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is oral defamation of a person by speaking unprivileged or false words by which his reputation is damaged.

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Slander

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is defamation by written words, or such representations that caused a person to be avoided or tend to injure him in his work.

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Libel

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an act committed or omitted in violation of the law. Criminal offenses are composed of two elements: Criminal act Evil/criminal intent

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Crimes

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CRIMES – an act committed or omitted in violation of the law. Criminal offenses are composed of two elements:

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Criminal act Evil/criminal intent

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those who take a direct part in the execution of the act.

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Principals

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those persons who, not being principals, cooperate in the execution of the offense by previous or simultaneous act.

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Accomplices

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those who, having knowledge of the commission of the crime, either as principals or accomplices

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Accessories

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deal with the acts or offenses against public welfare.

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Criminal actions

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general name for a criminal offense which does not in law amount to felony.

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Misdemeanor

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is a public offense for which a convicted person is liable to be sentenced to death or to be imprisoned. Ex: Assault, theft, drug diversion

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Felony

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crime committed by means of fault or culpa. It disregards the life and safety of others.

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Crime Negligence

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when a person does an act or fails to do it voluntarily but without malice, from which material damage results immediately.

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Reckless imprudence

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when a person or nurse did not use precaution and the damage was not immediate or the impending danger was not evident or manifest.

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Simple imprudence

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when all the elements necessary for its execution and accomplishment are present.

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Consummated

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when the offender performs all the acts or execution which will produce the felony as a consequence but which nevertheless, do not produce it by reason of causes independent of the will of the perpetrator.

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Frustrated

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to commit a felony when the offender commences the commission of the same directly by overt acts, and does not perform all the acts.

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Attempted

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an act of baseness, vileness or depravity in social or private duties which a man owes to his fellow man or to society in general.

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Moral turpitude

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unlawful killing of a human being with intent to kill. It is a very serious crime.

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Murder

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killing of a human being by another.

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Homicide

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any person who, with the intention of prematurely ending a pregnancy, willfully and unlawfully does any act to cause the same is guilty of procuring ______

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Abortion

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is the killing of a child less than three (3) days of age.

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Infanticide

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a crime committed by one who kills his/her father, mother or child whether legitimate or illegitimate, or any of his/her ascendants or descendants or his/her spouse.

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Parricide

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crime against a person or property.

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Robbery

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covers the administration and regulation of the manufacture, distribution, and dispensing of controlled drugs.

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Controlled substances

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Republic Act 6425 know as the

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Dangerous Drug Act of 1972

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is a legal declaration of a person’s intentions upon death. It is called a testamentary document because it takes effect after the death of its maker.

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Wills

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is a person whose property is transmitted through succession whether or not he left a will. If he left a will, he is also called a testator.

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Decedent

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is a person called to succession either by the provision of a will or by operation of law.

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Heir

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is a meeting of minds between two persons whereby one binds himself, with respect to the other, to give something or render some service.

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Contract

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refers to an agreement among parties involved and is required to be in writing by some special laws.

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Formal

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is one which is concluded as the result of a written document or correspondence where the law does not require the same to be in writing, or as the result of oral and open discussion between the parties.

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Informal contract

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is one in which the conditions and terms of the contract are given orally or in writing by the parties concerned. facio ut des – “I do that you may give”

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Express contract

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is one that is concluded as a result of acts of conduct of the parties to which the law ascribes an objective intention to enter into a contract.

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Implied contract

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is one that is inexistent from the very beginning and therefore may not be enforced.

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Void contract

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is one that is expressly prohibited by law.

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Illegal contract

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obtained through use of fraud (deception and trickery), undue (unlawful) influence or duress (coercion) in securing such, and those that are expressly prohibited by law are illegal.

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Illegal contracts

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is failure to perform an agreement, whether expressed or implied, without cause.

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Breach of contract

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R.A 7305.

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“Magna Carta for Public Health Workers”

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Who authored “Magna Carta for Public Health Workers”

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Sen. Edgardo Angara

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“Magna Carta for Public Health Workers” is a law approved by:

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former Pres. Corazon C. Aquino on March 26, 1992