EXAM 2 Flashcards
(24 cards)
Ethics
Standards or moral principles that direct actions as being right or wrong
Ethical dilemma
Situation that doesn’t have a clear correct or incorrect answer
Nursing ethics
Provide guidelines for making ethical decisions in nursing set of rules of conduct that guide decision-making.
Professional ethics
Person must adhere to, in respect of their interactions and business dealings
Personal ethics
Provide personal guidelines for living you choose what your code of ethics include will influence nursing ethics.
Morals
Dealing with right or wrong behavior and character. Ethics and morals are hard to distinguish.
Values
The worth you assigned to an idea or action freely, chosen and affected by age experience and maturity.
Nonmaleficence
Do no harm
Beneficence
Do good
Autonomy
Free to choose
Fidelity
Be true
Justice
Fair to all
Define beneficent paternalism
Disrespectful attitude towards patient and what patient has to contribute to care.
Defined the roles of the ethics committee
Multidisciplinary team that assist with difficult ethical decisions
What’s the ethical responsibilities of nurses?
Patient advocacy, accountability, system base issues, client, safety issues
Compare and contrast spirituality and religion
Religion include specific beliefs, and rituals. Spirituality is essential part of a human being.
Discuss how the nurse can meet spiritual needs of clients and their families
Show interest, avoid false assurance, ask questions
What’s the members of the pastoral care team?
Minister, priest, rabbis, nuns, sisters, lay persons
Discuss methods used to meet a clients spiritual needs
Active listening, open ended questions, non-judgments
Examples of 21st-century, legal and ethical issues
Organ donation, abortion, surrogates, artificial insemination
Explain the role of privacy and autonomy
Autonomy includes privacy when instructors ask if students can observe treatment. Privacy includes the right to choose care, based on belief feeling or attribute.
Discuss reasons a nurse would choose to carry personal malpractice insurance
Jury Award can exceed limits of agency coverage
Patient bill of rights
A right to dignity, privacy, and humane care. A right to be free from harm, including unnecessary or excessive physical restraint, isolation, medication, abuse, or neglect.
What do you think it means to treat a patient like a person?
Holistic care focuses on treating a patient like a person rather than focusing on their diagnosis or illness.
