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Ethics
Is the study of philosophical ideals of right or wrong behaviour
Value
beliefs or attitudes regarding the worth of an object, idea, person or action
What year did WHO update their conceptual idea of health
1984
Social safety net
exists to protect the most vulnerable members of Canadian society
Medicare
Hospital and medical insurance, funded though taxation
What year was the Indian act
1985
Primary care
focuses on early dectetion, routine care and education to prevent reacurences, focuses on personal health services
Self Regulation
a privilege granted by the government to a professional body to regulate its members for the protection of public health and safety.
What are nurses accountable for?
-what they should know
-what they know
-what they are expected to know
What is a standred
acts as a guide for ongoing professional development and education
Standard of principle
represents a nurses accountability for a safe, competent,compassionate, and ethical nursing care
What is global health?
the optimal well-being of all humans, from the individual and collective perspective
Planetary Health
In response to environmental changes (environmental sustainability)
Holistic health
interdisciplinary collaborations integrate indigenous knowledge
Subjective Data
patients verbal description of condition
Objective Data
observations of clinical measurements or assestments
Primary Data
Orginal research
Secondary Data Sources
Family and significant others, healthcare team and medical records
Tertiary Data Sources
literature
nurses experience
Professional Values
developed during socialization into nursing from their code of ethics, nursing colleagues & peers and nursing experences
Nursing Values
Client well-being and client choice, privacy and confidentiality, respect for life,maintaining commitment and truthfulness and fairness
Moral distress
arises when nurses are unable to act according to their moral judgement
Moral Integrity
committed values and beliefs that are withheld by a nurse
Moral Residue
the outcome of being compromised in a situation that goes against the values of a nurse