Legal/Ethical

Question 1

advocacy

Answer 1

protection/support of another’s rights

Question 2

autonomy

Answer 2

respect the rights of patients or their surrogates. ie; nurse respects patients’ rights to make choices about their health care.

Question 3

beneficence

Answer 3

benefit the patient, & balance benefits against risk/harm

Question 4

bioethics

Answer 4

three questions;

Question 5

care-based approach

Answer 5

attentive, dignity/respect to patient,

Question 6

code of ethics

Answer 6

set of principals - goals, values, and obligations

Question 7

conscientious objections

Answer 7

refusal to participate in certain types of treatment due to nurses’ personal/professional beliefs/standards.

Question 8

deontologic

Answer 8

right/wrong is based on a rule, not consequences

Question 9

moral agency

Answer 9

aka moral capacity- must be built/learned

Question 10

ethical dilemma

Answer 10

two conflicting courses of action

Question 11

ethics

Answer 11

right and wrong conduct, good and evil

Question 12

feminist ethics

Answer 12

critiques patterns of oppression and domination

Question 13

fidelity

Answer 13

keep promises

Question 14

justice

Answer 14

give each his or her due, act fairly.

Question 15

moral distress

Answer 15

know the right thing to do but personal/institutional factors make it difficult to do so

Question 16

moral resilience

Answer 16

to respond well to morally distressing situations

Question 17

morals

Answer 17

personal right/wrong

Question 18

nonmaleficence

Answer 18

avoid causing harm

Question 19

nursing ethics

Answer 19

subset of bioethics, study of ethical situations that arise as a nurse

Question 20

principle-based approach

Answer 20

combines utilitarian and deontological theories and offers specific guides for practice. autonomy, nonmaleficence, beneficence, fidelity, veracity, accountability, privacy, and confidentiality.

Question 21

utilitarian

Answer 21

“the rightness or wrongness of an action depends on the consequences”

Question 22

virtues

Answer 22

human excellences, dispositions of character, that enable us to be good people

Question 23

altruism

Answer 23

concern for the welfare and well-being of others.

Question 24

human dignity

Answer 24

respect for the inherent worth and uniqueness of individuals and populations. ie; nurse values and respects all patients and coworkers

Question 25

integrity

Answer 25

acting in accordance with an appropriate code of eithcs and accepted standards of practice. ie; nurse is honest, and ethical

Question 26

social justice

Answer 26

upholding moral, legal, and humanistic principles. ie; nurse works to assure equal/fair treatment under law and access to health care

Question 27

values clarification

Answer 27

people discover their own values and value system.