Nurses Ethical Considerations

Question 1

List values and ethical responsibilities :

Answer 1

1. Providing safe compassionate and competent and ethical care
2. Promote health and well-being
3. Respect informed decision making
4. Honor dignity
5. Maintain privacy and confidentiality
6. Promote justice
7. Being accountable

Question 2

What does the COE do?

Answer 2

Keystone of the order’s professional legislation
Serves as a guide
Imposes general specific duties and obligations
In order to protect public

Question 3

What serves as the pillar of the code of ethics?

Answer 3

Values that define the resulting professional duties and obligations.

Question 4

List the values of the COE

Answer 4

Integrity
Respect of client 
Professional autonomy 
Professional competence 
Excellence in care
Professional collaboration 
Humanity

Question 5

What are the general provisions excerpts of the division 1 ( duties inherent to the practice of the profession):

Answer 5

1. A nurse shall help anyone that his life is in peril.

2. A nurse may not refuse to provide professional services to a person on the basis of race, color, etc.

Question 6

What are the integrity excerpts of division 1 (duties inherent to the practice of the profession) ?

Answer 6

1. A nurse shall report any incident or accident that results from her intervention.
2. A nurse shall not appropriate medications or other substances including drugs, narcotic or anesthesic preparations or any other property belonging to a person with whom she or he interacts in the practice of the profession.

Question 7

What are the competent excepts of division 1 (duties inherent to the practice of the profession)?

Answer 7

1. A nurse shall act competently by taking in concern her limits of knowledge and skills.
2. The nurse shall develop her professional skills to practice in accordance with generally accepted strandards of practice and scientific principles.

Question 8

What underlies a nurse’s clinical reasoning and clinical decision making ?

Answer 8

Legal
Professional
And ethical considerations

Question 9

What are the relationship of trust excerpts of division 2 (relationship between nurse and client):

Answer 9

1. Shall seek to establish a relationship of trust with patient
2. Shall act respectfully to client and family
3. Shall respect with the limits of what is admissible in the practice of the profession, the clients values and personal convictions.

Question 10

What are the provisions to preserve the secrecy of confidential information excerpts of division 2 (relationship between nurse and client):

Answer 10

1. Shall preserve secrecy of confidentiel information that she learns.
2. Shall preserve secrecy of the couple or family.
3. Shall not hold or participate in indiscret conversations, including on social network, concerning the client and the service rendered to such client.

Question 11

What are the prohibited behavior excerpts of division 2 (relationship between nurse and client):

Answer 11

1. Nurse shall not use psychological, physical or verbal violence.
2. A nurse should not establish a personal friendship or and intimate, amorous or sexual relationship with patient.

Question 12

What are the information and consent excerpts of division 3 (quality of care and service) of the COE?

Answer 12

1. Should provide patient with all information necessary to understand care, treatment or professional service.
2. When she has to get free consent she shall provide patient with all info, ensure that clients consent remains free (Inform of the duration of treatment) and respect the client’s right to revoke consent at any time.

Question 13

What are the therapeutic process excerpts of division 3 (quality of care and service) of the COE?

Answer 13

1. Take reasonable measures to ensure safety of client.
2. A nurse shall not be negligent in the care and treatment provided to the client or the research projet.
   Shall:
   -perform the good assessment
   -intervene when required
   -endure clinical monitoring and follow up
   -take action to allow continuity of care and treatment.
3. Not negligent when giving meds
4. Should not refuse to collaborate with health professionals engaged in providing care to the welfare or patient.

Question 14

Give rights of delegation:

Answer 14

1. The right task

2. In the right situation

Question 15

Five rights of delegation:

Answer 15

1. Right task
2. Right situation
3. Right worker
4. Right direction and communication
5. right teaching, supervision and evaluation

Question 16

College of Nurses of Ontario (2008) pointed out 3 principles and indicators of nursing documentation practice :

Answer 16

Monitor, communicate and reflect on care quality.

CAS: communicate, accountability, security

Question 17

What does TNP allow

Answer 17

Afford easy access to nurses’ clinical decisions, made on the basis of assessment, which is crucial to the clinical follow up of patient.

Question 18

What do you include in TNP:

Answer 18

1. Assessment findings

2. Clinical follow-up (intervention)

Question 19

Characteristics of a good documentation:

Answer 19

Relevant
Complete
Concise 
Status
Issues
Strengths 
Deficit 
Risks
Interventions
Evaluation of their effectiveness

Question 20

Quebec Nurses Act 36:

Answer 20

Practice of nursing consists in assessing health, determining and carrying out the nursing care and treatment plan, providing nursing and medical treatment care and treatment in order to maintain and restore the health of a person in interaction with his environment and prevent illness, and providing palliative care.