Flashcards in workshop 1 Deck (10)
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APPLYING THE ETHICS OF CARE TO
YOUR NURSING PRACTICE
The model of care advocated involves:
• Attentiveness
• Responsibility
• Competence
• Responsiveness of the care receiver
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A preexisting
moral
relationship What does this mean?
• Responsibility-based ethics
(ie. responding to others is
‘automatic’ and does not
need to be justified)
• Which is the opposite of
obligation-based ethics
(ie. one will only respond if
one recognises an obligation
to do so)
3
The four
elements
of caring
1. Attentiveness
2. Responsibility
3. Competence
4. Responsiveness
of the care
receiver
4
Ethical Principles
used in Healthcare
Autonomy
Nonmaleficence
Beneficence
Justice
Veracity
5
Ethical
Dilemmas
Conflict between two or
more ethical principles,
rights or duties
A choice between two or
more equally
unsatisfactory alternatives
Emotionally painful for all
involved
6
Ethical
Reasoning
Ethical decisions cannot
be made on intuition or
emotions alone
Decisions should be
made systematically
Decision-making
frameworks are useful
7
Commonalities in
Decision-Making
Models
Obtain - accurate information
a succinct clarification of the
essential ethical issues
• problem
Get-
careful application of appropriate
ethical principles
Make-
an ethically justifiable decision to
resolve the conflict
Make-
Apply- the decision in positive action
Evaluate- the outcome
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Moral Decision Making Model
Identify- the facts
Determine - the relevant ethical principles
Consider autonomy,
beneficence, nonmaleficence, justice,
confidentiality/privacy
and veracity
Explore - the options
Act - and assess your
comfort with decision
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Kerridge’s
7 steps for
Ethical
DecisionMaking
- State the problem
- Get the facts
- Consider the
ethical principles
- Consider how the
problem would look
from another
perspective
- Identify the
ethical conflicts
- Consider the law
- Make the ethical
decision
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