Applying Ethics of Care to Nursing Practice Flashcards
Why are descriptive and scientific statements used in medicine?
It enables us to have an impartial and objective POV of the world. It shifts focus to the experiment/results.
What is phenomenology?
It is a branch of philosophy relating to first person experience and consciousness
What are the two frames of reference when it comes to the ethics of care? Give an example in terms of pain.
The phenomenological description (pain is discomfort extremely, tied to poor emotional well bring) and the biological description (pain is nerves firing and brain signals).
What did Gilligan argue about ethics at the time?
Female moral reasoning involved ideas such as empathy, care, and relationships vs men’s ideas of moral justice and autonomy
What does care ethics highlight?
The importance of context and responsiveness to needs in ethical reasoning - honoring subjective experience
What does Jean Watson argue in terms of care ethics?
Honoring human dimensions with a trusting and helping relationship.
What is the transpersonal caring relationship?
It is the conscious experience and moral commitment to make a connection with the patient
What is the caring moment?
It is time and space where nurses and patients can allow for caring to occur
What is the difference between obligation and responsibility?
Obligation = rules to abide by
Responsibility = morals and relationship based (care)
What is impartiality in care?
Equal consideration for all unless morally relevant differences exist - it can be insensitive to context
What is the counterpart to impartiality in care?
Situational Context
What are examples of care ethics questionings about human nature?
Are humans rational? are we intrinsically connect? etc.
What is moral vision?
It is the ability to see suffering and empathize
What is the main moral balance that needs to be struck in the Mr. Jones Case study?
It is the balance between getting one addicted to opioids and going over the safe amount of pain management versus keeping the patient from unreasonable pain
What are Tronto’s 4 phases of caring with elements?
- Caring about -attentiveness
- Taking care of - responsibility
- Caregiving - competence
- Care receiving - responsiveness
What is suporogoration?
It is going above and beyond obligation
What is the main goal of care ethics?
Getting away from the main goal of homogenizing patients and rational care
