beneficence

Question 1

Egoism

Answer 1

Even doing something self-sacrificial you are still doing things that will better you in some way
is / ought fallacy

Question 2

relativism

Answer 2

ethics has to be universal -some doctors cannot sell sample drugs at a profit but some can
Fallacy that applies it eh is/out fallacy.

Question 3

Utilitarianism

Answer 3

Maximise utility = happineess & pleasure even with immoral action

Question 4

Beneficence

Answer 4

bene = good, face = to do
an ideal or principle of conduct requires use to act in a way that benefits others. Trying to disocver what something it = values clarification
produce a good or avoid a harm.

Question 5

Utility is…

Answer 5

pleasure & absence of pain.

One thing that benefits someone is harmfull to the next

Question 6

J.S mills

Answer 6

Classical theory of value is that avoiding bad things or creating good things is beneficial.

Question 7

Beneficence vs. non-maleficence

Answer 7

Beneficence is trying to improve someones situation (increase happiness or decrease unhappiness) where as non-malefience is not decreasing happiness or increasing unhappiness. SIs not making the situation worse, even when you may not be able to make it better.

Question 8

Non maleficence example

Answer 8

Non-invasive surgery will not decrease happiness as much as cutting the person open completely..

Question 9

examples of beneficence

Answer 9

Giving pain meds, warm blank

Question 10

CNA code

Answer 10

Both beneficence & non-maleficence

Question 11

when resources are not available to provide meal care, nurses collaborate with other to adjust priorities and minimize harm

Answer 11

this is nonmalefiecnet

Question 12

nurses planning on taking job action, takes steps to safeguard the health & safety of people during the job action

Answer 12

Malefeicne b/c you aren’t doing anything above and beyond

Question 13

nurses work to prevent & minimize all forms of violence by anticipating & dressing the risk of violent situations by collaborating with others to establish preventative measures

Answer 13

this is non-malefiencet. Protective only

Question 14

nurses provide care directed first & foremost toward the health & well being of the person, family or community

Answer 14

BENEFIENCE

Question 15

nurses collaborate with other provides to MAXIMIZE benefits to the persons receiving the care

Answer 15

Beneficence

Question 16

what benefits someone?

Answer 16

Good intentions constitute an important aspect of beneficence but so does the ability to produce good outcomes. Both are reflected in the notion of care.
The same act done in a caring way has quite different consequences

Question 17

Epicurus on death

Answer 17

does as far as to argue that death is not harmful to anyone who dies.

Question 18

Epicurus on death!

Answer 18

“Grow accustomed to the belief that death his nothing to us, since every good & evil lie in sensation. However deaths the deprivation of sensation. Therefore, correct understanding that death is nothing to us makes mortal life enjoyable… For there is nothing dreadful in life for the man who had truly comprehending that there is nothing terrible about not living”

Question 19

Epicurus on death again

Answer 19

“what is no trouble when it arrives is an idle worry in anticipation? death therefore - the most dreadful of evils - is nothing to use since while we exist, death is not present & when death is present, we do not exist. It is nothing to the living or the dead since it does not exist for the living & the dead no longer ar”

Question 20

Epicurosis stance on the non-harm of death descends from

Answer 20

the nature of benefit & from his theory of value. If you die there’s no need to worry too much.

Question 21

We recognize pleasure ( the opposite of fear & pain)

Answer 21

As the first good & as inborn, it is from this that we begin every choice & every avoidance.

Question 22

what is the good at which healthcare workers primarily aims?

Answer 22

A plausible general answer in the healthcare context is that HEALTH is the main mode of beneficentce… So the principle of beneficence is a commitment to benefitting the health of the patient & the principle of non malefieicne is a commitment to avoiding harming the health of the patient

Question 23

Ontic issues are..

Answer 23

about what exists.AKA ontology

Question 24

Health can be:

Answer 24

Narrowly defiend: so that it is a biological property (healthy if all organs are working properly)
Broadly defined: “includes matters of lifestyle & psychosocial considerations” Physiologically & Mental heath”

Question 25

who should gain??

Answer 25

we tend to think of the principle of beneficence in terms of benefitting the patient.
should nurses aim to benefit other stakeholders??? the broader community as well? Consider INSITE… recognize the broader scope of beneficence can create moral dilemmas b/c benefiting one party can mean harming another!!!

Question 26

Benefitting others at harm to self…

Answer 26

The nurse doesn’t want to take care of the homeless man….
Working overtime to cover a co-worker with the flu…..
advocating at risk to your job….
IN THE PAST NURSES WERE EXPECTED TO SUFFER INDEFINTELY IN SILENCE FOR THE GOOD OF OTHERS!!!

Question 27

now a days…

Answer 27

nurses need to ensure that mangers & employers do not exploit their commitment to the well-being of their patients & do not normalize situations that are stressful & put them at risk. Every nurse must strike some reasonable balance between the duty or wish to promote good & self concern.
NO FORMULA CAN STIPULATE IN ADVANCW OF WHAT THIS BALANCE HSOULD BE. Utilitarian principle of equality -> everyone counts for one. Keep yourself in mind

Question 28

the order of goodness

Answer 28

1) mean to benefit someone & you do
2) Might accidentally benefit someone or mean to benefit & don’t
3) don’t mean to benefit & you don’t

Question 29

beneficence sometimes entails us to do..

Answer 29

things we would rather not do

Question 30

How do we know what our duties are??

Answer 30

professional ethics & promise
according to tihis vein the duties of a professional stem form a contract between profession & society. Society confers certain rights & privileges on nurses “fiduciary duty: meaning it derives from a trust that the professions will use their skills & powers in the service of their patients.
nurses have been entrusted to act for the benefit of patient & patients expect this

Question 31

The sacrifice, effort & duty will depend on ..

Answer 31

the specific context

Question 32

what constitutes a reasonable balance is

Answer 32

between the nurse & their conscience

Question 33

the man who wells among immoral blessings

Answer 33

is not like a moral being

Question 34

Principal doctrines

Answer 34

1) The blessed & immortal is itself free form trouble nor does it cause trouble for anyones. therefore it is not constrained either by anger or by favour. For such sentiments on exist in the weak.
2) Death is nothing to us. For what has been dispersed has no sensation &what has no sensation is nothing to use
3) The limit of the extent of pleasure is the removal of all pain.
Wherever pleasure is present, for however long a time, there can be no pain or grief of both at once.
4) Pain doe snot dwell continuously in the flesh. Extreme pain is present but only for a very brief time. That which barely exceeds bodily pressures continue no more than a few day. But chronic illness allows greater pleasure than pain in the flesh.