ch.6

Question 1

advocacy

Answer 1

protection and support of another’s rights

Question 2

autonomy

Answer 2

self-determination; being independent and self-governing

Question 3

beneficence

Answer 3

principle of doing good

Question 4

code of ethics

Answer 4

principles that reflect the primary goals, values, and obligations of the profession

Question 5

conscientious objection

Answer 5

refusal to participate in certain types of treatment and care based on the fact that these activities violate the nurse’s personal and professional ethical beliefs and standards

Question 6

ethical dilemmas

Answer 6

situation that arises when attempted adherence to basic ethical principles results in two conflicting courses of action

Question 7

ethics

Answer 7

system dealing with standards of character and behavior related to what is right and wrong

Question 8

feminist ethics

Answer 8

type of ethical approach that aims to critique existing patterns of oppression and domination in society, especially as these affect women and the poor

Question 9

fidelity

Answer 9

keeping promises and commitments made to others

Question 10

moral agency

Answer 10

ability to behave in an ethical way; to do the ethically right thing because it is the right thing to do

Question 11

nonmaleficence

Answer 11

principle of avoiding evil

Question 12

nursing ethics

Answer 12

a subset of bioethics; formal study of ethical issues that arise in the practice of nursing and of the analysis used by nurses to make ethical judgments

Question 13

altruism

Answer 13

concern for welfare and well being of others

Question 14

integrity

Answer 14

acting in accordance with a code of ethics and accepted standards of practice

Question 15

ethics

Answer 15

study of principles of right and wrong conduct

Question 16

utilitarian

Answer 16

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

Question 17

deontologic

Answer 17

an action is right or wrong independent of its consquences

Question 18

nonmaleficence

Answer 18

avoid causing harm

Question 19

moral agency

Answer 19

the capacity to be ethical and do the ethically right thing for the right reasons

Question 20

moral distress

Answer 20

nurse knows the right thing to do but personal factors or hospital factors prevent them from doing it

Question 21

paternalism

Answer 21

nurse acts for a patient w/o consent to secure good or prevent harm