Chapt 5 Values, Ethics, and advocacy

Question 1

VALUES

Answer 1

Enduring beliefs or attitudes about the worth of a person, object, idea, or action.

Question 2

Beliefs (opinions) –

Answer 2

Interpretations or conclusions that people accept as true.

Question 3

Attitudes

Answer 3

Mental positions or feelings toward a person, idea, or object.

Question 4

Values transmission

Answer 4

Personal values
Gives as sense of individuality
Professional values
Acquired during socialization into nursing from codes of ethics, nursing experiences, teachers, and peers.

Question 5

Values clarification

Answer 5

Nurses values
Influenced by culture, education, and age. 
Client values
Identify client’s values as they influence and relate to a particular health problems.
List all alternatives
Examine possible consequence of choice
Choose freely
Feeling about the choice

Question 6

Morality and ethics

Answer 6

Ethics
Methods of inquiry that helps people to understand the morality of human behavior.
Practices of beliefs in certain group
The expected standards of moral behavior

Question 7

Bioethics

Answer 7

Ethics applied to human life or health

Question 8

Nursing ethics

Answer 8

Refers to ethical issues that occur in nursing practic

Question 9

Morality

Answer 9

Refers to private, personal standards of what is right and wrong in conduct, character, and attitude.

Question 10

Autonomy

Answer 10

Right to make one’s own decisions.

Question 11

Nonmaleficence

Answer 11

Is a duty to do no harm

Question 12

Beneficence

Answer 12

Doing good.

Question 13

Justice

Answer 13

fairness

Question 14

Fidelity

Answer 14

To be faithful to agreements and promises

Question 15

Veracity

Answer 15

Telling the truth

Question 16

Nursing code of ethics

Answer 16

A set of ethical principles:
Shared by members of the group
reflects their moral judgements over time
Serves as a standard for their professional actions

Question 17

Purpose of code of ethics

Answer 17

Inform the public about the minimum standards of the
profession and help them understand professional nursing
conduct.
Provide a sign of the profession’s commitment of the
public it serves.
Outline the major ethical considerations pf the profession.

Question 18

Strategies to enhance ethical decisions and practice

Answer 18

Become aware of your own values and the ethical aspects of
nursing
Be familiar nursing codes of ethics
Seek continuing education opportunities to stay knowledgeable
about ethical issues in nursing.

Question 19

Strategies to enhance ethical decisions and practice

Answer 19

Respect the values, opinions, and responsibilities of other health
care professionals that may be different from your own.
Participate in or establish ethics rounds.
Serve on ethics institutional committees.
Strive for collaborative practice in which nurses functions
effectively in cooperation with other healthcare professionals

Question 20

Specific ethical issues

Answer 20

AIDS
Abortion
Organ and tissue transplantation
End-of-life issues

Question 21

Advocacy

Answer 21

Role
Supports clients in their decisions
Objective and not convey approval or disapproval of the client’s choices
Intervenes on the client’s behalf