Chapt 5 Values, Ethics, and advocacy Flashcards

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VALUES

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

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Beliefs (opinions) –

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Interpretations or conclusions that people accept as true.

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Attitudes

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

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Values transmission

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

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Values clarification

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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
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Morality and ethics

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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

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Bioethics

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Ethics applied to human life or health

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Nursing ethics

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Refers to ethical issues that occur in nursing practic

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Morality

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

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Autonomy

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Right to make one’s own decisions.

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Nonmaleficence

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Is a duty to do no harm

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Beneficence

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Doing good.

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Justice

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fairness

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Fidelity

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To be faithful to agreements and promises

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Veracity

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Telling the truth

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Nursing code of ethics

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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

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Purpose of code of ethics

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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.

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Strategies to enhance ethical decisions and practice

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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.

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Strategies to enhance ethical decisions and practice

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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

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Specific ethical issues

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

21
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Advocacy

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