Chapter 11 Flashcards
Exam 3
Public Health Nursing is:
evidence based.
focused on the promotion of the health of the entire population.
focused on the prevention of disease, injury, and premature death.
Ethical Challenges re: Public Health
Vaccinations
Infectious diseases
Tobacco
Motor vehicle safety
Occupational
Childhood lead poisoning prevention
Public health preparedness and response
Frameworks:
Kantian Ethics (Deontology)
Acting according to one’s duty
Balance the rights of individuals with the rights of populations and communities
Respecting autonomy while protecting safety
Utilitarianism (Consequentialism)
What are you considering?
Where is this used?
Considering actions that produce the greatest good for the greatest number of people
Widely used in public health
Communitarian Ethics
What does it focus on?
Focuses on populations and communities acting to facilitate the common good for communities
Communitarian Ethics
What is an example?
Where mask in public
Social Justice
Fair distribution of benefits and burdens among members of the society
Social Justice- What does it acknowledge?
Acknowledges disparity in access to care
Moral Choice:
When people decide how they choose to distribute societal benefits and burdens among the members of the community
The Precautionary Principle: What is it aligned with?
Precautionary principle most aligned with Nonmaleficence
The Precautionary Principle: Includes?
Forecaring- “better safe than sorry”
Anticipatory action + Appropriate science
Infectious Disease Burdens
Cannot refuse to care for patients unless there is an undue risk of harm
Five Rs approach to ethical nursing
Read
Reflect
Recognize
Resolve
Respond
Public Health Nursing: Service Learning
Supports moral development
Deepens classroom learning
Increases community awareness
Public Health Nursing: Leadership
Servant Leader:
Involves seeing oneself as a servant first
Includes servant follower and servant leader
Sacrifice, inspiration to become involved
Inseparableness of ends and means
