Chapter 3 Flashcards
Exam 1
What was the Nursing Ethics: For Hospital and Private Use (IH Robb, 1900/1916). highlighted slide
Addressed professional nurse relationships
Physician-centered focused on obedience
ICN Code of Ethics for Nurses (1953)
“Obedient” focus shifts in 1965 to patient needs
What are the three Professional Codes of Ethics made in Nursing?
- Nursing Ethics: For Hospital and Private Use (I.H. Robb,1900/1916)
- ICN Code of Ethics for Nurses
- ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses
What did the ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses outline?
Outlined nine nonnegotiable provisions
What was the ANA Code of Ethics based on?
Based on deontology and normative ethics
What was the ANA Code of Ethics focus on?
Focused on the “patient” (NCLEX uses “client”)
What else did the ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses emphasis?
- Wholeness of character:
Recognition of values within nursing profession - Personal integrity: Nurses’ attention and care to their own needs
What does the ICN Code of Ethics for Nurses relate to?
Relates to four key action-based standards of conduct
Four key action-based standards of conduct the ICN Code of Ethics for Nurses has: highlighted slide
Nurses and people
Nurses and practice
Nurses and the profession
Nurses and global health
What is the ICN Code of Ethics for Nurses based on?
Based on deontological, normative ethics
What do professional boundaries do?
Limit nurse’s power and therefore limit patient’s vulnerabilities
Facilitate safe connections
What are consequences of boundary violations?
Voluntary surrender, suspension, or revocation of license
Prohibition from practice
Legal considerations of Professional boundaries in Nursing
Negligence
Malpractice
Moral integrity is the commitment to what?
Commitment to follow-through
What is the role of the state board of nursing (having to do with the Nurse Practice Act)
- State boards of nursing are responsible for enforcing their Nurse Practice Act to promote safe and competent care
- State Boards of Nursing function to protect the public, not individual nurses or the nursing profession
Moral Integrity is the understanding of what?
Understanding of moral obligations
Moral Integrity is the pursuit of what?
Pursuit of moral purpose
Each state and country has a _________ Nurse Practice Act
Each state and country has a LEGALLY ENFORCEABLE Nurse Practice Act
Moral Distress
Emotional and physical exhaustion and suffering from compromised moral integrity
When one knows the right thing to do, but institutional constraints make it nearly impossible to pursue the right course of action
Causes of moral distress:
Multiple or dual expectations
Inability to act according to moral integrity
Pressure to do something that conflicts with their values (Ex. falsify documentation)
Crisis situations where essentials are at risk
Ex. Nurse safety, resources, and relationships during Covid-19 pandemic