Chapter 3- Ethical and Legal Issues Flashcards
autonomy
right to make decisions
beneficence
one’s duty to benefit or promote the good of others (advocacy)
nonmaleficence
do no harm
justice
equal and fair treatment for everyone
utilitarianism
actions are right to the degree that they tend to promote happiness and wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness
Kantianism
our actions are bound by a sense of duty (out of respect for moral law)
Christian ethics
do unto others as you would like done to you
Natural law theory
as rational human beings, we inherently know the difference between good and evil. this directs our decision making
ethical dilemma
a situation that requires an individual to make a choice between two equally unfavorable alternatives
Patient Rights
- Right to treatment
- Right to refuse treatment
- Right to least restrictive treatment
RN role in informed consent
ensure the pt has been addressed on…
Knowledge
Competency
Free will
Involuntary committment
- pt is in immediate danger to oneself
- pt is a danger to others
- pt is unable to take care of basic personal needs (gravely disabled)
negligence
failure to exercise the care toward others that a reasonable or prudent person would do in the circumstances, or taking action that such a reasonable person would not
malpractice
an act or continuing conduct of a professional that does not meet the standard of professional competence and results in provable damages to the pt
slander
verbal defamation of character
