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Chapter 44 Flashcards

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Private, personal, or group standards of right and wrong

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Morals

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  • Systematic Study of a right and wrong conduct
  • formal process for making logical and consistent moral decisions.
  • answers the question “what should I do in a given situation”
  • seeks to discover what we “ought” to do in certain situations
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Ethics

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The ability to case their practice on professional standards of ethical conduct to participate in ethical decision making

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Moral agency or ethical agency

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Nurses need to be nonjudgmental in working with their patients (definition)

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Value neutrality

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  • We attempt to understand our own values regarding an issue and to know when to put them aside, if nesassary, to become nonjudgmental when providing care to patents
  • requires significant insight to recognize now your value-laden perspective impacts your perceptions and thus conclusion about a situation

(Definition)

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Value neutrality

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Ideals, beliefs, customs, modes of conduct, qualities, or goals that are highly prized, or preferred by individuals, groups, or society (definition)

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Values

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-Mental dispositions
- can be cognitive, affective, and behavioral
- includes thinking and feeling components

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Attitudes

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Something that someone accepts as true

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Beliefs

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  • Nursing responsibility to care in ethical situations
  • principles combined with feelings
  • following are specific ethics-of-care perspective
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Ethics of care

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-Refers to aperson’s right to choose and ability to act on that choice
- based on respect for human dignity

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Autonomy

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Twofold duty to do no harm and to prevent harm

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Nonmaleficence

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To keep promises ( faithfulness)

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Fidelity

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Duty to tell the truth

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Veracity

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Obligation to be fair

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Justice

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  • Inform the public about the professions minimum standards
  • demonstrate nursings commitment to the public it serves
  • outline major ethical considerations of nursing
  • general guidelines for professional behavior
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Codes of ethics for nurses

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Has served as the standard for nurses worldwide

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International carnal of nurses (icn)

17
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Standards contain sections on organizational ethics and individual rights

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The Joint Commission accreditation standards (jtc)

18
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Association for standard of care

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American Nurse Association (Ana)

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Encourages healthcare providers to be more aware of the need to treat patients in an ethical manner and to protect their rights

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Patent care partnership

20
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-Use theoretical knowledge
- use self knowledge
- use practical knowledge
- consult reliable sources
- share
- evaluate

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Ways for improving ethical decision making

21
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A binding practice, rule, or code of conduct that guides a community or society and is enforced by a controlling authority

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Laws

22
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When the person is financially or legally responsible for something

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Liability

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  • A source of legal liability
  • a professional person has failed to act on a responsible and prudent manner
  • if someone is harmed, the professional may be held liable
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Malpractice

24
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Provide emergency treatment to patients who seek healthcare in an emergency department regardless of their ability to pay, legal status, or citizenship status

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Emergency medical treatment and active labor act (EMTALA)

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Healthcare agencies are required to notify clients of breaches without unreasonable delay and by no longer than 60 days

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Health Information technology for economic and clinical health (HITECH)

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Patients right to make decisions regarding his /her own healthcare, based on info provided by healthcare providers

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Patient self-determination Act

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-Protect health insurance benefits for workers who lose/change their jobs
- protect coverage to person with preexisting medical conditions
-establish standards to protect the privacy of personal health information

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Health insurance portability and accountability Act (HIPAA)

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2 instances for the mandatory reporting laws

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  • Abuse
  • communicable disease
29
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to protect from liability those who provide emergency care to someone who has been injured

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Good Samaritan laws

30
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-Credentialing, Licensing, Discipline
-statutory laws passed by each state’s legislative body that define the practice of nursing Protect patients or society
-Define the scope of nursing practice
-Identify minimum level of nursing care that must be provided to patients

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Nurse practice acts

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  • failure to perform Asa reasonable, prudent person would
  • no intent to harm is present
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Negligence

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