class 11- nursing ethics Flashcards
list the 7 values
1)providing safe, compassionate, competent, and ethical care- nurses provide safe, compassionate, competent, and ethical care. Nurses build a trustworthy relationship with persons recieving care as the foundation of meaningful communication, building these relationships involves a conscious effort. Relationships are critical to understanding peoples needs and concerns.
2)promoting health and well-being - nurses work with people who have health0care nneds or are recieving care to enable them to attain theur highest possible level of health and well-being. Can provide care directed first and foremost toward the health and wellbeing on a persons recieving care, recognizing and using values and principles of primary care.
3)promoting and respecting informed decision making- nurses recogonize , respect, and promote a persons right to be informed and make decisions, sensitive to inherent power differentials between care providers and persons receiving care, they do not misuse that power to influence decision making
4)preserving/honouring dignity- nurses recognize and respect the intrinsic worth of each person, in health care decison-making, in treatment and in care, nurses work with persons recieving care to take into account theyre values , customs and spiritual beliefs , as well as their social and economic circumstances without judgement or bias.
5)maintaining privacy and confidentiality - nurses recogonize the importance of privacy and confidentiality and safeguard personal, family, and community information obtained in the contect of a professional relationship
6)promoting justice- nurses uphold principles of justice by safeguarding human rights, equity, and fairness by promoting the public good, nurses DO NOT discriminate on the basis of the persons race, ethinicity, culture, polictial/ spiritual beliefs, social/marital staus, gender, gender identiy, sexual orientation, lifestyle, mental/physical ability
7)being accountable - are accountable for their actions and answerable for their practice, members of self-regulating, practise according to the values and responsibilities in the code and in keeping with the professional standards, laws/regulations and supporting ethical practice
what are ethics
ethics are the physiological ideals of right and wrong- based on what you think you should do
what are values
values are personal, they change over time, they’re different and influenced by the culture, and social interactions
how do nursing ethics differ from research ethics
Nursing ethics differ from research ethics in the way that research ethics promote values that are essential for collaborative work; and create conditions for trust in the research project.. While they are both beneficial because they ensure respect for people, nursing ethics are more in depth about the rights and wrongs and allows the patients to make the decisions for THEMSELVES rather than the nurse/caretaker making them for them, as they deliver the balance of patient care.
4 general principles that guide ethical decision making
1) Autonomy- ability to make your own decisions, we need to respect out patients autonomy, informed decision making
2) Beneficence- promoting good for your patients, guiding difficult decisons ( eg. the surgery seems scary, but we believe that it is the best option for you because)
3) Nonmaleficence- to do no harm - tring to balance risk and benefits ( eg. giving anti nausea medication with medication where nausea is a side effect)
4) Justice - being fair ( eg. emergency room triage- sickest people go first ), social justice ( equal distribution of care and other resources)
Analyzing an ethical dilemma
Step 1: Determine whether the issue is an ethical dilemma.
Step 2: Gather all relevant information.
Step 3: Examine and determine your own values on the issues.
Step 4: Verbalize the problem.
Step 5: Consider possible courses of action.
Step 6: Reflect on the outcome.
Step 7: Evaluate the action and the outcome.
