ETHICO-LEGAL FOUNDATIONS OF CLIENT EDUCATION Flashcards
- application of ethical principles to life and death
issues
Bioethics
- norms and standards of behavior by the society to
which a person belongs
Ethical
MANDATES AND DIRECTIVES
– National League of Nursing Education (NLNE) now
known as the National League for Nursing (NLN),
recognized the importance of health teaching as a
responsibility of the nurse for the promotion of health and
prevention of illness in different settings
- 1918 –
MANDATES AND DIRECTIVES
– NLNE declared that a nurse was fundamentally a
teacher & an agent of health
1938
MANDATES AND DIRECTIVES
– NLNE specified course content and principles of
teaching & learning as part of the curriculum; International
Council of Nurses (ICN) endorsed health education as an
essential requisite for the delivery of nursing care
- 1950
MANDATES AND DIRECTIVES
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare
Organizations (JCAHO) delineated nursing standards or
mandates for patient education which are based on positive
outcomes of patient care. The teachings must be patient
and family-oriented.
- 1993
MANDATES AND DIRECTIVES
PEW Health Professions Commission
recommended the importance of patient & staff education
& role of nurses as educator
- 1998
ETHICAL THEORIES
ETHICAL THEORIES
ETHICAL THEORIES
(from the Greek word deon, which means “___” and
logos, which means “science” or
duty, “study”
AUTONOMY
derived from the Greek words ___
auto (“self ”) and nomos
(“law”).
- right of self-determination\
AUTONOMY
- truth-telling
VERACITY
privacy of information
CONFIDENTIALITY