ETHICO-MORAL &LEGAL THE PRACTICE OF NURSING ETHICO-MORAL &LEGAL CONSIDERATIONSIN THE PRACTICE OF N

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in the Philippines was devised as a guide for carrying out nursing responsibilities which would tackle difficult issues and decisions that a profession might be facing, and give clear instruction of what action would be considered ethical or right in the given circumstance.

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Code of Ethics for Nurses

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A code upon which a person bases actions and decisions.

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Ethics

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• The process of determining right from wrong, good and bad.

• Decisions are guided by beliefs and values.

• Moral truths that guide thought process and actions.

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Ethics

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First adopted the code of ethics on 1953

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INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF NURSES (ICN)

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First to adopt the code of nurses on 1950

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AMERICAN NURSES ASSOCIATION (ANA)

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The Code of Ethics for Registered Nurses in
the Philippines is promulgated by who and was consulted with accredited professional organizations like the Philippine Nurses Association.

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Board of Nursing (BON)

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the code of ethics for Filipino nurses was made after a consultation on?

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October 23, 2013 at Iloilo city after accredited professional organizations decided to adapt a new code of ethics under the RA 19173

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Commitment to include patients in decisions about all aspects of care as way of acknowledging and protecting a patient’s independence involving patients in decisions about their care is now standard practice

Providers are obligated to inform patients about risk and benefits of treatment plans and then to ensure that they understand and agree with their plan.

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Autonomy

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• Taking positive actions to help others

• The agreement to act with beneficence
implies that the best interests of the patient
remain more important than self-interest

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Beneficence

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Avoidance of harm or hurt

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Nonmaleficence

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involves not only the will to do good but an equal commitment to do no harm

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Ethical practices

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refers to fairness it is used most often in discussions about access to health care resources including the just distribution of resources

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Justice

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refers to the promotion of open discussion without fear
of recrimination whenever mistakes especially those involving adverse events occur or nearly occur

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Just culture

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Refers to the unwillingness to abandon patients regardless of the circumstances even when personal beliefs differ as they may when dealing with drug dealers, members of the gay community, women who receive an abortion or prisoners. It is also Agreement to keep promises.

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Fidelity

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defined as a collective statement about the group’s expectations and standards of behavior

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code of ethics

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Refers to the support of a particular cause as a nurse you advocate for the health safety and rights of the patients including the right to privacy and their right to refuse treatment

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Advocacy

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willingness to respect obligations and to follow through on
promises.

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Responsibility

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refers to the ability to answer for one’s own actions standards are set by the Joint commission and the American Nurses Association

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Accountability

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is well established the Health Insurance Portability And Accountability Act of 1996 or the HEPAA mandates protection of the patient’s personal health information

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Confidentiality

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It can be a supportive source of information about patient care or professional nursing activities. And Presents ethical challenges for nurses

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Social networks

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a personal belief about the worth of a given idea, attitude, custom, or object that sets standards that influence behavior.

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Value

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Defines actions as right or wrong

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Deontology

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defines actions as right or wrong based on the right making characteristics such as fidelity to promises, truthfulness and justice. It depends on a mutual understanding of justice, autonomy and goodness, but it still lives from leaves room for confusion to surface

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Deontology

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Proposes that the value of something is determined by its usefulness

This philosophy is also known as consequentialism because its main emphasis is on the outcome or consequences of an action

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Utilitarianism

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Utilitarianism is associated with this philosophy is
teleology from the Greek word, meaning end or the study of ends or final causes.

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Telos

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Focuses on the inequality between people.

It looks to the nature of relationships to
guide participants in making difficult decisions especially relationships in which power is unequal or in which a point of view has become ignored or invisible.

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Feminist ethics

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They tend to concentrate more on practical solutions than on theory.

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Writers with a feminist perspective

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proposed that the natural human urge to be influenced by relationships is a positive value.

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Feminist ethicist