Ethics Flashcards

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Values

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Strong personal belief and ideals

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Ethics

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Study of what is right and wrong

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Moral development

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Process through childhood and adolescence where people learn to make decisions about what is right and wrongs based on their own values and actions

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4
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Values conflict occurs when

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Your personal values differ from someone else’s (patient, coworker)

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Values clarification is

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A personal reflection of what is important to you and process of appraising rules. They are NOT a set of rules

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Morality

Ethics

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Morality is understanding between right and wrong and Ethics is studying how our morals influence our actions in life and requires exploring values, behaviors, actions, and justifications.

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Code of Ethics

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Serves as a guide of how to make difficult decisions and a foundation of all ethical practices and used by all members of that profession

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7 Values of Canadian Nurses by the CNA

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1) Being accountable
2) Dignity of patient
3) Proving safe competent care
4) Promoting patient to make their own decisions
5) Privacy and Confidentiality
6) Justice
7) Promotion of health

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9
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Responsibility

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Characteristics of reliability and dependability

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Accountability

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Accepting responsibility for ones own actions

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Advocacy

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Speaking up for someone else. Nurses role to protect patients dignity by advocation to decrease suffering

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Deontology

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Rule based on what is right and wrong

Based on principles and rules of universal good qualities like truth, justice, and fidelity

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Utilitarianism

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Based on the greater amount of good for the most people

A part of consequentialism

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Consequentialism (Teleology)

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Based on the RESULTS and OUTCOMES
Utilitarianism
Justification is outcome

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Bioethics

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Ethical reasoning for physicians. Focused around BANJ, Beneficence, Autonomy, Non-maleficence, justice

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Non maleficience

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Do no harm, remove or prevent harm

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Justice

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Doing what is right and fair to everyone

Related issues to resources

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Feminist ethics

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Issues related to inequalities between people and power dynamics related to gender roles and behaviors. Critique of social values and inequalities

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Relational ethics

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Ethics based on a persons relationships with others or with a institutional structure and foundation of understanding nursing

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Ethical dilemma

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When there are two sets of different values that are both good but can’t both be achieved and there is a conflict

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7 Steps for processing ethical dilemma

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Step 1:Consider if it is a ethical dilemma. Refresh your knowledge about clinical facts, procedures, standards of care to see if there is a legal action needed
Step 2: Find related information about the case like results and literature about the specific condition and evaluations
Step 3: Identify own values on issues and respect other values
Step 4:Verbalize the problem
Step 5:Think about courses if action that is relaxant to your patients values and situation
Step 6:Reflect on outcome
Step 7:Evaluate action and outcome

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Patients Value Clarification

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Alternatives
Consequences
Freedom to choose
Understand choice

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Personal values

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Internal process
Not one set of values is right for everyone
Identify own rules

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Care ethics

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Situation based
Focused on individualism
Focused on caring and need to maintain relationships

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4 conditions for ethical decision making

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1) Desire to do what is right or good
2) Understanding of relevant situation information
3) Clarity of thought
4) Understanding of basic principles and ethic concepts

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Moral integrity

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Quality of ones character and virtues

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Moral distress

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When someone knows what is right to do but there are boundaries to doing that

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How to attend ethical dilemmas

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Identify issue
Apply wisdom and experience
Analyze issues with knowledge clarity and a framework model
Think about policies, laws and relationships

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Nurses Obligations in ethical decision making

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Maximize and protect client well-being
Balance clients needs for autonomy and family responsibility
Carry out agency policies
Protect other clients all being
Protect own values
Good decision is one that is in clients best interest and protects everyone’s integrity

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Ethical Principles

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Beneficence 
Autonomy 
Non maleficience 
Justice 
Veracity 
Fidelity 
Paternalism
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CNA Purpose

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Inform public about standards of profession
Help public understand professional nursing conduct
Show profession commitment to community
Outline ethical considerations if profession
Provide ethical standards for professional behavior
Remind nurses of special responsibility when caring for sick

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CNA Code of Ethics

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Guideline for ethical relationships, responsibilities, behaviors and decision making
BCCNP expects nurse to follow these code of ethics