Ethics Flashcards
Advocacy
Protection and support of another’s rights
Altruism
Concern for the welfare and well-being of others
Autonomy
Right to self-determination; respect the rights of patients or their surrogates to make health care decisions
Fidelity
Keep promises and commitments made to others
Human dignity
Respect for the inherent worth and uniqueness of individuals and populations
Integrity
Acting in accordance with the appropriate code of ethics and accepted standards of practice
Social justice
Upholding moral, legal, and humanistic principles
Beneficence
Benefit the patient, and balance benefits against risk and harms; oldest requirement for nursing; ANA code of ethics is framework for practice
Non-maleficence
Avoid causing harm, use science and data given
Veracity
Principle of conformity to facts; accuracy; habitual truthfulness
Ethics
Systematic study of principles of right and wrong conduct, virtue and vice, and good and evil as the relate to conduct and human flourishing
Morals
Personal or communal standards of right and wrong
Virtues
Human excellences; cultivated dispositions of character and conduct that motivate and enable us to be good human beings
Responsibility of ethics committee
Educate
A basis to make policy or policy changes
Review cases
Consultation with all care providers and family
Provides a base for research and analysis
