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A branch of philosophy, dealing with values related to human conduct, respect to rightness and wrongness of certain actions, and the goodness or badness of those actions

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Ethics

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What are some key components of ethics?

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It is a systematic study of right, and good measure it against principles, virtuous, and core values of her profession.
It provides no right or wrong answers, but helps determine better or less desirable actions.
Often encounter in conjunction with legal concerns.

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What is nursing practice governed by? And how does it impact nursing practice?

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Nursing practice is governed by ethical principles, that influence, practice, conductor, relationships, and provide a framework for determining the right course of action.

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Healthcare ethics that encompass life sciences in specific to healthcare to serve as a framework to guide behavior.

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Bioethics

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Personal values, character, or conduct of individuals or groups within communities in societies.

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Morality

  • ethics is the formal study of morality from a wide range of perspectives
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Ethical standards, that guys nursing practice an ethical decision making

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ANA Nursing code of ethics

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Individual believes that motivate people to act one way or another, and serves as a guide for behavior considered right or wrong.

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Values

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How are values developed?

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People tend to adopt values which they were raised with an believe those are right. Values are influenced by sociocultural environment, experiences, and education. Values can be both personal or organizational.

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Prevailing standards of behavior of a society that enables people to live cooperatively in groups; what society sanctions as acceptable.

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Morals

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As Nursing core values are learned in practice, they’re integrated with personal values.

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Nursing moral identity

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Identifying feature of a profession to facilitate professional, self-regulation and accountability, describe applications of client-professional and colleague, relationships, and serve as a guide for analysis, decision, and action.

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Ethical code

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What are some key components of the ethical code in NURSING?

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  • conveys shared ethical values/application/duties of nurses individually, and collectively
  • provides implied contract with the public and inform society of moral values
  • Provides framework for ethical decision making and guides profession in self-regulation
  • Unapologetic, aspirational, and nonnegotiable
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What is the doctrine of double effect?

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The RN may give meds to reduce sx of dying because RN actions do not cause death

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Enables RN to refuse participation in an activity that violates personal values or beliefs.
- Select a provider that corresponds with your values
- Timely, appropriate communication for arrangements to avoid negligence

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Conscientious Objection

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Based on the rules that distinguish right from wrong.
- Ethical actions follow universal moral laws
- Requires people to follow rules & do their duty (do not weight benefits and costs)
- Nurse-patient relationships are ____ in nature based on beneficence and maleficence

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Deontology

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Determines if action is right or wrong by the consequence of it.

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Consequentialism

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Determines whether or not actions are right based on their consequences with standard being achieving greatest good for greatest number of people.
- Tends to be society-centered
- In HC resources are finite and should be properly allocated to achieve best health care for society
- Complicated with justice and individual right

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Utilitarianism

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What are the 6 Ethical Principles? How to they impact nursing?

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They are used to define nurses moral duties and aid in ethical analysis and decision-making.
Autonomy (self-determination)
Beneficence (do good)
Nonmaleficence (do no harm)
Justice (fairness)
Fidelity (Keep promises)
Veracity (Telling the truth)

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The right to self-determination and decisionmaking based on own unique values, beliefs, and preferences.

The capacity to determine one’s own actions through independent choice, including demonstration of competence.

RN PRIMARY ETHICAL OBLIGATION.

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Autonomy

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The act or process of pleading or supporting or recommending a cause or course of action that may be for person’s or an issue.

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Advocacy

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Bioethical principle of benefitting others by preventing harm, removing harmful conditions, or affirmatively acting to benefit others; often going beyond what’s required by the law.

  • Acting for the good or welfare of others guided by compassion (sitting with dying patient) or advocating for vulnerable populations
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Beneficence

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Humble or respectful attitude towards those of other cultures and an approach to learn about cultures as a lifelong goal and process.

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Cultural Humility

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Bioethical principle that specifies a duty to do no harm and balances avoidable harm with benefits of good achieved. Balancing potential harm with potential benefits while also considering quality of life and comfort to help pts make decisions.

  • Completing med check to prevent med errors, assisting patient with life-threatening conditions in decision making
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Nonmaleficence

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Moral obligation to act on the basis of equality and a standard linked to fairness for all in society.

  • HC must be provided in fair and ethical manner
  • Effective prioritization based on client NEEDS
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Justice

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Ethical obligation to keep promises to gain trusting relationship.

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Fidelity

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Ethical obligation to tell the truth completely.

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Veracity

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The interference by the state or individual with another persons, defended by the claim that the person interfered with will be better off or protected from harm.

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Paternalism

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Result from conflict of competing values requiring a decision to be made from equally desirable or undesirable outcomes.
- Conflicting patient values, nurse values, organizational, HCP, society, etc.

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Ethical Dilemmas

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The willingness to speak out and do what is right in the face of forces that would lead us to act another way.
- Creating an environment where staff feels safe to speak up

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Moral Courage

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Internal conflict that may occur when a nurse in uncertain about what values and principles should be applied to an ethical issue arising during patient care.

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Moral Conflict

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When the nurse identifies the correct ethical action but feels constrained by the competing values of an organization or others.

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Moral Distress

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Occurs when nurses witness immoral acts or practices and feel powerless to change.

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Moral Outrage

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Distressing psychological, behavior, social, and sometimes spiritual aftermath of exposure to events that contradict their values/beliefs.
- ex: burnout during COVID

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Moral Injury

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How do we use PLUS to guide ethical decision-making?

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  1. define the problem using PLUS
  2. Seek relative guidance, assistance, support, and existing EBP
  3. Identify available alternatives
  4. Evaluate alternatives using PLUS to i.d. their impact
  5. Make the decision
  6. Implement the decision
  7. Evaluate using PLUS
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What does P.L.U.S. stand for?

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Policies/Procedures of organization
Laws & regulations
Universal values and principles of organizations
Self-identification of what is good, right, and equitable

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Organization committee composed of interdiciplinary teams to problem solve ethical dilemmas
- Can be used in addition to ethical frameworks
- HCOs receiving CMS are required to have them

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Ethics Committees

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