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This deals with the freedom of the individual to choose their own life plan and ways of being moral. Allows for the refusal of treatment.

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Autonomy

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This refers to the obligation to do good, and cause no harm to other people. It guides the treatment decisions.

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Beneficence

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This is where the best intressts of the client trump the practitioner preferences.

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Beneficence

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This is the prhibition of intentional harm. “Do no harm”

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Nonmaleficence

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When there is balance between the risk and the benefit of the patient.

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Nonmaleficence

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This is the obligation to be fair to all people and often refers to avaialbe resources

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Justice

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This refers to telling the truth, or not intentionally deciving or misleading patients.

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Veracity

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This can refer to nurses encouraging family to be truthful with their family.

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Veracity

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The duty to protect privileged information is called?

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Confidentiality

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The obligation to be faithful to the agreements and commitments and responsibilities that one has made to oneself and to others.

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Fidelity

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Nurses have this for their patients and for human life.

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Respect

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What are the underlying principles of respect that are the basis for ethical issues?

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That life is valuable and that humans are morally obligated to preserve and protect it. And that the principle of respect for persons prompts questions about the quality of life.

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This theory approaches ethical dilemmas based on the consequence or final product. The greatest good for the greatest number of people and measures mrality by the amount of pleasure obtained.

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Utilitarianism

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What is the basic principles behind utilitarianism?

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This theory approaches ethical dilemmas based on the consequence or final product. The greatest good for the greatest number of people and measures mrality by the amount of pleasure obtained.

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This theory approaches ethical dilemmas using the concepts of justice, autonomy, veracity and beneficence without consideration of consequences.

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Deontology

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What are the basic principles behind deontology?

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An action is moral if it arises solely from goodwill, and not frim other motives. Follows the golden rule. Do unto others as you wold have them do unto you. and does not look to the consequences of action see if it’s right or wrong.

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This theory states that ethics must be based on the concern for human good.

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Natural law

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What are the basic principles behind Natural Law?

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The potentiality of humans is based on a uniquely human trait, which is the ability to reason and do good and avoid evil.

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This theory approaches an ethiacl dilemma based on social relevance and relationships. Looks at the inequities within society.

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Feminist

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This theory approachs the ethics of care based on caring as as central and personal relationships with focus on the individual.

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A Higher calling

21
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How are values learned?

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Valuse are learned through observation of others, reasoning as in having an understanding of the reasons behind a certain thing and through experience.

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How are values transmitted through modeling?

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Values are acquired from role models such as parents ,teachers, and preceptors.

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How are values transmitted through moralizing?

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Parents set standards of right and wrong are ridgidly forced and child is made to conform to their sets of values.

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How are values transmitted through Laissez-Faire?

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Values are acquired without any guideline or restirctions.

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How are values transmitted through responsible choice?

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There is a balance of freedom and restriction.

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How are values transmitted through reward and punishment?

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Through religion.

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What is the purpose of ethics committees?

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To serve as a resource as special stiuations occur, educates staff and create an oppurtunity of debrief after ethical dilemmas occur.

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What are some reasons for identifying patient values?

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To assist patients in making decisions.
To individualize nursing care based on the clients values.
To resolve conflicts between values and behavior.
To help clients gain insight into their own personal values.

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By definition Bioethical issues are issues of….

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Quality of life
Genetic screening
Futile care
Allocation of scarce resources - access to care
Allocation of care - nursing shortage
A research project that divides by race
30
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What are the 5 steps to problem solving?

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Analyzing, weighing, justifying, choosing and evaluating the problem.

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Separating a problem’s overall structure in a particular case into its major components is what part of problem solving?

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Analyizing

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Assessing the strengths and weaknesses of various alternatives that could be used in solving the problem by balancing them against one another is what part of problem solving?

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Weighing

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Providing a compelling and sufficient moral reason that appeals to an established moral principle is what part of problem solving?

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Justifying

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Providing a compelling and sufficient moral reason that appeals to an established moral principle is what part of problem solving?

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Choosing

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Re-examining the choices and their justifications, identifying unanswered questions, and relating decisions about a particular case to similar cases is what part of problem solving?

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Evaluating

36
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What is an ethical dilemma?

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An issue that can’t be solved solely by examining scientific data.
Is perplexing and has not logical solution.
Often has no right or wrong answer and the resolution has a profound influence on another.

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What are the three steps of values clarification?

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Choosing one’s beliefs and behaviors
Prizing one’s beliefs and behaviors
Acting on one’s beliefs.

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