Ethics & Values chp 43 (EXAM 1) Flashcards
Private, personal, or groups standards.
Consistent with customs & traditions
Right & Wrong
Linked to a person’s character
Morals
Study of a system of moral principles & standards.
- fine line between ethics & law
- law is strict legal principles
Ethics
Application of ethics principles to healthcare
Bioethics
A subset of bioethics bc it has to do with healthcare
Nursing ethics
Pt refusing meds and u need to tell the physician
A pt who’s arrested/criminal- treat them with the same care
Gives nurses the ability to base their practice on professional standards of ethical conduct
Ethical agency
Sources of ethical problems: Societal
- increased consumer awareness
- technological advances
- multicultural population
- cost containment
Sources of ethical problems: nature of nursing work
- nurses moral problems are immediate
- conflicting allegiance
Sources of ethical problems: nature of nursing profession
- care, quality time with patients
- autonomy
- professional
- decreased time spent with patients
- escape hard choices
- unprofessional
Proposes that the value of something is determined by its usefulness; main focus on consequences of action
Utilitarianism
Defines actions as right or wrong using moral rules and unchanging principles
Deontology
Focuses on the inequality between people, in particular, women’s rights
Feminine ethics
Emphasizes the importance of understanding relationships, especially as they are revealed in personal narratives; view caring as the central force of nursing
Ethic of care
Persons right to choose and act on that choice
Autonomy
Do no harm
Non-maleficence
Duty to promote good
Beneficence