Exam 2: Chapters 6-7 and 11-13 Flashcards
What is a value?
A belief about the worth of something, about what matters, that acts as a standard to guide one’s behaviors.
What is a value?
A belief about the worth of something, about what matters, that acts as a standard to guide one’s behaviors.
What is a value system?
An organization of values in which each is ranked along a continuum of importance, often leading to a personal code of conduct.
What are the common modes of value transmission?
Modeling: to copy
Moralizing: do what told, little opportunity to weigh different values.
Laissez-faire: left to explore alone, no guidance.
Rewarding/Punishing: reward for good values, punished for unacceptable values.
Responsible choice: support/guidance given with freedom to explore competing values.
What values are essential to the professional nurse?
Altruism: concern for welfare and well-being of others.
Autonomy: right to self-determination
Human dignity: respect for the inherent worth and uniqueness of individuals and populations.
Integrity: acting in accordance with an appropriate code of ethics and accepted standards of practice.
Social justice: upholding moral, legal, and humanistic principles.
What is value clarification?
A process by which people come to understand their own values and value system. It is a process of discovery.
What are the three steps in the valuing process?
Choosing
Prizing
Acting
What is ethics?
Systematic inquiry into principles of right and wrong conduct, of virtue and vice, and of good and evil as they relate to conduct and human flourishing.
What are morals?
Refers to personal or communal standards of right and wrong.
What are the 3 types of ethics?
Bioethics: the life sciences
Clinical Ethics: “at the beside”
Nursing ethics: subset of bioethics, formal study of ethical issues that arise in the practice of nursing.
What are the 2 theories of ethics?
Utilitarian: the rightness or wrongness of an action depends on the consequences of the action.
Deontologic: an action is right or wrong independent of its consequences.
What is the principle-based approach?
An ethical approach that combines elements of both utilitarian and deontologic theories and offers specific action guides for practice.
What are the four key principles in the Beauchamp/Childress principle-based approach to bioethics?
Autonomy: respect the rights of patients and their surrogates to make healthcare decisions.
Nonmaleficence: avoid causing harm
Beneficence: benefit the patient, and balance benefits against risks and harms.
Justice: give each his or her due; act fairly
Nursing added 5th Fidelity: keep promises.
What are ethical dilemmas?
Arise when attempted adherence to basic ethical principles results in two conflicting courses of action.
Explain the care-based approach.
Directs attention tot he specific situations of individual patients viewed within the context of their life narrative.
What are feminist ethics?
A particular type of ethical approach popular among nurses. It aims to critique existing patterns of oppression and domination in society, especially as these affect women and the poor.
What is ethical agency?
Doing what is right because it’s’ the right thing to do.
What are the essential elements of ethical agency?
Ethical sensibility, ethical responsiveness, ethical reasoning and discernment, ethical accountability, ethical character, ethical valuing, transformative ethical leadership.
What is the patient’s bill of rights?
The rights and responsibilities of the patient while receiving care in the healthcare setting.
What is a value system?
An organization of values in which each is ranked along a continuum of importance, often leading to a personal code of conduct.
What are the common modes of value transmission?
Modeling: to copy
Moralizing: do what told, little opportunity to weigh different values.
Laissez-faire: left to explore alone, no guidance.
Rewarding/Punishing: reward for good values, punished for unacceptable values.
Responsible choice: support/guidance given with freedom to explore competing values.
What values are essential to the professional nurse?
Altruism: concern for welfare and well-being of others.
Autonomy: right to self-determination
Human dignity: respect for the inherent worth and uniqueness of individuals and populations.
Integrity: acting in accordance with an appropriate code of ethics and accepted standards of practice.
Social justice: upholding moral, legal, and humanistic principles.
What is value clarification?
A process by which people come to understand their own values and value system. It is a process of discovery.
What are the three steps in the valuing process?
Choosing
Prizing
Acting
What is ethics?
Systematic inquiry into principles of right and wrong conduct, of virtue and vice, and of good and evil as they relate to conduct and human flourishing.
What are morals?
Refers to personal or communal standards of right and wrong.
What are the 3 types of ethics?
Bioethics: the life sciences
Clinical Ethics: “at the beside”
Nursing ethics: subset of bioethics, formal study of ethical issues that arise in the practice of nursing.
What are the 2 theories of ethics?
Utilitarian: the rightness or wrongness of an action depends on the consequences of the action.
Deontologic: an action is right or wrong independent of its consequences.
What is the principle-based approach?
An ethical approach that combines elements of both utilitarian and deontologic theories and offers specific action guides for practice.
What are the four key principles in the Beauchamp/Childress principle-based approach to bioethics?
Autonomy: respect the rights of patients and their surrogates to make healthcare decisions.
Nonmaleficence: avoid causing harm
Beneficence: benefit the patient, and balance benefits against risks and harms.
Justice: give each his or her due; act fairly
Nursing added 5th Fidelity: keep promises.
What are ethical dilemmas?
Arise when attempted adherence to basic ethical principles results in two conflicting courses of action.
Explain the care-based approach.
Directs attention tot he specific situations of individual patients viewed within the context of their life narrative.
What are feminist ethics?
A particular type of ethical approach popular among nurses. It aims to critique existing patterns of oppression and domination in society, especially as these affect women and the poor.
What is ethical agency?
Doing what is right because it’s’ the right thing to do.
What are the essential elements of ethical agency?
Ethical sensibility, ethical responsiveness, ethical reasoning and discernment, ethical accountability, ethical character, ethical valuing, transformative ethical leadership.
Licensure
Process by which a state determines that a candidate meets certain minimum requirements to practice in the profession and grants a license to do so.
What is the purpose of the bill of rights for nurses?
To aid in improving workplaces and ensuring nurses’ ability to provide safe, quality patient care.
What is ethical distress?
Occurs when the nurse knows the right thing to do but either personal or institutional factors make it difficult to follow the correct course of action.
What are the 3 basic models of healthcare decision-making?
Paternalistic model
Patient sovereignty model
Shared decision making
What is advocacy?
The protection and support of another’s rights.
What is law?
A standard or rule of conduct established and enforced by the government that is intended chiefly to protect the rights of the public.
Public law
law in which the government is involved directly.
Private law
Also called civil law, regulates relationships among people.