Module 2M: Ethics and Values System Flashcards
(1) Set of personal beliefs, attitudes about truth and beauty.
(2) Freely chosen, enduring beliefs
(3) Influence decisions and actions including nurses’ ethical decision making
Values
(1) Organization of a person’s values along a continuum of relative importance
(2) Basic to a way of life, give direction to life, and form the basis
(3) Molded by one’s virtues or vices
(4) Coherent set of values adopted by a person
Values System
(1) Ethos
(2) custom/character
(3) helps people to understand the morality of human behavior
(4) practices/belief of a certain group
(5) expected behavior of a particular group
Ethics
(1) Refers to ethical issues that occur in nursing practice
Nursing Ethics
(1) Denotes what is right or wrong in conduct, character and attitude
(2) Refers to private, personal standards of what is right or wrong
Morality
(1) Ethics applied to life or health
Bioethics
Importance of Values:
(1) Giving Directions in life
(2) Basis of behavior
(3) Reflects a person’s identity
(4) Basic for individual’s position
(5) Shapes and determines an individual or group decision
Core Values of a Nurse:
(1) Altruism
(2) Autonomy
(3) Human Dignity
(4) Integrity
(5) Social Justice
(1) Genuine concern for the welfare and well-being of others
Altruism
(1) Right to self-determination; being “assertive”
(2) Right to choose (informed decision)
(3) Right to provide decision
Autonomy
(1) Uniqueness of individual
(2) Respect for the inherent worth
(3) Belief in the dignity and worth of each person
Human Dignity
(1) Upholding standards
(2) Acting in accordance with an appreciate code of ethics and accepted standards of practice
Integrity
(1) Upholding moral legal and humanistic principles
(2) Wholeness
Social Justice
As affected in the promulgation of the code of ethics for registered nursing…
Board of Nursing (BON) resolution #220 Series of 2004
Article II
Registered Nurses and People
