MODULE 6 – Ethical and Legal issues

Question 1

what are CNAs “Values and Ethical Responsibilities”:

Answer 1

safe, competent ethical care; health and well-being; informed decision-making; dignity; privacy and confidentiality; justice; and accountability

Question 2

Ethical issues of Health Promotion:

Answer 2

because health is a value-laden concept, CHNs can influence individuals to conform to social norms through health promotion and unwittingly become agents of social control and medicalization
• a possible moral harm of health promotion is its potential to create adversarial relationships between those who actively strive to improve their health and those who do not

Question 3

Ethical issues of Professional Relationships:

Answer 3

Professional boundaries: Crossing a boundary means the care provider is misusing the power in the relationship to meet his/her own personal needs.”

Question 4

Ethical issues of Prevention and Health Protection: 4 utilitarian principles for making ethical decisions about intervention include…

Answer 4

o harm principle (considering whether anyone other than individual is harmed), 
o least restrictive or coercive means (less coercive options are best used prior to governmental intervention), 
o reciprocity (social entities are ethically obligated to assist individual in meeting their own ethical responsibilities), 
o transparency (decision making must be accountable and equitable)

Question 5

Ethical issues of Access and Equity:

Answer 5

• CHNs must take into consideration that social factors such as age, sexual orientation, and socioeconomic status restrict equitable access and distribution of health services and determinants of health

Question 6

Ethical issues of Health Maintenance, Restoration, and Palliation:

Answer 6

• CHNs working outside of hospitals must be mindful of the significance of other locations of care as well as potential obstacles such as access to family support or necessary facilities
• CHNs must develop and respect informed consent
• CHNS have an ethical responsibility to families as informal caregivers well as clients
• Palliative care is an increasingly frequent part of community health nursing and requires CHNs to respect a client’s dignity and right to choice although sometimes counter to personal values

Question 7

“community health nursing takes a stand for the practices, aims, and reforms that are in line with the moral goals of public health.” is known as

Answer 7

Advocacy

Question 8

“the process of enabling communities to increase control over their lives . . . And by which they increase their assets and attributes and build capacities to gain access, partners, networks and/or a voice, in order to gain control” (WHO, 2013) is described as..

Answer 8

empowerment