NCMO 410 (DISASTER) Flashcards
CU 3: ETHICO LEGAL
is based on well-founded standards of right and wrong that prescribe what humans ought to do, usually in terms of rights, obligations, benefits to society, fairness, or specific virtues.
ETHICS
is the study of values in
human conduct or the study of right conduct
ETHICS
is the ethical school of
thought that requires that both the means and the
end goal must be moral and ethical.
DEONTOLOGY
a school of ethical thought
states that the end goal justifies the means even
when the means are not moral
UTILITARIANISM
The freedom to make decisions about oneself
Autonomy
The right to self-determination
Autonomy
Requires that no harm be caused to an individual, either unintentionally or deliberately
Nonmaleficence
This principle requires nurses to protect individuals who are unable to protect themselves
Nonmaleficence
states that the nurse owes the same duty to self as to others.
Provision 5 of the Code
A nurse’s duty to care is an ethical component of the nurse patient relationship
Provision 2 of the ANA Code
This principle means “doing good” for others (The Good Samaritan Law)
Beneficence
Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and wellbeing of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to
security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control.
Article 25 of HUMAN RIGHTS
Every individual must be treated equally
Justice
- Loyalty
- The promise to fulfill all commitments
- The basis of accountability
- Includes the professionals faithfulness or loyalty to agreements & responsibilities accepted as part of the practice of the profession
Fidelity
Anything stated to nurses or healthcare providers by
patients must remain confidential
Confidentiality
- This principle implies “truthfulness”
- Nurses need to be truthful to their clients
- Veracity is an important
component of building trusting relationships
Veracity
- Individuals need to be
responsible for their own
actions - Nurses are accountable to
themselves and to their
colleagues
Accountability
- Occur when a problem exists between ethical principles
- Deciding in favor of one
principle usually violates another - Both sides have “goodness”
and “badness” associated
with them
Ethical Dilemmas
TOP 4 MOST DISASTER-PRONE COUNTRIES ACCORDING TO WORLD RISK INDEX 2014
Vanuato
Tonga
Solomon Island
Philippines
REASONS WHY THE PHILIPPINES IS DISASTER PRONE:
- Lies along the typhoon belt
- Lies along the Ring of Fire
- Coastal homes (longest coastal lines in the world)
- Deforestation
- Poverty and
underdevelopment
AN ACT STRENGTHENING THE PHILIPPINE DISASTER RISK REDUCTI AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM,
PROVIDING FOR THE NATIONAL DISASTE RISK REDUCTION AND MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK A INSTITUTIONALIZING THE NATIONAL DISASTER RISK REDUCTION MANAGEMENT PLAN, APPROPRIATING
FUNDS THEREFOR AND PU OTHER PURPOSES.
RA 10121: PHILIPPINE DISASTER RISK
REDUCTION AND MANAGEMENT
(DRRM) ACT OF 2010
AN ACT PENALIZING THE UNAUTHORIZED TAKING, STEALING, KEEPING OR TAMPERING OF GOVERNMENT RISK REDUCTION AND PREPAREDNESS EQUIPMENT, ACCESSORIES AND SIMILAR FACILITIES
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10344: RISK REDUCTION AND PREPAREDNESS EQUIPMENT PROTECTION ACT
An act providing for a comprehensive air pollution control policy and
for other purposes
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8749: PHILIPPINE CLEAN AIR ACT
An act regulating the packaging, use, sale, distribution and advertisements of tobacco products and for other purposes
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9211: TOBACCO REGULATION ACT OF 2003
