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objective 3.2 Flashcards

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  • The study of right/good and
    wrong/bad behavior
  • The study of morality and
    moral principles
  • The practices, beliefs, and
    standards of individuals or
    certain groups about what
    should be done
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ethics

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Explores broader
theory. Analyzes the meaning of key
terms such as right, obligation,
good, and virtue

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meta-ethics

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Standards most
people use to guide their behaviors
and how they are determined

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normative ethics

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How we apply ethical
principles to resolving real-life
ethically challenging situations

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applied ethics

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Division of applied ethics rooted in biological research and
medicine and increasingly concerned with questions related
to health care
Applies to real life situations

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bioethics

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what are the 4 major principles of bioethics>

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  • Respect and autonomy
  • Justice
  • Beneficence
  • Nonmaleficence
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  • Focuses on ethical actions within ethical dimensions and
    relationships
  • When developing or revising any type or health policy,
    nurse should consider that a relational ethics approach,
    each individual or stakeholder is social and brings both
    context and experience to the process of policy
    development
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relational ethics

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why should nurses study ethics>

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In the provision of health care, nurses make decisions about
what is the right thing to do in different circumstances
In managing difficult situations, you need:
* awareness of own values and client values
* good understanding of ethics theory and principles
* sound approach to ethical decision-making

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Ideals that have significance,
meaning, or importance to individual, group, or society

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values

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what are the types of values?

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personal
professional
cultural

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The way individuals see the world; family
experiences strongly influence
* give us some sense of individuality; family
experiences have a strong influence

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personal values

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what are the 4 impt values that are related to nursing?

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  1. Commitment to service
  2. Belief in worth and dignity of persons
  3. Commitment to education
  4. Professional autonomy
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  • Adopted as a result of a person’s social setting
  • Society
  • Media
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cultural values

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Intended to provide frameworks and rules to guide decisions about what is right or wrong
* Teleology
* Deontology

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normative

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Considers ends, outcomes, and the consequences of decisions and actions

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teleology

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  • Represents one’s duty to others and to fulfill
    obligations
  • Do no harm
  • Based on rules and societal
    norms
  • Human dignity
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deontology

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  • Represents how useful a decision is to greatest
    number of people
  • Based on idea that what is useful is a good thing
  • Values the needs of group over the needs of
    individuals
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utilitarianism

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articulates the
ethical values and responsibilities
that Licensed Practical Nurses
uphold and promote, and to which
they are accountable

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CLPNNL code of ethics

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  • Set of ethical principles accepted by members of a
    profession
  • Reliability and dependability
  • Duty to perform actions well and thoughtfully (deontology)
  • Ensure safe, competent care
  • Respect client rights to dignity, privacy, and information
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code of ethics

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it is your
_________ to go to work on time, to do those tasks you are assigned
* Respect client rights (some
based on ethical principles)

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responsibility

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  • Being answerable for one’s
    actions
  • Evaluate new professional
    practices
  • Reassess existing practices
  • Ensure skill to practice
  • Safe-guard quality of nursing
    care
  • Share knowledge with others
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accountability

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Protect client rights and interests in health care settings

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advocacy

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the right to choose
one’s own actions

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autonomy

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  • Obligation to “do good”
  • Positive move to benefit another
    do what is good
    for the patient
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beneficence

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  • Basis for many of the rules and principles taught in nursing
  • Some nursing actions produce temporary harm (but produce a
    good in the end)
  • Nurses may mean no harm but may actually cause harm
    unintentionally
    do no harm to
    the patient
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nonmaleficence

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  • Based on fairness/ fair treatment
  • Consider what is due each person as a member of the
    human community
  • How benefits and burdens are distributed
    being just, impartial,
    and fair
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justice

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faithfulness to
promises or agreements

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fidelity

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being truthful and
honest

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veracity

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A situation
where there are conflicts between one or more values and uncertainty about the correct course of action

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moral uncertainty

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Involve actions or failures to act that breach fundamental duties to the person receiving care or to the colleague or to other health care providers.

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ethical violation

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occur when questions arise when there are
two or more possible courses of action and choosing one
course means that something else is relinquished or let go

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ethical dilemmas

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occurs when nurses feel they know the
right thing to do, but system structures or personal limitations
make it impossible to pursue the right course of action.

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ethical/moral distress

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what are the step in ethical decision making

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  1. Clarify the need
  2. Identify all involved
  3. Arrange a meeting
  4. Select a facilitator or chair
  5. Identify areas of agreement
  6. Identify areas of disagreement
  7. Offer resources
  8. Seek outside advice if
    necessary
  9. Make a decision
  10. Implement the decision
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How goods and services are distributed
across society

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distributive justice

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Compensation or payment for harm
that has been done

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compensatory justice

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Equity of health
care dollars or medical resources

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equal share

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Burden of health care
needs; high cost of health care

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society

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  • Foundation of nurse-client relationship
  • Health care providers keep promises
  • Acting in the best interest of the client
  • Being faithful to those entrusted to our care
  • Breached when break confidentiality; speak
    disrespectfully to/about clients; late
    administering pain meds
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fidelity and HC

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  • Telling the truth
  • In Health Care:
  • Being honest –eg.
    communicating bad news
  • Clients need to be fully
    informed in order to make
    decisions about their health
  • Clients have a right to
    determine how much
    information they want
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veracity

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