P&P Ethics and Values Flashcards
Define Ethics
1) The study of conduct and character
2) Concerned with determining what is good or valuable for individuals
Define Autonomy
Commitment to include patients in decisions
The consent document that patients read and sign before surgery is an example of what Health Ethic?
Autonomy
Define Beneficence
Taking positive actions to help others
Define Nonmaleficence
Avoidance of harm and hurt
Define Justice
Fairness
Define Fidelity
Agreement to keep promises
Define Code of Ethics
Set up guiding principles that all members of a profession accept.
Define Advocacy
Support of a particular cause
A nurse shows support towards health safety and the right of patients such as, right to privacy, is an example of what Health Ethic?
Advocacy
A nurse acts in the best interest of the patient rather than their self interest is an example of what Health Ethic?
Beneficence
A nurse’s will to do good and the equal commitment to do no harm is an example of what Health Ethic?
Nonmaleficence
Concerned with health insurance, hospital locations, services, and etc is associated to what Health Ethic?
Justice
The unwillingness to abandon patients even when care becomes controversial or complex is associated to what Health Ethic?
Fidelity
What Health Ethic describes a groups expectations and standards of behavior that serves as guidelines to assist professional groups when questions arise about correct practice or behavior?
Code of Ethics
Define Responsibility
Willingness to respect one’s professional obligations and follow through on promises.
True or False: An example of responsibility is a nurse who is responsible for his or her actions and for the actions of those whom they delegate tasks for?
True
Define Accountability
Ability to answer for one’s actions.
Ensuring that your professional actions are explainable to your patients and to your employer is associated to what Health Ethic?
Accountability
Define Confidentiality
Protections of patient’s personal health information.
HIPPA is associated with what Health Ethic?
Confidentiality
Define Value
Personal belief about the worth of a given idea, attitude, custom or object that sets standards that influence behaviors.
Individual reflects of cultural and societal influences, and vary among people and change over time is associated to what Health Ethic?
Value
Begins in childhood, shaped by experiences within the family unit is a definition of what Health Ethic?
Value Formation
True or False: Ethical dilemmas almost always occur in the presence of conflicting values.
True
Define Value Clarification
Resolving ethical dilemmas by distinguishing among value, fact, and opinion.
Define Deontology
Defines actions as right or wrong based on their “right-making characteristics”
Focusing less on the consequence act, __________ defends that an act must be just, respect autonomy, and provide good for it to be right and ethical.
Deontology
Define Utilitarianism
- The value of something is determined by its usefulness.
- Main emphasis is on the outcome or consequence of an action.
The greatest good for the greatest number of people is the guiding principle for determining the right action for what Health Ethic?
Utilitarianism
Define Feminist Ethics
The nature of relationships to guide participants in making difficult decisions, especially relationships in which power is unequal or in which point of view has become ignored or invisible.
Ethics of Care
Promote philosophy that focuses on the understanding of relationships
What is Consensus in Bioethics?
Bringing different points of view to agreement and harmony.
How do you process an ethical dilemma? (7Steps)
1) Ask the question, “Is this an ethical dilemma?”
2) Gather as much information as possible related to the case
3) Examine and determine your values about the issues
4) Verbalize the problem
5) Consider possible courses of action
6) Negotiate the outcome
7) Evaluate the action
What are Institutional Resources responsible for?
Establishing ethical committees to process ethical dilemmas
___________ defines scientifically the value and benefits of certain medical interventions.
Quality of Life
Taking into account the age of the patient, the patients ability to live independently, their ability to contribute to society, and other nuanced measures of quality is an aspect of what?
Quality of Life
The American nursing Association code of ethics (ANA)
Provides a foundation for professional nursing which promotes accountability, responsibility, advocacy, and confidentiality.
