Pt.2 Flashcards
The quality of being fair and truthful
HONESTY
The quality of being friendly, generous, and considerate
KINDNESS
Person is someone in whom you can place your trust and rest assured that the trust shall not be betrayed
TRUSTWORTHINESS
Feeling o showing deference and respect
RESPECTFULNESS
Not deterred by danger or pain; brave
COURAGEOUS
Nurses operate on six core values which are commonly known as the 6C’s. these are the _______
Care
Compassion
Competence
Communication
Courage
Commitment
the provision of what is necessary for the health, welfare, maintenance,and protection of someone or something
CARE
Sympathetic pity and concern for the sufferings or misfortune of others. In nursing we use empathy.
COMPASSION
The ability to take action by combining knowledge, skills, values, beliefs, and experience acquired as a nurse
COMPETENCE
means approaching every patient interaction with the intention to understand the patient’s concerns, experiences,and opinions. This includes using verbal and nonverbal communication skills, along with active listening and patient leach - back techniques
COMMUNICATION
It allows us to be brave and do the right thing for the people that we are caring for. Being courageous helps nurses identify poor practice and speak up reinforcing strategies to increase the best standard of care for patients
COURAGE
Awareness of the challenges ahead and working to overcome these for the sake of your patient and your team
COMMITMENT
Justifies or defends moral rules or moral judgments;
they are not dependent on one’s subjective
viewpoints.
ETHICAL PRINCIPLES
WHAT ARE THE 7 ETHICAL PRINCIPLES?
AUTONOMY
CONFIDENTIALITY
VERACITY
FIDELITY
JUSTICE
BENEFICENCE
NON MALEFICENCE
is the ability of the nurse
to assess and perform nursing actions for
patient
care
based
on
competence,
professional expertise, and knowledge.
Nurses encourage patients to make their own
decision without any judgments or coercion
from the nurse.
The patient has the right to reject or accept all
treatments.
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If the patient reject, after explaining and they
still don’t want it, let them sign the refusal
treatment form.
AUTONOMY
is when a healthcare provider like a doctor,
nurse,
or
other
healthcare
professional explains a medical treatment to a
patient before the patient agrees to it. This type
of communication lets the patient ask questions
and accept or deny treatment.
INFORMED CONSENT
is the process by which people with the legal right to
consent to medical treatment for themselves or for a
minor or a ward delegate that right to another
person.
PROXY CONSENT
WHAT ARE THE 2 TYPES OF PROXY CONSENT?
power of attorney to consent to
medical care
Living Will
involves protecting patient’s integrity
PRIVACY
The nurse has a duty to maintain ________ of
all patient information, both personal and clinical, in
the work setting and off duty in all venues, including
social media or any other means of communication
CONFIDENTIALITY
or truth telling, requires that healthcare
providers be honest in their interactions with
patients.
For example, if a patient was starting
chemotherapy and asked about the side effects,
a nurse practicing veracity would be honest
about the side effects they could expect with
chemotherapy
VERACITY
The patient or his legal guardian has the right to
examine and be given an itemized bill of the
hospital and medical services, regardless of the
manner and source of payment
RIGHT TO INFORMATION
keeping one’s promises. The nurse must be
faithful and true to their professional promises
and responsibilities by providing high quality,
safe care in a competent manner.
FIDELITY
is fairness. Nurses must be fair when they
distribute care, for example, among the
patients in the group of patients that they are
taking care of.
means being impartial and fair, whether it
relates to limited resources or new treatments
regardless of economic status, ethnicity, sexual
orientation, etc
JUSTICE
