Quiz 3 Material Flashcards
Normative Ethics
An attempt to delineate values common to all related behavior or characteristics
“Prescriptive Ethics”
Concerned with establishing standards and norms of conduct (right versus wrong, good versus bad)
Prescriptive Ethics
A form of ethical inquiry concerned with describing and identifying, understanding, a person’s morals
Describes one’s moral beliefs, claims, and behaviors
Neonatal Ethics
Baby Doe Rules
Down syndrome; signifiant narrowing of the esophagus
Parents declined surgery
Led to guidelines for neonates
The age of adolescence
Adolescent ethical issues are mainly focused on rights
Nursing role in identifying health risk behaviors
Confidentiality, privacy, and trust issues
Mature Minor
A child who has been declared mature by a court proceeding for purposes of giving or refusing consent for medical treatment
Emancipated Minor
A person younger than 18 years of age who has the same rights as an adult
Legally married Serving in Armed Forces Living apart from parents High school graduates Pregnant, or already a parent
Maternal Substance Abuse
Statutory law: drug testing a women or infant without consent is considered an invasion of privacy
Maternal-Child Conflict
“When a pregnant woman’s interests, as she defines them, conflict with the interest of her fetus, as defined by the woman’s health care provider”
Moral Distress
The feelings of anguish or frustration when the right thing is impossible to do
Knowing the ethically correct action, yet powerless to take the action
Moral Distress in Nursing
Reproductive rights and limits Lack of perinatal care or engagement Time pressure/staffing ratios Withdrawal of life support Perceived non-beneficial care
Moral Resilience
Capacity of an individual to sustain or restore their integrity in response to moral complexity, confusion, setbacks or distress
Conscientious Objections
“A rejection of some action by a provider, primarily because the action would violate some deeply held moral or ethical value about right and wrong”
Criteria for Conscientious Objection
Providing care could damage the nurses moral integrity by violating a deeply held conviction
The objection has a plausible moral or religious rationale
The patient’s condition is not life threatening
The burdens to the patient are acceptably small
The burden to colleagues and healthcare institutions are acceptably small
Tort law
A civil wrong committed by one individual against another
May be intentional or unintentional
Intentional Tort
Assault-attempt to commit battery; requiring the specific intent to cause physical injury
Does not mean you have actual contact with them; can be threats (intent is not good willed)
May involve physical, emotional, or sexual assault
