Values, Ethics, And Legal Issues

Question 0

A theory originated by Kluckhohn in the 1950s and applied to nursing by brink. Can be seen as a subset of ideas that helps to clarify components of ones world view.

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Cultural value orientation

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An unquestioned framework or predominant set of assumptions through which people view life.

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World view

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A branch of philosophy dealing with standards of conduct and moral judgment.

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Ethics

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Doing or promoting good. Nurses acting on behalf of patients to do good as defined by patients.

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Beneficence

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To avoid doing harm, to remove from harm, and to prevent harm.

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Nonmaleficence

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Creating the conditions in which patients can make their own decisions.

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Autonomy

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These specify what interventions patients would or would not want if they became terminally ill or sustained an injury or illness that impeded their ability to make or communicate decisions and who they would want to act as their surrogate decision maker.

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Advance directives

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An advance directive that specifies the type of medical treatment patients do and do not want to receive should they become unable to speak for themselves in a terminal or permanently unconscious condition.

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Living will

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The foundations for decisions about resource allocations for societies or groups.

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Justice

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Telling the truth

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Veracity

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Being faithful to one’s commitments or promises.

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Fidelity

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The body of law that deals with relationships between private individuals.

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Civil law

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Type of public law that deals with the publics safety and welfare.

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Criminal law

Question 13

A legal wrong that is subject to action in a civil court.

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Tort

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A legal wrong that is punishable by the state.

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Crime

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The threat of touching someone without their consent.

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Assault

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The act of carrying out a threat of unlawful touching of a persons body.

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Battery

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Defamation of character that results in injury to a persons character in the form of print.

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Libel

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Defamation of a persons character that results in injury to a persons reputation in the form of spoken word.

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Slander

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A willful, purposeful misrepresentation of self or an act that may cause harm to a person or property.

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Fraud

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An act of omission (neglecting to do something that a reasonably prudent person would do) or commission (doing something a reasonably prudent person would not do).

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Negligence

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Negligence on a professionals part.

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Malpractice

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states that the elements of duty of care and breach can sometimes be inferred from the very nature of an accident or other outcome, even without direct evidence of how any defendant behaved. eg. Retained surgical sponges or surgical tools.

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Res ipsa loquitur

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Concern for the well being of others.

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Altruism

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Right to self determination.

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Autonomy

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Respect for the worth and uniqueness of others.

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Human dignity

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Acting within the code of ethics and standards of practice.

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Integrity

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Upholding moral, legal and human principals.

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Social justice