Values, Ethics, and Legalities

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Freely chosen beliefs or attitudes about the worth of something

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Values

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Concerned with dealing with right or wrong behavior (conduct) and character. Shaped from what you value

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Morals

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Values and Morals combined. Influences the nurse patient relationship.

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Values System

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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 principles

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Social Justice

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Rules or standards that govern the conduct of the person or the members of a profession

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Ethics

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The formal study of ethical issues which arise in the practice of nursing

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Nursing Ethics

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the rightness or wrongness depends on the consequence

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Utilitarian

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an action is right or wrong independent of its consequences

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Deontologic

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to avoid doing harm. First do no harm.

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Nonmaleficence

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Doing or promoting good. Benefit the patient.

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Beneficence

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the foundation for decisions about resource allocations for societies or groups. Fairness.

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Justice

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being faithful to one’s commitments or promises.

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Fidelity

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to tell the truth

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Veracity

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involves appropriately using patient information. Ensuring the patient’s body is properly covered. Do not engage in discussion about intimate details of the patient unless necessary for the provision of good care.

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Privacy

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requires that information about a patient be kept private. A professional duty and legal obligation.

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Confidentiality

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Provide a framework for making ethical decisions and set forth professional expectations. Inform both nurses and society of the profession’s primary goals and values.

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Code of Ethics for Nurses

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Protect and support another’s rights

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Advocacy

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

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Civil (Private) Law

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type of public law that deals with the public’s safety and welfare.

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Criminal Law

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wrong against a person or his property as well as the public. Punishable by the state.

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Crime

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Subject to action in a civil court. Can be intentional or unintentional.

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Tort

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Assault, Battery, Defamation (slander, libel), Invasion of privacy (unnecessary exposure), Fraud, False imprisonment

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Intentional Torts

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Negligence (ex burns from heating pads, falls), Malpractice (ex acting outside scope of practice). Must be proved in a court of law

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Unintentional Torts

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the relationship between the plaintiff (person bringing suit) and the defendant (the person being sued).

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Duty

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the failure to conform to the standard of practice, thus creating a risk for a person that a reasonable person would have foreseen.

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Breach of Duty

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failure to meet standard of care that causes injury.

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Causation

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For a plaintiff to prevail in a malpractice suit, the plaintiff must have suffered these

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Damages

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define the duties and functions of the nurse. Rules and regulations

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Nurse practice acts

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ex: turn patient every 2 hrs., apply barrier cream

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Standards of care

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licensure, certification

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Credentialing

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informed consent, Carrying out a physician order, good samaritan acts, incident report, competent nursing care, patient bill of rights, patient education, documentation

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Legal safeguards for nurses

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denotes legal responsibility to pay damages

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Liability

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“let the master answer”

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Respondeat Superior

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providing the patient with the means to end his or her life but not providing the direct action that results in death.

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Assisted Suicide

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deliberately hastening a person’s death. Considered murder and all states and almost all countries.

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Active Euthanasia

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an infrequently used method of pain management provided in response to a dying patient’s persistent and unremitting pain and suffering.

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Terminal sedation

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should be accurate, complete, and contemporaneous with care given. Avoid pre-charting or documenting events before they occur; this is the easiest way for nurses to put themselves at risk for lawsuits.

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Documentation