Week 5: Ethical Prinicples, Values, Ethical Pratices

Question 1

Ethics and Morality

Answer 1

Nurses make choices based on right from wrong
Set of our values by which we judge are instilled in children, as we grow

Question 2

Value formation

Answer 2

Strong personal beliefs
Unique, dynamic
- Culture, expereince
- Social community family, relationships, enviornment

Question 3

How do we clarify our values

Answer 3

Through self reflection and self awareness

Question 4

Professional Situations

Answer 4

Clarify values
Reflect
Learn from others
Respect patients

Question 5

Nursing Ethics

Answer 5

Ethical theory: study of the nature and justification of principles, duties, obligations. Nurses use bioethical theory
- As nurses: we have a duty to serve the interests . Guided by ethical standards that impact compassion, morality is heart of nursing, ensure effective process for choices.

Question 6

Morality

Answer 6

Heart of nursing and how you conduct yourself

Question 7

Ethics in pratice

Answer 7

some are common dilaemmas, professional ethics ( client autonomy)( and student ethics ( academic)

Question 8

Ethical Principles

Answer 8

Indefinites ethical issues to help issues
HCP needs to determine which principles
Serve as rules to guide moral conduct
1. Nonmalefience: not being allowed to harm (pain)
2. Justice: to promote fair and equitable treatement
3. Beneficence: do or promote good and refrain from harm.
4. Auotonomy: right of person to choose
5. Fidelity: grounded in autonomy , remaining faithful to commitments , being faithful, truth telling
6. Veracity: our obligations to truth

Question 9

Moral Distress

Answer 9

Results when we cannot recognize ethical issues

Question 10

Moral Imperative

Answer 10

Focus on understanding the concept of care
avoid the objectiontifcation
- Process the goal of nursing to preserve dignity

Question 11

CNA

Answer 11

Foundation for ensuring ethical pratice and there are seven primary values and ethical responsibilities that are deemed important for the profession of nursing. Statement of the ethical values of nurses and commitment to the health care
- Used with laws, professional standards

Question 12

CNA Responsibilties

Answer 12

7 Main primary values

Question 13

Promoting Health and Wellbeing

Answer 13

Collaboration as a team: nurses work with others to ensure they attain their highest level of health.

Question 14

Providing safe, compassionate, ethical care

Answer 14

Nurses must be questioning and intervening to address , unsafe, non compassionate, and unethical care or seeing incompetent care. Minimize violenece

Question 15

Maintain Privacy and Confideniality

Answer 15

Ethical responsibilities released to the collection and use/disclosure of intro. Recognize the importance of privacy and confidentiality

Question 16

Promoting and respecting informed decision making

Answer 16

Use evidence informed decison making
When caring for capable person ensure with proper information to make a clear descion.

Question 17

Honor Dignity

Answer 17

Recognize and respect the worth of person. Respect privacy, relieve pain

Question 18

Promote Justice

Answer 18

Uphold the principles of jsutice through safeguarding human rights, promote public good.

Question 19

Be Accountable

Answer 19

Pratice with honesty, intergity, uphold code, pratice competencies

Question 20

Value Clarifications

Answer 20

Team members can come togther to understand the vaues they hold and the overall importance of them

Question 21

Autonomy

Answer 21

Competent Indivdual can freely determine care plan and is based on informed consent

Question 22

Nonmalefice

Answer 22

treating paitent with care however never subject them to harm. Competencies help address that

Question 23

benefience

Answer 23

requires that one takes psoutive action for the good of the paient. Higher standrad that nonmaleifence

Question 24

Justice

Answer 24

Treat with equity and distrubtion of societies benefits

Question 25

Social justice

Answer 25

Address the equitable and fair distrbution of reasources
EQUAL acess and opp. given

Question 26

Caring Ethics

Answer 26

• jean Waston
• caring extends to end of life itself

Question 27

CNA Code of Ethics

Answer 27

It is a means for self-evaluation, feedback and peer review and is a basis for advocacy. The Code also serves as an ethical basis from which nurses can advocate for quality practice environments that support the delivery of safe, compassionate, competent and ethical care.