Week 5: Ethical Prinicples, Values, Ethical Pratices Flashcards
Ethics and Morality
Nurses make choices based on right from wrong
Set of our values by which we judge are instilled in children, as we grow
Value formation
Strong personal beliefs
Unique, dynamic
- Culture, expereince
How do we clarify our values
Through self reflection and self awareness
Professional Situations
Clarify values
Reflect
Learn from others
Respect patients
Nursing Ethics
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.
Morality
Heart of nursing
Ethics in pratice
some are common dilaemmas, professional ethics ( client autonomy)( and student ethics ( academic)
Ethical Principles
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
Moral Distress
Results when we cannot recognize ethical issues
Moral Imperative
Focus on understanding the concept of care
avoid the objectiontifcation
- Process the goal of nursing to preserve dignity
CNA
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
Promoting Health and Wellbeing
Collaboration as a team: nurses work with others to ensure they attain their highest level of health.
Providing safe, compassionate, ethical care
Nurses must be questioning and intervening to address , unsafe, non compassionate, and unethical care or seeing incompetent care. Minimize violenece
Maintain Privacy and Confideniality
Ethical responsibilities released to the collection and use/disclosure of intro. Recognize the importance of privacy and confidentiality
Promoting and respecting informed decision making
Use evidence informed decison making
When caring for capable person ensure with proper information to make a clear descion.