ETHICO-MORAL ASPECTS IN NURSING

• Ethics comes from the greek word "Ethos" which means character/culture.
• Ethics is the study of morality
• Moral is a personal/private interpretation from what is good and bad
• The three types of ethics are bioethics, clinical ethics, and nursing ethics
• Clinical ethics is concerned with ethical problems that arises within the context of caring for actual patients
• Bioethics studies moral values in the biomedical sciences
• Nursing ethics is the study of ethical issues that arise in the daily practice of nursing and of analysis used by nurses to make ethical judgement
• The four ethical principles are autonomy, nonmaleficence, beneficence, justice, veracity, and fidelity
• Nonmaleficence is the duty not to cause harm or inflict harm to others
• Autonomy is the right or freedom to decide or in other terms, the patient has the right to decide
• Beneficence is for the goodness and welfare of the clients
• Justice is the equality/fairness in terms of resources/personnel
• Veracity is the act of truthfulness
• Fidelity is faithfulness/loyalty to clients
• State the moral principles 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
• Law is the rule of conduct commanding what is right and wrong
• Law is derived from anglo-saxon term that means "that which is laid down or fixed"
• Court is the body/agency in government wherein the administration of justice in delegated
• Plaintiff is the complainant/person who files the care or the accuser
• Defendant is the accused/respondent or person who is the subject of complaint
• Witness is an individual held upon to testify in reference to a case either for the accused or against the accused
• Writ is the legal notes from the court
• The 2 subpoena are subpoena testificandum and subpoena duces tecum
• Subpoena testificandum is a writ/notice to an individual/ordering him to appear in court at a specific time and date as witness
• Subpoena duces tecum is a notice given to a witness to a appear in court to testify including all important documents
• Summon is a notice to a defendant/accused ordering him to appear in court to answer the complaint against him
• Warrant of arrest is a court order to arrest or detain a person
• Search warrant is a court order to search for properties
• Private/Civil Law is the body of law that deals with relationships among private individuals
• Public Law is the body of law that deals with relationship between individuals and the state/government agencies.
• Private/Civil Law can be a contract law
• Contract law involves the enforcement of agreements among private individuals or the payment of compensation for failure to fulfill the agreements
• The 2 types of contract are expressed and implied
• State the 4 features/characteristics/elements of a lawful contract. 1, 2, 3, 4
• Persons who may not enter into a contract are minor, insane, deaf, mute, and ignorant
• Tort Law is a civil wrong committed against a person or a person's property
• Person/person's responsible for the tort are sued for damages which are the act of commission and act of omission
• Act of commission is something that was done incorrectly
• Act of omission is something that should have been but was not
• The 2 classification of tort are Unintentional and intentional torts