FN MODULE 2M

Cards (44)

  • Organization of a person's values along a continuum of relative importance.
    Value System
  • Method of inquiry that help people to understand the morality of human behavior.
    Ethics
  • Ethics as applied to human life or health.
    Bioethics
  • Denotes what is right or wrong in conduct, character, attitude and what individuals would do to live together in a society.
    Morality or Morals
  • Ethical issues that occur in nursing practice.
    Nursing Ethics
  • Personal Values
    Family Unity, Self-worth, Religion, Honesty, Fairness, Love
  • Values that are acquired during socialization in their respect professions.
    Professional Values
  • What are the five values essential for the professional nurse.
    Altruism, Autonomy, Human Dignity, Integrity, Social Justice
  • Nurse's concern for the welfare and well-being of others.
    Altruism
  • Right to self determination, nurse respects patients rights to make decision for their healthcare.
    Autonomy
  • Respect for the inherent worth and uniqueness of individuals and populations. Nurse values and respects patients and colleagues.
    Human Dignity
  • Acting in accordance with an appropriate code of ethics and accepted standards of practice. Nurse is honest and provides care based on an ethical framework that is accepted within the profession.
    Integrity
  • Upholding moral, legal, and humanistic principles. Nurse works to ensure equal treatment under the law and equal access to quality healthcare.
    Social Justice
  • Four important values of nursing by Jean Watson.
    Strong commitment to service, Belief in the dignity and worth of each person, Commitment to education, Professional Autonomy
  • Seven ethical principles.
    Autonomy, Non-Maleficence, Beneficence, Justice, Fidelity, Veracity, Confidentiality
  • Refers to the right to make one's own decision.
    Autonomy
  • Is the duty to "do no harm".
    Non-Maleficence
  • Means doing good.
    Beneficence
  • Is frequently referred to as fairness.
    Justice
  • Means to be faithful to agreements and promises.
    Fidelity
  • Refers to telling the truth.
    Veracity
  • Refers to an agreement that restricts or limits access to information.
    Confidentiality
  • Refers to the support of a cause.
    Advocacy
  • Answerable, or to own choices, decisions and actions as measured against a standard.
    Accountability
  • The blameworthiness or praiseworthiness that one bears for one's conduct or the performance of duties.
    Responsibility
  • A process by which people identify, examine and develop their own individual values.
    Values Clarification Process
  • The Three Process
    Choosing, Prizing, Acting
  • Beliefs are chosen freely among alternatives without pressure after reflecting and considering consequences.
    Choosing
  • Chosen beliefs are cherished and prized.
    Prizing
  • Chosen beliefs of a person are affirmed to others and incorporated, demonstrated consistently in one's life.
    Acting
  • Is a formal statement of a group's ideal and values.
    Code of Ethics
  • The client's best interest may be contrary to the nurse.
    Moral Distress
  • To cope moral distress nurses use the four steps of the 4 A's to rise above moral distress.
    Ask, Affirm, Assess, Act
  • Involves actions to bring about the clients death directly with or without client consent.
    Active Euthanasia
  • A variation of active euthanasia.
    Assisted Suicide
  • More common referred to now as withdrawing or withholding life-sustaining therapy, without special attempts to revive a client.
    Passive Euthanasia
  • Is the process of learning to tell the difference between right and wrong and learn what ought not ought to be done.
    Moral Development
  • Three types of moral frameworks.
    Consequence-based theories, Principle-based theories, Relationship-based theories.
  • Look to the outcomes of an action in judging whether that action is right or wrong.
    Consequence-based theories
  • One form of consequentialist theory.
    Utilitarianism