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refers to private, personal, or group standards of right and wrong
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morals
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behavior that is in accordance with custom or tradition and usually reflects personal or religious beliefs
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moral behavior
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a systematic study of right and wrong conduct in situations that involve issues of values and morals
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ethics (in a specific situation: is it wrong to be a prostitute if that's the only way to feed my kids?)
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True or false: An action that is legal or customary may not be morally right or ethically or religously justifiable
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TRUE (eg, slavery was once legal, but it was not ethically correct)
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the applicatio of ethical principles to health care
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bioethics
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a subset of bioethics that deals with ethical questions that arise out of nursing practice
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nursing ethics
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name 2 examples of nursing ethics questions
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1. is it wrong to abort a baby even though the mother will die if it is not done
2. should we shut off the ventilator on a patient according to his wishes even though his family doesn't want it done |
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True or False: Even though the MD got the signature for the Informed Consent form, the RNs duty is to make sure that he/she understands what was signed and understands the procedure
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TRUE
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the communication and defense of the rights and interests of others
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advocacy
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the ability of nurses to base their practice on professional standards of ethical conduct and to participate in ethical decision making
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moral agency or ethical agency
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when nurses feel frustration because they feel that situational pressures influence their moral decisions as well as their ability to carry them out
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moral distress
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nurses experience this when they feel that others are behaving immorally
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moral outrage
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True or False: moral outrage is similar to moral distress, except in moral outrage, the nurses do not participate in the act
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true
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nurses may respond to moral outrage by engaging in ___________, in which they report the immoral behavior to someone who may have the authority to do something about it
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whistle blowing
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occurs when the nurse's ability to perform essential duties is diminished by substance abuse or mental illness
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impaired nursing practice
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True or False: If you are faced with a situation in which you need to make an immediate decision (eg to code or not to code), but you do not decide, it is the same as if you decided to not do the act (not to code)
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TRUE
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a set opf values that you have reflected on and chosen that will help you to lead a good life
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personal value system
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these values are formed as you gain experience in your career
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professional values
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means that nurses attempt to understand our own values regarding an issue and to know when to put them aside, if necessary, to become nonjudgmental when providing care
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value neutrality
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the twofold duty to do no harm and to prevent harm
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nonmalficience
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the duty to do or promote good
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beneficience
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the obligation to keep promises (eg, brining pain meds if you said you would)
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fidelity
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the obligation to be fair. There are three types, distributive (allocation of resources, fair access to care), compensatory (paying someone for harm done to them), and procedural (requires ranking eg, first come, first served)
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justice
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the rightness or wrongness of an action depends on the outcome
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consequentialist
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type of consequentialism that says that the value of an action depends on its usefulness
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utilitarianism
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states that an act must result in the greatest goos for the greatest number of people
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principle of utility
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almost the opposite of utilitarianism. States that an action is right or worng independent of the consequences (eg, all abortion is wrong, whether the mother dies or not)
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deontology
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nursing codes are not legally binding; however they often _________ legal obligations and are used by state boards of nursing when evaluating ethical situations
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exceed
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What does the Moral Model stand for that is used to come up with solutions to ethical situations
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-Massage the dilemna :)
-Outline the Options -Resove the Dliemna -Act by allpying the chosen option -Look back and evaluate |
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This model, used by ethical committees, is useful when the patient is competent to decide.
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autonomy model
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this model, used by ethics committees, assists in decision making by using substituted judgement (eg, what would the patient want)
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patient benefit model
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this model, used by ethical committees, focuses on broad social issues involving the entire institution rather than on a single-patient issue
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social justice model
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