1. Beneficence is preventing harm and promoting good. This basically means that both you and the patient are benefitting due to not causing any harm to the patient and the nurse doing their job as well. Also in working with the patient you have to be well acquainted with their beliefs, cultures and values. Belief is trust, faith, or confidence in someone or something. For example if the patient is a Christian then they have a right to trust in God. Culture is beliefs, customs, and arts, of a particular society, group, place, or time. For example Muslims have a set time when they all get together each year and pray in mecca. Value is a person’s principles or standards behavior or it is ones judgement of what is important in life. For example if a patient values to pray for every procedure then the caregivers have to respect that. In paternalism it is described as treating a patient as you would treat a
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Autonomy is self-rule. Autonomy for a patient would be having a decision and making their own choices for their healthcare. The 14th amendment relates to everyone that is born and naturalized in the United States are free. The relationship to the 14th Amendment and autonomy is that a patient have the right to say yes and no and the healthcare givers have to respect what the patient wants even if it may cause harm. If the right to autonomy conflicts with other moral principle such as beneficence and justice then that person’s autonomy may be violated. For example if a person wanted to receive an abortion but the doctor is against abortions and won’t perform the procedure then that person’s autonomy has been violated.
3. Non-maleficence is to do no harm and weighing the risks and benefits. One way non-maleficence can be broken is not telling the patient the truth about their health. Also not providing the patient with the best care possible is breaking non-maleficence. Another way of breaking non-maleficence could be negligence to the
Autonomy is self-rule. Autonomy for a patient would be having a decision and making their own choices for their healthcare. The 14th amendment relates to everyone that is born and naturalized in the United States are free. The relationship to the 14th Amendment and autonomy is that a patient have the right to say yes and no and the healthcare givers have to respect what the patient wants even if it may cause harm. If the right to autonomy conflicts with other moral principle such as beneficence and justice then that person’s autonomy may be violated. For example if a person wanted to receive an abortion but the doctor is against abortions and won’t perform the procedure then that person’s autonomy has been violated.
3. Non-maleficence is to do no harm and weighing the risks and benefits. One way non-maleficence can be broken is not telling the patient the truth about their health. Also not providing the patient with the best care possible is breaking non-maleficence. Another way of breaking non-maleficence could be negligence to the