Ethical Principles
By treating all patients equally and fairly regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, and religion, the nurse is demonstrating this ethical principle.
What is Social Justice?
This type of law regulates relationships between individuals and government.
What is Public Law?
When two or more clear moral principles apply but support mutually inconsistent courses of action, this exists.
What is an ethical delimma?
If a nurse posts negative things that are partially true about another member of the healthcare team, he/she could be charged with this.
What is Libel?
This QSEN competency encourages nurses to use technology to support the safe implementation of nursing care.
What is Informatics?
A psychiatric nurse demonstrates the ethical principle of autonomy when he or she:
a. intervenes when a self-mutilating patient attempts to harm self.
b. stays with a patient who is demonstrating a high level of frustration.
c. suggests that two patients who are fighting be restricted to the unit.
d. explores alternative solutions with a patient, who then makes a choice.
What is D?
This is the most important law affecting nursing practice in our state.
What is the Alabama Nurse Practice Act?
When nurses accept the consequences for their own actions, they are demonstrating this ethical principle.
What is accountability.
If a nurse falsifies information about the administration of medication or treatments, he/she could be charged with this.
What is Fraud?
This NLN competency encourages a sense of curiosity that raises questions and seeks creative approaches to problem-solving.
What is Spirit of Inquiry?
This ethical principle protects and supports another's rights and is performed by all members of the healthcare team. The nurse demonstrates this by allowing patients to express their fears and concerns and by allowing them to make their own decisions. It also may entail becoming politically active to ensure and protect patient's rights.
What is Advocacy?
According to Carrington, the behavior of a nurse should always be these three things.
What are moral, ethical, and legal ?
This ethical principle is demonstrated by a nurse who does no intentional or unintentional harm.
What is Nonmaleficence.
A nurse commits this when his/her conduct deviates from the normal, expected, standard behavior that would be performed by someone of similar education and experience in similar circumstances.
What is Malpractice?
The QSEN competency that encourages nurses work together to effectively execute the plan of care.
What is Teamwork and Collaboration?
By ensuring that a patient's body is not exposed when transferring from the bedside commode back to the bed, the nurse demonstrates this ethical principle.
What is Human Dignity?
Before completing incident reports or notifying the physician, the nurse should first do this.
What is check to see if patient is safe?
When nurses encourage patients to make their own decisions without any judgments or coercion, they are demonstrating this ethical principle.
What is Autonomy.
The four components that must be present for liability to exist are duty, breach of duty, causation, and _________.
What is damages.
The NLN competency that helps patients achieve self-actualization and fulfillment.
What is Human Flourishing?
Describing the purpose and side effects of a new medication in a truthful and non-misleading way is an example of this ethical principle.
What is Veracity?
This is what HIPAA stands for.
What is the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act?
Telling the patient that the doctor will be here any minute when he is actually an hour away is an example of this ethical problem.
What is Deception?
To avoid this charge, never leave your employment or clinical assignment, even in an emergency, without proper notification being given to your supervisors.
What is Abandonment?
The QSEN competency that encourages the use of the patient's needs, preferences, and values as the central focus when developing the plan of care.
What is Patient-Centered Care?