Ethical principles 1
This principle gives a patient legal right to accept or turn down treatment
What is autonomy
The belief that individuals have the right to determine their own actions and the freedom to make their own decisions
Wha is autonomy
The nurse administers acetaminophen to a patient who rates pain 6/10, the nurse is adhering to what principle?
What is benevolence
Before any procedure is done, a nurse must ascertain that this has been obtained from the patient based on understanding of risks and benefits of procedure?
What is informed consent
The duty to do or promote good
Beneficence
The nurse discovers that the physicians order for morphine for a 1yr old is significantly higher than the weight-based range. The nurse withhold the medication and calls the physician to clarify the order, What principle is the nurse upholding.
What is non-maleficence
A competent adult refuses a life saving blood transfusion due to religious belief. This refusal conflicts with beneficence but the nurse must respect it.
What is autonomy?
The duty to do no harm and to prevent harm
Nonmaleficence
The nurse promises a patient's family that she will call them with update on the patient's health. The nurse follows through. What principle is demonstrated?
What is fidelity
The obligation to be fair and equal treatment of all patients
What is justice
A nurse refuses to give the patient care because of his insurance status, this violates what principle?
What is justice
Always telling patients the truth about their diagnoses and treatment.
What is veracity
A family request that the nurse withhold a terminal diagnosis from a patient, what principle will this be violating?
What is veracity
The principle that refers to faithfulness or honoring one's commitment or promises
Fidelity
The nurse discovers a colleague's charting error that could harm a patient. The nurse recognizes that reporting it upholds honesty and not reporting it implies disloyalty to her patient. What 2 ethical principles are present in this dilemma?
What are veracity and fidelity