Women of Nursing
Activist for labor reform and advocated for nurse’s rights
ISABEL HAMPTON ROBB
The right to self-determination, the nurse respects the patient’s rights to make decisions about their health care
Autonomy
Who regulates the NURSE PRACTICE ACT
Developed by each State Board of Nursing
Parts of Medicare
Part A:
Part B:
A: Hospital Coverage
B: Medical Coverage
Revocation
Permanent loss of license
Established psychiatric hospitals
DOROTHEA DIX
Medicare vs Medicaid
Medicare: 65 years old +
Medicaid: Low income individuals/families
Autonomy
Respect patients right to make their own decision
These are examples of what:
Criticizing
Blaming
Yelling
Bickering/gossiping
Humiliating, threatening, intimidation
Rolling eyes
Overt/Active
What is ethics?
The study of right and wrong related to human conduct
Opened the first birth control clinic
MARGARET SANGER
Who said: “Nursing is an art… the finest of Fine Arts”
Florence Nightingale
What can LPNs do during blood transfusions
Monitor and stop the blood transfusion, they CANNOT start one
Beneficence
Act in the best interest of your patient
Veracity
Be honest, don’t withhold information
Founder of the American Red Cross
CLARA BARTON
Acting on behalf of the patient, protecting patient’s rights, and provide information
Advocacy
Fidelity
Keep patient confidentiality
ADVANCE DIRECTIVES
- Living Will
- Durable POA
- Do Not Resuscitate (DNR)
Comments or statements written
Libel
* Founder of public health nursing *
Provided health services to the poor in NYC
Established the Henry Street Settlement
LILLIAN WALD
Answerable to oneself and others for one’s own actions
Accountability
The Good Samaritan Act
Protects nurses providing emergency care outside of their place of employment
These are examples of what:
Withholding information
Refusing to help
Assigning unfair workloads
Undermining
Sabotaging
Excluding others
Taking credit for someone else’s work
Covert/Passive
Non-maleficence
Do no harm