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This organization's mission is to advance the profession of nursing to improve health for all and advocates on health care issues affecting nurses and the public.
What is the American Nurses Association (ANA)?
This is the state-level regulatory body that has the legal authority to grant licensure and is tasked with enforcing the Nurse Practice Act (NPA)
What is the National Council of State Board of Nursing (SBN), such as the Kansas State Board of Nursing (KSBN)
This regulatory body is responsible for managing the Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC) and the Enhanced NLC (eNLC)
What is the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN)?
These laws are established in each state that define the legal scope of nursing practice and serve to protect the public by excluding untrained or unlicensed people.
What is the Nurse Practice Acts (NPA)?
The competencies for Associate Degree in Nursing graduates, as defined by the NLN, encompass the roles of provider of care, manager of care, and this third role.
What is member of the discipline of nursing.
The virtue that is often applied through advocacy and the willingness to speak up against unethical practice by colleagues, even when intimidating.
What is Courage?
The virtue that is fundamental to the nurse-patient relationship and is supported by providing honest information and accurate documentation.
What is Honesty/Trustworthiness?
The three steps in the Valuing Process.
What are Choosing, Prizing (treasuring), and Acting?
This category of organization, like the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN), provides specialized approval for all types of nursing programs.
What is an Accrediting Organization?
The characteristic of professionalism, emphasized by the ANA, that focuses on systematic actions to monitor and improve patient care.
What is Quality Improvement/Care Coordination?
This specific type of ethical problem occurs when two or more clear moral principles apply but support mutually inconsistent courses of action
What is an Ethical Dilemma?
This virtue means acting in accordance with an appropriate code of ethics and accepted standards of practice, and is compromised when ethical judgments are not translated into action
What is integrity?
This virtue supports the prinicple of subordination of self-interest to patient interest and suggests setting aside one's ego or vanity.
What is self-effacement?
The protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities; prevention of illness and injury; facilitation of healing; and alleviation of suffering through treatment of human response.
What is nursing?
The three different levels of nursing that must each work within a specific scope of practice.
What are LPN, RN, and APN (Advanced Practice Registered Nurse)?
This three-part definition includes the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities.
What is the definition of Nursing?
The Joint Commission’s framework model for ethical nursing decision making mirrors this established model used in nursing.
What is the Nursing Process Model (ADPIE)?
The nurse's highest obligation, defined by the ANA Code of Ethics, to which their primary commitment must be directed.
What is the patient?
This professional behavior, emphasized by the ANA's interpretation of professionalism, ensures that solid research and nursing science influence nursing activities.
What is Evidence & Research in Daily Practice?
The specific ethical issue raised when a patient with a high risk for falls refuses to call for help, forcing the nurse to decide if preventing harm justifies violating the patient's right to self-determination.
What is Autonomy vs. Paternalism/Deception?
The ethical issue raised when a patient experiencing homelessness is discharged with prescriptions but has no way to fill them due to policy changes stopping free medication samples.
What is Cost-Containment and Resource Allocation?
The specific ethical issue that arises when a new graduate nurse is assigned to care for a patient undergoing an induced abortion, which violates the nurse’s deeply held personal, religious, and ethical beliefs.
What is Conflicts of Commitment/Conscientious Objection?
This step in the ethical decision-making process involves describing the situation, noting contextual factors, and identifying relevant legal or institutional considerations.
What is Assess the Situation (Gather Data)?
This specific ethical problem occurs when the nurse knows the right course of action, but personal or institutional factors make it difficult to follow that course.
What is Moral Distress?
The specific ethical duty of the nurse that involves living a healthy life to be energized for practice and practicing self-compassion.
What is self-care?