Respect for human dignity requires the recognition of specific patient rights, particularly this one.
What is the right to self-determination?
100
Behavior in accordance with custom or tradition which usually reflects personal or religious beliefs.
What is morality?
100
This directs staff not to perform the usual cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in the event of a sudden cardiac arrest.
What is a Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) Order?
100
The principle of promise keeping; the duty to keep one's promise or word.
What is fidelity?
100
A concern for the welfare and well-being of others.
What is altruism?
200
The concerted effort of individuals and groups to attain a shared goal - in healthcare, the goal is to address the health needs of the patient and the public.
What is collaboration?
200
The duty to do good to others and to maintain a balance between benefits and harms.
What is beneficence?
200
A legal document executed by an individual granting another person the right to perform certain activities in the principal's name.
What is a power of attorney?
200
The obligation to tell the truth.
What is veracity?
200
Respect for the inherent worth and uniqueness of individuals and populations.
What is human dignity?
300
When acting within one's role, the nurse recognizes and maintains these, which establish appropriate limits to relationships.
What are professional boundaries?
300
The principle of doing no harm.
What is Nonmaleficence?
300
A professional's wrongful conduct in the discharge of his or her professional duties or failure to meet standards of care for the profession, which results in harm to another individual entrusted to the professional's care.
What is malpractice?
300
A conflict between two or more ethical principles, with no "correct" decision.
What is an ethical dilemma?
300
Acting in accordance with an appropriate code of ethics and accepted standards of practice.
What is integrity?
400
Assigning certain activities to other healthcare workers.
What is delegation?
400
The principle of fairness that is served when an individual is given that which he or she is due, owed, deserves, or can legitimately claim.
What is justice?
400
The failure to provide the care a reasonable person would ordinarily provide in a similar situation.
What is negligence?
400
Answerable to oneself and others for one's own actions.
What is accountability?
400
Upholding moral, legal, and humanistic principles.
What is social justice?
500
To be answerable to oneself and others for one's own actions.
What is accountability?
500
Respect for an individual's right to self-determination; respect for individual liberty.
What is autonomy?
500
A written advance directive voluntarily signed bythe patient that specifies the type of care he/she desires if and when he/she is in a terminal state and cannot sign a consent form or convey this information verbally.
What is a living will?
500
The specific accounability or liability associated with the performance of duties of a particular role.