Ethics
Freedom from external control
What is Autonomy?
Guiding principles that all members of the profession accept.
What is code of ethics?
Elected legislative bodies create this.
What is statutory law?
This is a manual method, physical or mechanical devices, or material or equipment that immobilizes or reduces the ability of a patient to move freely
What is a restraint?
Social networks presents what type of challenge for nurses
What is Ethical challenge?
Taking positive action to help others
What is beneficence?
Supports the health, safety and rights of patients, including their right to privacy and the right to refuse
What is advocate?
legal requirements for nursing practice that describe a minimum acceptable nursing care.
What is standards of care?
State board of nursing requires all RN's in that state have one before they practice nursing
What is a licensure ?
Actions as right or wrong on basics of their "right-making characteristics"
What is Deontology?
Do no harm
What is nonmaleficence?
Your actions and the actions of those you delegate
What is responsibility?
Includes living wills, health care proxies, and durable powers of attorney.
What is advanced directives?
If you stop by a accident and give care to the patient what law protects you
What is the Good Samaritan Law?
Main emphasis is on the outcome or consequence.
What is consequentialism?
Often used in discussion about access to health care resources
What is justice?
Monitoring individual and institutional compliance with national standards
What is accountability?
written document that states patient's wishes in the event of a terminal illness
What is living will?
A patient's agreement to have a medical procedure after receiving full disclosure
What is informed consent?
Measures of good and greatest
What is utiltarianism?
Following through on your actions and interventions
HIPAA
What is confidentiality?
legal document that designates a person or people of one's choosing to make health care decisions when patient is no longer able to do so.
What is Durable power of attorney for health care?
falls below generally accepted standard of care of a reasonably prudent person
What is negligence?
focused on differences between genders or women's points of view.
What is feminist ethics?