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Values and Legal Aspects of Nursing
Test 2 Fundamentals
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Nursing
Undergraduate 1
09/01/2010

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a belief about the worth of something, about what matters, that acts as a standard to guide one's behavior
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Values
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How you spend your time and money over the weekend is an indicator of what
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What you Value
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An organization of values in which each is ranked along a continuum of importance, often leads to a personal code of conduct
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A Value System
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Goldie really values her church but when her daughter is sick she misses her church activities and stays home with her daughter. This demonstrates what kind of system
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A Value system
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What are the 5 modes of Value Transmission?
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1. Modeling
2. Moralizing
3. Laissez-faire
4. Rewarding and Punishing
5. Responsible Choice
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learning from observation of someone socially acceptable behavior
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Modeling
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learn an entire code of values. ex: learning values of a church or private school. Personal Standard of right and wrong
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Moralizing
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Parental hands off approach to value transmission
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Laissez- faire
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Giving Rewards and Punishment to enforce value transmission
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Rewarding and Punishing
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Value transmission where you encourage the child to explore competing values and the children have to weigh the consequences.
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Responsible Choice
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Concern for welfare and well being of others
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Altruism
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Susie nurse cares and helps comfort her patients not just because it is her job but because she is genuinely concerned. She is demonstrating what?
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Altruism
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this is the right to self determination
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Autonomy
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Susie nurse might not always agree with her patients but she equips them with knowledge and repsects their right to make the decision. She beleives in Patient_______?
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Autonomy
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This is respect for the inherent worth and uniqueness of people
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Human Dignity
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Acting in accordance with an appropriate code of ethics and acceptable standard of practice
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Integrity
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upholding moral, legal, and humanistic principles. Making sure that their is fairness and non discrimination in the delivery of care.
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Social Justice
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Nurses are listed number one by the public as a proffession with number 1_____
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integrity
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includes responsible research, genetic enhancement, environmental ethics, and sustainable healthcare
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Bioethics
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Part of bioethics that is at the bedside. Nurses are actually dealing with patients.
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Clinical Ethics
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Principle in right and wrong as it relates to our conduct
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Ethics
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What are 3 types of Ethics
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1. Bioethics
2. Clinical Ethics
3. Nursing Ethics
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List the Principles of Bioethics
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1. Autonomy
2. Nonmaleficence
3. Beneficence
4. Justice
5. Fidelity
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Respect the rights of patients and their surragates to make the decision that is right for them
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Autonomy
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To cause no harm
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Nonmaleficence
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To benefit the patients. Where you weigh the risks and the benefits, which can be viewed differently
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Beneficence
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What is fair. Example is fairly distributing resources.
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Justice
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When a person is faithful to their promises. Stays confident and never abandons her patient.
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Fidelity
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In the story Shelli told about her nurses staying 2 days shut in from the snow caring for their patients because they would not abandon them is an example of the nurses demonstrating
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Fidelity
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Ability to behave in an ethical way
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Ethical Agency
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Competence, Compassion, practical wisdom, caring, trustworthiness, consciousness, intelligence, humble, integrity, courage, and subordination of self interest to the patient are all what____________
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Virtues of Nurses
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Provides framework for our ethical decisions. Sets forth professional expectations. Should be compatible with personal value system and moral code
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Nursing Code of Ethics
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Standards of professional performance and standards of care. Example MO State has nursing practice act
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Nursing Standards of Pratice
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When does ethical conduct start
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As a nursing student
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Something that occurs when attempted adherence to basic ethical principle results in conflicting courses of action
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Ethical Dilemma
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Occurs when a nurse knows the right thing to do but principles of institutional factors make it difficult to follow the correct course of action
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Ethical Distress
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