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NUR136 Ethics
Ethics
Term | Definition |
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Ethics Committee | knowledge, preparation and practice of a team to discuss and advise a circumstance which needs clarification of issues and values related to patient care |
Nurse Role in Ethics Committee | Often start an ethics consult because of being on the front line with patients |
Interprofessional | Collaboration is interprofessional on an ethics committee |
Beneficence | To promote goodness, kindness, and charity; To abstain from injuring others and to remove harm |
Autonomy | Principle of respect for the person; primary moral principle |
Actual Conflict of Interest | A person changes their behavior or actions to benefit them self or have a gain. |
Potential Conflict of Interest | A person may benefit from a change in their behavior or actions. They could have a gain if there is a change. |
Perceived Conflict of Interest | Other people think there is a benefit to someone. Someone gets benefits because of a relationship or situation. |
Nonmaleficence | a duty not to inflict harm |
Veracity | truth |
Brain Death | Absence of electroencephalogram activity |
Organ Procurement Team | Contacted when there is a potential donor and all deaths. Usually done by nurses. |
Ethical issues in nursing | Total of 8 in PowerPoint - Be sure to know them! |