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Ethics Chapter 6

Fundamentals of Nursing 6th Edition Chapter 6

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Value the belief about the worth of something, about what matters, that acts as a standard to guide one's behavior
Value System an organization of values in which each is ranked along a continuum of importance, often leading to a personal code of conduct
Values Clarification a process by which people come to understand their own values and value system
Ethics systematic inquiry into principles of right and wrong conduct, of virtue and vice, and of good and evil as they relate to conduct.
Morals refers to personal or communal standards of right and wrong
Bioethics ethics that encompass all those perspectives that seek to understand human nature and behavior, the domain of social science, and the natural world
Clinical Ethics the branch of bioethics concerned with ethical problems "at the bedside"
Nursing Ethics the formal study of ethical issues that arise in the practice of nursing and of the analysis used by nurses to make ethical judgements
Ethical Dilemma arise when basic ethical principles results in two conflicting courses of action
Principle-based approach ethics combines elements of both utilitarian and deontologic theories and offers specific action guides for practice.
Care-based approach directs attention to the specific situations of individual patients viewed within the context of their life narrative
Feminist ethics aims to critique existing patterns of oppression and domination in society, especially those that affect women and poor.
Ethical agency the ability to behave i an ethical way; to do the ethically right thing because it is the right thing to do
Ethical distress occurs when the nurse knows the right thing to do but either personal or institutional factors make it difficult to follow the correct course of action.
Paternalism acting for patients without their consent to secure good or prevent harm
Advocacy the protection and support of another's rights.
Autonomy self-determination; being independent and self-governing
Beneficence Principle of doing good
Deontologic ethical system in which actions are right or wrong independent of the consequences they produce
Fidelity Keeping promises and commitments made to others
Justice Process that distributes benefits, risks, and costs fairly
Nonmaleficence Principle of avoiding evil
Utilitarian action-guiding theory of ethics that states that the rightness or wrongness of an action depends on the consequences of the action
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