Question | Answer |
The three ethical principles to consider when making clinical decisions are? | self determination, beneficence, and justice. |
Respect for people is one of six basic ethical principles that nurses and other health care professionals should use as a basis for? | clinical decision-making. |
Respect implies that patients are treated as autonomous individuals capable of making? | informed decisions about their care. |
Patient __________ is referred to as self-determination or self-management. | autonomy |
The second ethical principle is beneficence, which? | emphasizes the importance of preventing harm and assuring the patient’s well-being. |
Nonmaleficence follows the QSEN core competency of safety, ensuring? | patient SAFETY and preventing harm. |
Fidelity refers to the nurse keeping his or her obligation to? | follow through with care. |
Veracity is the principle that the nurse has an obligation to tell the truth, to the? | best of his or her knowledge. |
Social justice refers to equality, which means that all patients should be treated? | equally and fairly. |
The National Council of State Boards of Nursing identified nine nursing practice areas needing improvement, including? | medications, communicating data and assessments,
attentiveness to patients, clinical reasoning, prevention of errors or complications, timely intervention, interpreting orders, professionalism and advocacy, and mandatory reporting. |