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Janet -Chapter 6
Janet- test 3- Chp 6
Question | Answer |
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advocacy | is the protection and support of another's rights |
autonomy | is the right to self-determination |
beneficence | Benefit the patient, and balance benefits against risks and harms |
bioethics | They encompass all those perspectives that seek to understand human nature and behavior, characteristically the domain of the social sciences, and the natural world that provides the habitat of human and animal life, primarily the population and environme |
care-based approach | which directs attention to the specific situations of individual patients viewed within the context of their life narrative |
clinical ethics | is that branch of bioethics literally concerned with ethical problems “at the bedside,” that is, ethical concerns that arise within the context of caring for actual patients, wherever they are found |
deontologic | An action is right or wrong independent of its consequences |
ethical agency | must be cultivated in the same way that nurses cultivate the ability to do the scientifically right thing in response to a physiologic alteration. |
ethical dilemma | arise when attempted adherence to basic ethical principles results in two conflicting courses of action. |
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. |
ethics | is systematic inquiry into principles of right and wrong conduct, of virtue and vice, and of good and evil as they relate to conduct. |
feminist ethics | It aims to critique existing patterns of oppression and domination in society, especially as these affect women and the poor. |
fidelity | Keep promises |
justice | Give each his or her due; act fairly. |
morals | refers to personal or communal standards of right and wrong. Respect the rights of patients or their surrogates to make healthcare decisions |
nonmaleficence | Avoid causing harm. |
nursing ethics | which is a subset of bioethics, is the formal study of ethical issues that arise in the practice of nursing and of the analysis used by nurses to make ethical judgments |
paternalism | (acting for patients without their consent to secure good or prevent harm), deception, confidentiality, allocation of scarce nursing resources, advocacy, valid consent or refusal, conflicts between the patient's and nurse's values and interests, and confl |
principle-based approach | to doing ethics combines elements of both utilitarian and deontologic theories and offers specific action guides for practice |
utilitarian | The rightness or wrongness of an action depends on the consequences of the action. |
value | is a belief about the worth of something, about what matters, that acts as a standard to guide one's behavior |
value system | is an organization of values in which each is ranked along a continuum of importance, often leading to a personal code of conduct |
values clarification | is a process by which people come to understand their own values and value system. |
Altruism | is a concern for the welfare and well-being of others |
Human dignity | is respect for the inherent worth and uniqueness of individuals and populations |
Integrity | is acting in accordance with an appropriate code of ethics and accepted standards of practice |
Social justice | is upholding moral, legal, and humanistic principles |
Ethical sensibility | Ability to recognize the “ethical moment” when an ethical challenge presents itself |
Ethical responsiveness | Ability and willingness to respond to the ethical challenge |
Ethical reasoning and discernment | Knowledge of and ability to use sound theoretical and practical approaches to “thinking through” ethical challenges, to ultimately decide how to respond to this particular situation after identifying and critiquing alternative courses of action; these app |
Ethical accountability | Ability and willingness to accept responsibility for one's ethical behavior and to learn from the experience of exercising ethical agency |
Ethical character | Cultivated dispositions that allow one to act as one believes one ought to act |
Ethical valuing | Valuing in a conscious and critical way that which squares with good ethical character and ethical integrity |
Transformative ethical leadership | Commitment and proven ability to create a culture that facilitates the exercise of ethical agency, a culture in which people do the right thing because it is the right thing to do |
List five common modes of value transmission. | Modeling, Moralizing, Laissez-faire,Rewarding and punishing,Responsible choice |
Modeling | children learn what is of high or low value by observing parents, peers, and significant others |
Laissez-faire | approach to value transmission leave children to explore values on their own (no one set of values is presented as best for all) and to develop a personal value system |
Rewarding and punishing | children are rewarded for demonstrating values held by parents and punished for demonstrating unacceptable values |
moralizing | mode of value transmission are taught a complete value system by parents or an institution (eg, church or school) that allows little opportunity for them to weigh different values |
Responsible | choice mode of value transmission encourage children to explore competing values and to weigh their consequences |
Describe seven steps in the valuing process | -Choosing (Freely, From Alternatives, After Consideration of the Consequences) -Prizing (With Pride and Happiness, With Public Affirmation)-Acting (With Incorporation of the Choice Into One's Behavior, With Consistency and Regularity on the Value.) |