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Emotional Intelligence Key attribute aligned with individuals capacity to know themselves
and others.
Emotionally intelligent leaders help people harmonize to increase their value in the workplace-
can influence staff retention and quality of care delivery.
Patient centred care includes the patient and their family members to design and deliver
health care at all levels.
Associated with excellent health care delivery
Three elements that guide ethical nursing practice Meta-ethics: explores broader theory and
meaning of morality and the foundation and scope of moral values, words and practice.
Normative Ethics: concerned with the standards most people use to guide their behaviours and
how they are determined
Applied Ethics: relates ethical principles to real life moral issues, such as how to provide nursing
care and how to conduct research on human subjects.
Distinguish between ethics and morality Ethics: division of moral philosophy that involves
the moral practices, beliefs, standards of individuals or groups. Branch of philosophy that deals
with "right" or "wrong".
Morality: code of conduct advanced and accepted by a society, a group or an individual. Can be
reflected in personal, cultural and professional values and based on ideas about right or wrong.
Ethical dilemma vs ethical distress(or moral distress) Ethical dilemma: or questions, arise
when there are equally compelling reasons for and against two or more possible courses of
actions but only one option can be selected.
Ethical distress: when the nurse knows the right thing to do, but he or she cannot act on that
insight. Can provoke guilt, concern or distaste. EX: family wants to resuscitate their mother but
she has a signed DNR
, Define Liability ones responsibility for his or her own conduct; an obligation or duty to be
reformed; responsibility for an action or an outcome
Explain Professional Sanctions Are imposed by regulatory bodies and arise from a delegation
of regulatory authority from provinces or territories to self regulate their members. Disciplining
members is the primary mechanism by which standards are enforced.
Generally arise from three unacceptable behaviours: misconduct, incompetence, and conduct
unbecoming a member of the profession. Can result in loss of license, fines, remediation
requirements, further education or practice restrictions.
Define Misconduct, incompetence and conduct unbecoming a member of the profession
Misconduct: unacceptable behaviour within the scope of the professions practice
Incompetence: failure to meet minimum generally accepted standards
Conduct unbecoming a member of the profession: behaviour outside a professions practice
that may bring the profession into disrepute
Define negligence Failure to exercise the degree of care that a person of ordinary prudence,
based on the reasonable standard, would exercise under the same or similar circumstances
Define Malpractice Failure of a professional person to act in accordance with the prevalent
professional standards or failure to foresee potential consequences that a professional person,
having the necessary skills and expertise to act in a professional manner, should foresee
Define Privacy The right of the individual to determine when, how and to what extent he or
she will release personal information
Define Confidentiality The promise to hold in private any information provided and to
prevent the release of information to those who are unauthorized
Emotional Intelligence Key attribute aligned with individuals capacity to know themselves
and others.
Emotionally intelligent leaders help people harmonize to increase their value in the workplace-
can influence staff retention and quality of care delivery.
Patient centred care includes the patient and their family members to design and deliver
health care at all levels.
Associated with excellent health care delivery
Three elements that guide ethical nursing practice Meta-ethics: explores broader theory and
meaning of morality and the foundation and scope of moral values, words and practice.
Normative Ethics: concerned with the standards most people use to guide their behaviours and
how they are determined
Applied Ethics: relates ethical principles to real life moral issues, such as how to provide nursing
care and how to conduct research on human subjects.
Distinguish between ethics and morality Ethics: division of moral philosophy that involves
the moral practices, beliefs, standards of individuals or groups. Branch of philosophy that deals
with "right" or "wrong".
Morality: code of conduct advanced and accepted by a society, a group or an individual. Can be
reflected in personal, cultural and professional values and based on ideas about right or wrong.
Ethical dilemma vs ethical distress(or moral distress) Ethical dilemma: or questions, arise
when there are equally compelling reasons for and against two or more possible courses of
actions but only one option can be selected.
Ethical distress: when the nurse knows the right thing to do, but he or she cannot act on that
insight. Can provoke guilt, concern or distaste. EX: family wants to resuscitate their mother but
she has a signed DNR
, Define Liability ones responsibility for his or her own conduct; an obligation or duty to be
reformed; responsibility for an action or an outcome
Explain Professional Sanctions Are imposed by regulatory bodies and arise from a delegation
of regulatory authority from provinces or territories to self regulate their members. Disciplining
members is the primary mechanism by which standards are enforced.
Generally arise from three unacceptable behaviours: misconduct, incompetence, and conduct
unbecoming a member of the profession. Can result in loss of license, fines, remediation
requirements, further education or practice restrictions.
Define Misconduct, incompetence and conduct unbecoming a member of the profession
Misconduct: unacceptable behaviour within the scope of the professions practice
Incompetence: failure to meet minimum generally accepted standards
Conduct unbecoming a member of the profession: behaviour outside a professions practice
that may bring the profession into disrepute
Define negligence Failure to exercise the degree of care that a person of ordinary prudence,
based on the reasonable standard, would exercise under the same or similar circumstances
Define Malpractice Failure of a professional person to act in accordance with the prevalent
professional standards or failure to foresee potential consequences that a professional person,
having the necessary skills and expertise to act in a professional manner, should foresee
Define Privacy The right of the individual to determine when, how and to what extent he or
she will release personal information
Define Confidentiality The promise to hold in private any information provided and to
prevent the release of information to those who are unauthorized
