Ethical & Legal Issues in Canadian
Nursing 4th Edition (Latest Edition 2024-
2025)Graded A+
What are the ethical roles in nursing?
1. Nurse-client relationships
2. Health care policies
3. Health care organizations
4. Health care system as a whole
Code of ethics Definition
Formal statement of profession's ideals, values, responsibilities and societal
missions
What does the code of ethics do?
Helps professionals settle questions about practice or behaviour - includes
responsibility, accountability, and advocacy
What are the International Council of Nurses principles?
1. Nurses and people - nurse responsibility to people needing care
2. Nurses and practice - accountability of nurse
3. Nurses and profession - Nurses' role in maintaining standards of practice
4. Nurses and co-workers - Nurses role in collaborative relationships
Code of ethics Nursing values and Ethical Responsibilities
1. Providing safe, compassionate, competent and ethical care
2. Promoting health and well-being
3. Promoting and respecting informed decision making
,4. Preserving dignity
5. Maintaining privacy
6. Promoting justice
7. Being accountable
Code of ethics Ethical Endeavors role in society justice and advocacy
1. Policies to address social determinants of health
2. Accessible, universal comprehenzive health care
3. Environmental preservation
4. Positive health work environments
5. Reolution of global health issues
What is the CNO Code of Conduct Principles?
1. Nurses respect client dignity
2. Nurses provide inclusive and culturally safe care by practicing cultural
humility
3. Nurses provide safe and competent care
4. Nurses work respectfully with health care team to best meet client needs
5. Nurses act with integrity in clients' best interest
6. Nurses maintain public confidence in nursing profession
CNO's Ethical Values
Client well-being, client choice, privacy and confidentiality, respect for life,
maintaining commitments to clients, truthfulness, fairness
What is the Clinical Ethics Committees role?
Consultation (advice in decisions), education, policy making, research
What are the steps to ethical decision making?
, 1. Describe the issue
2. Determine who is involved
3. Assess the situation
4. Clarify values
5. Explore the story and note reactions
6. Identify ethical priniciples
7. Clarify legal rules
8. Explore options and alternatives
9. Decide the course of action
10. Develop an action plan
11. Evaluate the plan
What are the most common human error and limitations causes?
Communication breakdown, fatigue, workload, complexity of processes,
reliance on memory
What are the patient and family's right to know?
Open and transparent disclosure of error
What is harm?
An outcome that negatively affects a patient's health and or quality of life
What is disclosure?
Process of health care professionals communicating the adverse event to the
patient
What is the RNAO's position statement on patient safety?
"In spite of challenging work environments, action can be taken to provide an
environment supporting excellence and safe patient and caregiver space"
Nursing 4th Edition (Latest Edition 2024-
2025)Graded A+
What are the ethical roles in nursing?
1. Nurse-client relationships
2. Health care policies
3. Health care organizations
4. Health care system as a whole
Code of ethics Definition
Formal statement of profession's ideals, values, responsibilities and societal
missions
What does the code of ethics do?
Helps professionals settle questions about practice or behaviour - includes
responsibility, accountability, and advocacy
What are the International Council of Nurses principles?
1. Nurses and people - nurse responsibility to people needing care
2. Nurses and practice - accountability of nurse
3. Nurses and profession - Nurses' role in maintaining standards of practice
4. Nurses and co-workers - Nurses role in collaborative relationships
Code of ethics Nursing values and Ethical Responsibilities
1. Providing safe, compassionate, competent and ethical care
2. Promoting health and well-being
3. Promoting and respecting informed decision making
,4. Preserving dignity
5. Maintaining privacy
6. Promoting justice
7. Being accountable
Code of ethics Ethical Endeavors role in society justice and advocacy
1. Policies to address social determinants of health
2. Accessible, universal comprehenzive health care
3. Environmental preservation
4. Positive health work environments
5. Reolution of global health issues
What is the CNO Code of Conduct Principles?
1. Nurses respect client dignity
2. Nurses provide inclusive and culturally safe care by practicing cultural
humility
3. Nurses provide safe and competent care
4. Nurses work respectfully with health care team to best meet client needs
5. Nurses act with integrity in clients' best interest
6. Nurses maintain public confidence in nursing profession
CNO's Ethical Values
Client well-being, client choice, privacy and confidentiality, respect for life,
maintaining commitments to clients, truthfulness, fairness
What is the Clinical Ethics Committees role?
Consultation (advice in decisions), education, policy making, research
What are the steps to ethical decision making?
, 1. Describe the issue
2. Determine who is involved
3. Assess the situation
4. Clarify values
5. Explore the story and note reactions
6. Identify ethical priniciples
7. Clarify legal rules
8. Explore options and alternatives
9. Decide the course of action
10. Develop an action plan
11. Evaluate the plan
What are the most common human error and limitations causes?
Communication breakdown, fatigue, workload, complexity of processes,
reliance on memory
What are the patient and family's right to know?
Open and transparent disclosure of error
What is harm?
An outcome that negatively affects a patient's health and or quality of life
What is disclosure?
Process of health care professionals communicating the adverse event to the
patient
What is the RNAO's position statement on patient safety?
"In spite of challenging work environments, action can be taken to provide an
environment supporting excellence and safe patient and caregiver space"
