Dimensions of nursing Exam 2
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Advance Directive
✓ :~~ Legal document in which a clients wishes about healthcare are written
in las they are unable to make a decision for themselves. It can also stand as
the living will, durable power of attorney, personal directives, and advance
decisions.
Living will
✓ :~~ A written advance directive that identifies treatments, procedures,
tests and whatever else a person wants.
In effect only when he or she cannot make own decisions
Enforceable under the law
often poorly written and too general
Power of Attorney
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✓ :~~ A person legally designated to make health care decisions for a person
when the person cannot make own decisions for his/her self.
Organ donation: 3 primary sources
✓ :~~ 1. living relative donors
2. living unrelated donors
3.deceased donors (cadaver)
Choosing organ recipients
✓ :~~ - important criteria for ranking potential recipients : stage of disease
process
-length of time waiting
-tissue and blood compatibility
-size matching
-geographic proximity to donor
Ethical Dilemma
✓ :~~ A situation that requires a person to make a choice between equally
unfavorable alternatives
Ethical Dilemma Principles
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✓ :~~ Beneficence
Nonmaleficence
Autonomy
Veracity
Beneficence
✓ :~~ Ethical principle based on the beliefs that the healthcare provider
should do NO harm, prevent harm, remove existing harm, and promote the
good and well-being of the client
Nonmaleficence
✓ :~~ Ethical principe that requires the professional to do no harm to the
client
Autonomy
✓ :~~ Ethical principle. The right to being self-directed or independent. The
ability to make decisions about one's future.
Veracity
✓ :~~ The ethical principle of truthfulness. Requires the health care provider
to tell the truth and not intentionally deceive or mislead clients
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