NURS3300 Ethics Final Exam
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Know the names of each of the big three ethical theories - Answer Virtue Theory
Deontological Theory
Consequentialist Theory
Virtue Theory - Answer Judgment of agents = most basic
- Develop + defend conception of ideal person
- Develop + defend list of virtues necessary for being and person of a specific type
- Defend view of how people can possess these values
Deontological Theory - Answer Judgment of actions = most basic
- Try to do the right thing (avoid the wrong thing)
- Deon = duty
- Formulate and defend a set of moral rules
- Develop + defend some method of determining what to do when rules conflict
- Conscientiousness IMPORTANT = derivative value, disposition to follow rules despite
temptation
Consequentialist Theory - Answer Judgment of consequences = most basic
- Act to bring about the most of you deem as valuable
- Specify and defend some thing ot list of things that are good in and of themselves
(intrinsic)
- Provide techniques to measure and compare quantities of these intrinsic goods
- Defend policy for those cases where one cannot determine which of a number of
alternative actions will maximize the good
- Instrumental = only good so far as they bring about intrinsic goods (good in and of
itself)
Morality - Answer What you believe
An individual's principles regarding what is right and wrong
, Ethics - Answer What you do
A set or code of rules provided by an external source
Professional Integrity - Answer Behaviors (actions), attitudes, and beliefs are consistent
with that of the profession and those of your agency
Nursing Code of Ethics - Answer 1. Act w compassion and respect for all individuals
2. Primary commitment is to the patient (indiv, fam, group, or community)
3. Promote and advocate to protect health, safety, and rights of pt
4. Responsibility and accountability for nursing practices, and to optimize pt care
5. Responsibility to preserve integrity and safety for one's self; maintain competence
and growth
6. Est and maintain improvement of healthcare profession and envt to provide quality
care
7. Contribute to advancement of profession through practice, education, administration,
and knowledge development
8. Collaborate w other health professionals and public to meet health needs
9. The profession of nursing is responsible for articulating nursing values, maintaining
professional integrity, and shaping social policy
Privacy - Answer Right of patient to determine what they disclose (right to autonomy);
negative right - noninterference
Confidentiality - Answer Duty of HCP to protect information that they are entrusted with;
mechanism by which privacy is recognized and honored; form of promise
Positive right - Answer Have a duty to DO or receive something
i.e. truth telling, right to receive emergency care, taxes
Negative right - Answer Have a right to NOT have something done; right of
noninterference/being left alone
i.e. right to privacy, right to not be killed, right to not be lied to
Tarasoff v. Regents of the University of California - Answer Pt (Poddar) confided in his
therapist that he was going to kill his girlfriend, Tarasoff. Therapist tried to have him
committed, but the police let him go. He later stabbed Tarasoff to death. Decision set
precedent for duty to warn: Duty to warn third parties who are at risk of injury by the
patient. "The protective privilege begins when the public peril begins"
Duty to warn CRITERIA - Answer - Violence foreseeable: (1) Hx of violence, (2) Threat to
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Know the names of each of the big three ethical theories - Answer Virtue Theory
Deontological Theory
Consequentialist Theory
Virtue Theory - Answer Judgment of agents = most basic
- Develop + defend conception of ideal person
- Develop + defend list of virtues necessary for being and person of a specific type
- Defend view of how people can possess these values
Deontological Theory - Answer Judgment of actions = most basic
- Try to do the right thing (avoid the wrong thing)
- Deon = duty
- Formulate and defend a set of moral rules
- Develop + defend some method of determining what to do when rules conflict
- Conscientiousness IMPORTANT = derivative value, disposition to follow rules despite
temptation
Consequentialist Theory - Answer Judgment of consequences = most basic
- Act to bring about the most of you deem as valuable
- Specify and defend some thing ot list of things that are good in and of themselves
(intrinsic)
- Provide techniques to measure and compare quantities of these intrinsic goods
- Defend policy for those cases where one cannot determine which of a number of
alternative actions will maximize the good
- Instrumental = only good so far as they bring about intrinsic goods (good in and of
itself)
Morality - Answer What you believe
An individual's principles regarding what is right and wrong
, Ethics - Answer What you do
A set or code of rules provided by an external source
Professional Integrity - Answer Behaviors (actions), attitudes, and beliefs are consistent
with that of the profession and those of your agency
Nursing Code of Ethics - Answer 1. Act w compassion and respect for all individuals
2. Primary commitment is to the patient (indiv, fam, group, or community)
3. Promote and advocate to protect health, safety, and rights of pt
4. Responsibility and accountability for nursing practices, and to optimize pt care
5. Responsibility to preserve integrity and safety for one's self; maintain competence
and growth
6. Est and maintain improvement of healthcare profession and envt to provide quality
care
7. Contribute to advancement of profession through practice, education, administration,
and knowledge development
8. Collaborate w other health professionals and public to meet health needs
9. The profession of nursing is responsible for articulating nursing values, maintaining
professional integrity, and shaping social policy
Privacy - Answer Right of patient to determine what they disclose (right to autonomy);
negative right - noninterference
Confidentiality - Answer Duty of HCP to protect information that they are entrusted with;
mechanism by which privacy is recognized and honored; form of promise
Positive right - Answer Have a duty to DO or receive something
i.e. truth telling, right to receive emergency care, taxes
Negative right - Answer Have a right to NOT have something done; right of
noninterference/being left alone
i.e. right to privacy, right to not be killed, right to not be lied to
Tarasoff v. Regents of the University of California - Answer Pt (Poddar) confided in his
therapist that he was going to kill his girlfriend, Tarasoff. Therapist tried to have him
committed, but the police let him go. He later stabbed Tarasoff to death. Decision set
precedent for duty to warn: Duty to warn third parties who are at risk of injury by the
patient. "The protective privilege begins when the public peril begins"
Duty to warn CRITERIA - Answer - Violence foreseeable: (1) Hx of violence, (2) Threat to
