HESI Management -Ethical and Legal Issues | Questions and Answers(A+ Solution guide)

What are ethical principles? - Codes that direct or govern nursing actions What is Fidelity? - The duty to do what one has promised. What is autonomy? - Respect for an individual's right to self-determination. What is justice - The equitable distribution of potential benefits and tasks and determining the order in which clients should be cared for. What is nonmaleficence? - The obligation to do or cause no harm to another. What are values? - Beliefs and attitudes that may influence behavior and the process of decisionmaking. Process of analyzing one's own values to understand more completely regarding what is truly important Describe ethical code. - Broad principles for determining and evaluating client care Not legally binding, but in most states the board of nursing has the authority to reprimand nurses for unprofessional conduct that results from violation of the ethical codes Specific Ethical Codes Code of Ethics for Nurses, developed by the International Council of Nurses American Nurses Association Code of Ethics When do ethical dilemmas occur? - When a conflict arises between two or more ethical principles. If a client refuses care, by a nurse not performing the treatment what principle is the nurse going against? - beneficiencePersuading the patient to allow the treatment ignores the patient's ______? - Autonomy What is the nurse's role in ethical dilemmas. - the nurse must recognize ethical dilemmas and take appropriate action by practicing in a manner consistent with a code of ethics. What is ethical reasoning? - To make a choice between two alternatives that are equally unsatisfactory. What are the steps a nurse should take when handling an ethical dilemma? - gather all information verbalize the problem examine his or her own values consider possible courses of action negotiate the outcome evaluate the action once it has been taken What is an advocate? - is a person who speaks up for or acts on the behalf of the client, protects the client's right to make his or her own decisions, respects the client's decisions, and upholds the principle of fidelity.