Nurs 200 - Quiz 2 UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT Answers
- Study of conduct and character
- It asks, what is good or valuable for individuals, groups,
Ethics and society at large
- Reflect a commitment to standards that individuals, pro-
fessions, and societies strive to meet
As nurses, we must embrace the role of in
our professional lives and promote resolution when an ethics; ethical
dilemma develops
- A branch of applied ethics specifically related with activ-
ities in the field of nursing
Nursing Ethics - Shares many principles with medical ethics
- Emphasis on relationships, human dignity, and collabo-
rative care
The study of ethics related to moral issues that arise in
Bioethics health care.
Ex. Euthanasia
- Protecting patients' rights
- Respecting patients' dignity
Fundamental to Nursing Practice
- Guarding patients' privacy
- Taking patients' wishes into consideration
hold people and society together Morals
Nurses generally engage with patients over pe-
longer
riods of time than other disciplines
- A set of guiding principles that all members of a profes-
sion accept
- Helps professional groups settle questions about prac-
Code of Nursing Ethics
tice or behavior
- Includes advocacy, responsibility, accountability, and
confidentiality
,HIPPA
, - Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
- Confidentiality
- Mandates the protection of patients' personal/health
information
- Requires that disclosure or requests regarding health
information be limited to the minimum necessary
- Released in 1978 in accordance with the National Re-
search Act of 1974.
Belmont Report - Report consists of 3 principles - beneficence, justice, and
respect for persons
- Provided guidelines for protecting human subjects
- 1974
- Codified the requirement that human subjects in re-
National Research Act
search must be protected and set the stage for the is-
suance of the Belmont Report
What was the worst case of unethical human subjects
Tuskegee Syphilis Study
research in the history of the U.S.?
- commitment to include patients in decisions
- the freedom and ability to act in a self-determined man-
ner
Autonomy
- advanced directives
- spiritual needs assessment
- right to refuse treatment
- taking positive actions to help others
- the interest of the patients are more important than self
Beneficience interest
- a responsibility to act
- consists of deeds of "mercy, kindness, and charity"
Nonmaleficence
- Study of conduct and character
- It asks, what is good or valuable for individuals, groups,
Ethics and society at large
- Reflect a commitment to standards that individuals, pro-
fessions, and societies strive to meet
As nurses, we must embrace the role of in
our professional lives and promote resolution when an ethics; ethical
dilemma develops
- A branch of applied ethics specifically related with activ-
ities in the field of nursing
Nursing Ethics - Shares many principles with medical ethics
- Emphasis on relationships, human dignity, and collabo-
rative care
The study of ethics related to moral issues that arise in
Bioethics health care.
Ex. Euthanasia
- Protecting patients' rights
- Respecting patients' dignity
Fundamental to Nursing Practice
- Guarding patients' privacy
- Taking patients' wishes into consideration
hold people and society together Morals
Nurses generally engage with patients over pe-
longer
riods of time than other disciplines
- A set of guiding principles that all members of a profes-
sion accept
- Helps professional groups settle questions about prac-
Code of Nursing Ethics
tice or behavior
- Includes advocacy, responsibility, accountability, and
confidentiality
,HIPPA
, - Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
- Confidentiality
- Mandates the protection of patients' personal/health
information
- Requires that disclosure or requests regarding health
information be limited to the minimum necessary
- Released in 1978 in accordance with the National Re-
search Act of 1974.
Belmont Report - Report consists of 3 principles - beneficence, justice, and
respect for persons
- Provided guidelines for protecting human subjects
- 1974
- Codified the requirement that human subjects in re-
National Research Act
search must be protected and set the stage for the is-
suance of the Belmont Report
What was the worst case of unethical human subjects
Tuskegee Syphilis Study
research in the history of the U.S.?
- commitment to include patients in decisions
- the freedom and ability to act in a self-determined man-
ner
Autonomy
- advanced directives
- spiritual needs assessment
- right to refuse treatment
- taking positive actions to help others
- the interest of the patients are more important than self
Beneficience interest
- a responsibility to act
- consists of deeds of "mercy, kindness, and charity"
Nonmaleficence
