Ethics and Values & Legal Implication in Nursing Practice
common law - results from judicial decisions made in courts when individual legal cases are
decided (ex. informed consent and the client's right to refuse treatments)
consensus building - an act of discovery in which "collective wisdom" guides a group in the best
possible direction when a solution to an ethical dilemma is not guaranteed
consensus building - as a strategy, it promotes respect and agreement rather than a particular
philosophy or moral system itself
consequentialism and teleology - what is utilitarianism also known as?
criminal and civil - types of statutory laws?
criminal law - prevent harm to society and provides punishment for crimes
defamation of character - publication of false statements that result in damage to a person's
reputation (malice, slander)
deontology - Immanuel Kant defines actions as right or wrong and not looking at consequences
to prove that right or wrong
deontology and utilitarianism - both provide guidance, but it does not guarantee agreeement
Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care - legal document designing person(s) to make health
care decisions when client is unable to make them
, (1) any competent individual 18+ years for himself or herself; (2) any parent for his or her
emancipated minor; (3) any guardian for his or her ward; (4) any adult for the treatment of his
or her minor brother or sister, if in an emergency and parents aren't present; (5) any
grandparent for a minor grandchild, if in an emergency and parents aren't present - Statutory
Guidelines for Legal Consent: ADULTS
(1) for his or her child and any child in his or her legal custody; (2) lawfully married or
emancipated; (3) pregnancy excluding abortions; (4) venereal disease; (5) drug or substance
abuse; (6) unemancipated may not consent to abortions w/o consent of parent, self-consent
granted by court, specific consent given by court - Statutory Guidelines for Legal Consent for
Medical Treatment: MINORS
1989 Webster vs. Reproductive Health Services - some states require viability tests before
conducting abortions if the fetus is more than 28 weeks' gestational age
a living will - is invoked only when the client has a terminal condition or is in a persistent
vegetative state
accountability - refers to the ability to answer for one's own actions
ADA
HIPPA
EMTALA
Mental Health Parity
Advance Directives
Uniform Anatomical Gift
common law - results from judicial decisions made in courts when individual legal cases are
decided (ex. informed consent and the client's right to refuse treatments)
consensus building - an act of discovery in which "collective wisdom" guides a group in the best
possible direction when a solution to an ethical dilemma is not guaranteed
consensus building - as a strategy, it promotes respect and agreement rather than a particular
philosophy or moral system itself
consequentialism and teleology - what is utilitarianism also known as?
criminal and civil - types of statutory laws?
criminal law - prevent harm to society and provides punishment for crimes
defamation of character - publication of false statements that result in damage to a person's
reputation (malice, slander)
deontology - Immanuel Kant defines actions as right or wrong and not looking at consequences
to prove that right or wrong
deontology and utilitarianism - both provide guidance, but it does not guarantee agreeement
Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care - legal document designing person(s) to make health
care decisions when client is unable to make them
, (1) any competent individual 18+ years for himself or herself; (2) any parent for his or her
emancipated minor; (3) any guardian for his or her ward; (4) any adult for the treatment of his
or her minor brother or sister, if in an emergency and parents aren't present; (5) any
grandparent for a minor grandchild, if in an emergency and parents aren't present - Statutory
Guidelines for Legal Consent: ADULTS
(1) for his or her child and any child in his or her legal custody; (2) lawfully married or
emancipated; (3) pregnancy excluding abortions; (4) venereal disease; (5) drug or substance
abuse; (6) unemancipated may not consent to abortions w/o consent of parent, self-consent
granted by court, specific consent given by court - Statutory Guidelines for Legal Consent for
Medical Treatment: MINORS
1989 Webster vs. Reproductive Health Services - some states require viability tests before
conducting abortions if the fetus is more than 28 weeks' gestational age
a living will - is invoked only when the client has a terminal condition or is in a persistent
vegetative state
accountability - refers to the ability to answer for one's own actions
ADA
HIPPA
EMTALA
Mental Health Parity
Advance Directives
Uniform Anatomical Gift
