NR 226: Exam 1
Deontology
✅ ANSWER defines actions as right or wrong
Utilitarianism
✅ ANSWER proposes that the value of something is determined by its usefulness
Feminist Ethics
✅ ANSWER focuses on the inequality between people
Ethics of Care
✅ ANSWER Emphasizes the importance of understanding relationships, especially as
they are revealed in personal narratives
Professional Nursing Code of Ethics
✅ ANSWER A set of guiding principles that all members of a profession accept
Autonomy
✅ ANSWER commitment to include patients in their decisions
Beneficence
✅ ANSWER taking positive actions to help others
Nonmaleficence
✅ ANSWER avoidance of harm or hurt
Justice
✅ ANSWER being fair
Fidelity
✅ ANSWER agreement to keep promises
How to process an ethical dilemma (7 steps)
✅ ANSWER Step 1: Ask if this is an ethical dilemma.
,Step 2: Gather all relevant information.
Step 3: Clarify your own values/opinons.
Step 4: Verbalize the problem.
Step 5: Identify possible courses of action.
Step 6: Negotiate a plan.
Step 7: Evaluate the plan.
Who can request access to an ethical committee?
✅ ANSWER Any person involved in an ethical dilemma
(including nurses, physicians, health care providers, patients, and family members)
Issues in healthcare ethics
✅ ANSWER quality of care
genetic screening
care at the end of life
access to care
4 basic principles in the Code of Ethics
✅ ANSWER 1. advocacy
2. confidentiality
3. responsibility
4. accountability
an ethical problem has at least one of the following.. (3)
✅ ANSWER 1. unable to resolve solely on scientific data
2. perplexing
cannot easily make decision
3. answer will have a profound relevance for areas of human concern
purposes of the ethical committee
✅ ANSWER provide education, recommendations, and case consultation
issue: quality of life
✅ ANSWER measures the values/benefits of certain medical interventions
(ex. DNR, cancer therapy)
, issue: genetic screening
✅ ANSWER can alert patient to a condition that is not yet apparent, but will eventually
develop
issue: futile care
✅ ANSWER medical interventions that are unlikely to produce benefit to the patient
(ex. tx to a patient that has no hope/incurable)
moral distress
✅ ANSWER describes the anguish experienced when a person feels unable to act
according to closely held core values
ethics
✅ ANSWER The study of conduct and character. It is concerned with determining what
is good or valuable for individuals and society at large
values
✅ ANSWER Personal beliefs about the worth of something, that influences their
behavior
accountability
✅ ANSWER answering for your own actions
magnet recognition
✅ ANSWER the hospital has clinical promotion systems and research and evidence
based practice programs; nurses have professional autonomy over their practice
team nursing
✅ ANSWER interdisciplinary team approach developed in response to severe shortage
of nursing after World War II
team effort, team leader, care is provided collaboratively
total patient care
✅ ANSWER
original care delivery model of Florence Nightingale
Deontology
✅ ANSWER defines actions as right or wrong
Utilitarianism
✅ ANSWER proposes that the value of something is determined by its usefulness
Feminist Ethics
✅ ANSWER focuses on the inequality between people
Ethics of Care
✅ ANSWER Emphasizes the importance of understanding relationships, especially as
they are revealed in personal narratives
Professional Nursing Code of Ethics
✅ ANSWER A set of guiding principles that all members of a profession accept
Autonomy
✅ ANSWER commitment to include patients in their decisions
Beneficence
✅ ANSWER taking positive actions to help others
Nonmaleficence
✅ ANSWER avoidance of harm or hurt
Justice
✅ ANSWER being fair
Fidelity
✅ ANSWER agreement to keep promises
How to process an ethical dilemma (7 steps)
✅ ANSWER Step 1: Ask if this is an ethical dilemma.
,Step 2: Gather all relevant information.
Step 3: Clarify your own values/opinons.
Step 4: Verbalize the problem.
Step 5: Identify possible courses of action.
Step 6: Negotiate a plan.
Step 7: Evaluate the plan.
Who can request access to an ethical committee?
✅ ANSWER Any person involved in an ethical dilemma
(including nurses, physicians, health care providers, patients, and family members)
Issues in healthcare ethics
✅ ANSWER quality of care
genetic screening
care at the end of life
access to care
4 basic principles in the Code of Ethics
✅ ANSWER 1. advocacy
2. confidentiality
3. responsibility
4. accountability
an ethical problem has at least one of the following.. (3)
✅ ANSWER 1. unable to resolve solely on scientific data
2. perplexing
cannot easily make decision
3. answer will have a profound relevance for areas of human concern
purposes of the ethical committee
✅ ANSWER provide education, recommendations, and case consultation
issue: quality of life
✅ ANSWER measures the values/benefits of certain medical interventions
(ex. DNR, cancer therapy)
, issue: genetic screening
✅ ANSWER can alert patient to a condition that is not yet apparent, but will eventually
develop
issue: futile care
✅ ANSWER medical interventions that are unlikely to produce benefit to the patient
(ex. tx to a patient that has no hope/incurable)
moral distress
✅ ANSWER describes the anguish experienced when a person feels unable to act
according to closely held core values
ethics
✅ ANSWER The study of conduct and character. It is concerned with determining what
is good or valuable for individuals and society at large
values
✅ ANSWER Personal beliefs about the worth of something, that influences their
behavior
accountability
✅ ANSWER answering for your own actions
magnet recognition
✅ ANSWER the hospital has clinical promotion systems and research and evidence
based practice programs; nurses have professional autonomy over their practice
team nursing
✅ ANSWER interdisciplinary team approach developed in response to severe shortage
of nursing after World War II
team effort, team leader, care is provided collaboratively
total patient care
✅ ANSWER
original care delivery model of Florence Nightingale
