NR599: Comprehensive Final

Ethical Decision Making - -Process that requires striking a balance between science and morality. -Making informed choices about ethical dilemmas based on a set of standards differentiating right from wrong. American Nurses Association- Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements. - provides specific guidance for ethical decision making and provides a valuable framework that can be used when working with HIT Bioethical Standards - Autonomy, freedom, veracity, privacy, beneficence, and fidelity are maximally appropriate to the health care setting. Autonomy - The right to choose for himself or herself; respecting the clients opinions, perspectives, values and beliefs. Freedom - The ability of an individual to act independently, without coercion or constraint in ones choice and action veracity - Being completely truthful with patients; a patients right to truth. privacy - The right to be left alone when you want to be, to have control over your own personal possessions, and not to be observed without your consent Beneficence - Actions performed that contribute to the welfare of others; Action of doing good or right by and for the patient. Fidelity - Right to what has been promised; keeping to one's promise. Telehealth - Use of electronic information and telecommunications technologies to support long-distance clinical health care, patient and professional health-related education, public health and health administration. Technologies include videoconferencing, the internet, store-and-forward imaging, streaming media, and