NURS 142 Midterm
1.5 Relationships with colleagues and others - ANS-The nurse creates an ethical environment,
a culture of civility and kindness, treating colleagues, coworkers, employees, students, and
others with dignity and respect.
Cultivate civility, collaboration, and collegiality to ensure:
Safe, quality patient care and outcomes
Compassionate, transparent, effective health services
A hospitable work environment
Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) - ANS-completed an accelerated graduate-level
education program preparing them for the 4 recognized APRN roles.
Advocacy - ANS-the act or process of pleading for, supporting, recommending a cause or
course of action. It occurs at the individual, interpersonal, organization and community, and
policy levels.
American Nurses Credentialing Center developed the Pathway to Excellence Program: - ANS-1)
Nurses control the practice of nursing
2) The work environment is safe and healthy
3) Systems are in place to address patient care and practice concerns
4) Orientation prepares nurses for the work environment
5) The CNO is qualified and participates in all levels of organization
6) Professional development is provided and used
7) Equitable compensation is provided
8) Nurses are recognized for achievements
9) A balanced lifestyle is encouraged
10) Collaborative relationships are valued and supported
11) Nurse managers are competent and accountable
12) A quality program and evidence-based practice is used
An ethical code is an identifying feature of a profession to - ANS-Facilitate professional
self-regulation and accountability
Describe obligations of client-professional and colleague-to-colleague relationships
Serve as a guide for analysis, decision and action
ANA's Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements ("the Code") - ANS-•Conveys
shared ethical values, obligations, duties and ideals of nurses individually and collectively
•Provides an implied contract with the public
•Informs society of the moral values and ideals by which it functions
•Informs new professionals of the expected moral behaviors
, •Guides the profession in self-regulation
•Provides a framework for ethical decision-making
Is unapologetic, aspirational and nonnegotiable
Applied ethics - ANS-wrestles with questions or right, wrong, good, and evil in a specific realm
of human action, such as nursing, business, or law.
Aristotle held that there are five essential social virtues - ANS-courage, compassion, self-love,
friendship, and forgiveness
Art of Nursing - ANS-based on caring and respect for human dignity. It embraces spirituality,
healing, empathy, manual respect, and compassion.
ASKED - ANS-Awareness
Skill
Knowledge
Encounters
Desire
Caring is - ANS-Grounded in ethics, beginning with respect for the autonomy of the care
recipient
Grounded, as a science, in nursing, but is not limited to nursing
An attribute that may be taught, modeled, learned, and mastered
Capable of being measured and analyzed scientifically
The subject of study within caring science institutes/academics worldwide
Central to relationships that lead to effective healing, cure, and/or actualization of human
potential.
Contextual features (principles of justice and fairness) - ANS-identify the familial, social,
institutional, financial, and legal settings within which the particular case takes place, insofar as
they influence medical decisions (risks of professional or institutional conflicts of interest, vested
interests, financial factors, institutional/social scarcity of resources, potential legal issues, public
safety issues)
Culturally congruent practice - ANS-he application of evidence-based nursing that is in
agreement with the preferred cultural values, beliefs, worldview, and practices of the healthcare
consumer and other stakeholders.
Doctrine of Double Effect - ANS-Nurse may administer medications with the intent of reducing
symptoms of dying, even though the secondary impact may decrease respirations and perhaps
hasten death
The nurse's actions do not cause the death, the terminal illness causes the death
1.5 Relationships with colleagues and others - ANS-The nurse creates an ethical environment,
a culture of civility and kindness, treating colleagues, coworkers, employees, students, and
others with dignity and respect.
Cultivate civility, collaboration, and collegiality to ensure:
Safe, quality patient care and outcomes
Compassionate, transparent, effective health services
A hospitable work environment
Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) - ANS-completed an accelerated graduate-level
education program preparing them for the 4 recognized APRN roles.
Advocacy - ANS-the act or process of pleading for, supporting, recommending a cause or
course of action. It occurs at the individual, interpersonal, organization and community, and
policy levels.
American Nurses Credentialing Center developed the Pathway to Excellence Program: - ANS-1)
Nurses control the practice of nursing
2) The work environment is safe and healthy
3) Systems are in place to address patient care and practice concerns
4) Orientation prepares nurses for the work environment
5) The CNO is qualified and participates in all levels of organization
6) Professional development is provided and used
7) Equitable compensation is provided
8) Nurses are recognized for achievements
9) A balanced lifestyle is encouraged
10) Collaborative relationships are valued and supported
11) Nurse managers are competent and accountable
12) A quality program and evidence-based practice is used
An ethical code is an identifying feature of a profession to - ANS-Facilitate professional
self-regulation and accountability
Describe obligations of client-professional and colleague-to-colleague relationships
Serve as a guide for analysis, decision and action
ANA's Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements ("the Code") - ANS-•Conveys
shared ethical values, obligations, duties and ideals of nurses individually and collectively
•Provides an implied contract with the public
•Informs society of the moral values and ideals by which it functions
•Informs new professionals of the expected moral behaviors
, •Guides the profession in self-regulation
•Provides a framework for ethical decision-making
Is unapologetic, aspirational and nonnegotiable
Applied ethics - ANS-wrestles with questions or right, wrong, good, and evil in a specific realm
of human action, such as nursing, business, or law.
Aristotle held that there are five essential social virtues - ANS-courage, compassion, self-love,
friendship, and forgiveness
Art of Nursing - ANS-based on caring and respect for human dignity. It embraces spirituality,
healing, empathy, manual respect, and compassion.
ASKED - ANS-Awareness
Skill
Knowledge
Encounters
Desire
Caring is - ANS-Grounded in ethics, beginning with respect for the autonomy of the care
recipient
Grounded, as a science, in nursing, but is not limited to nursing
An attribute that may be taught, modeled, learned, and mastered
Capable of being measured and analyzed scientifically
The subject of study within caring science institutes/academics worldwide
Central to relationships that lead to effective healing, cure, and/or actualization of human
potential.
Contextual features (principles of justice and fairness) - ANS-identify the familial, social,
institutional, financial, and legal settings within which the particular case takes place, insofar as
they influence medical decisions (risks of professional or institutional conflicts of interest, vested
interests, financial factors, institutional/social scarcity of resources, potential legal issues, public
safety issues)
Culturally congruent practice - ANS-he application of evidence-based nursing that is in
agreement with the preferred cultural values, beliefs, worldview, and practices of the healthcare
consumer and other stakeholders.
Doctrine of Double Effect - ANS-Nurse may administer medications with the intent of reducing
symptoms of dying, even though the secondary impact may decrease respirations and perhaps
hasten death
The nurse's actions do not cause the death, the terminal illness causes the death
