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20 Cards in this Set
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Accountability
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to answer for one's own actions
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advocacy
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support of a cause. Advocate for the health and safety of a client. Also as a health advocate you must report incompetent, impaired, unethical, or illegal nursing care.
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autonomy
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refers to a comitment to include clients in decisions about all aspects of their care
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beneficence
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refers to taking positive actions to help others
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code of ethics
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a set of guiding principles that all members of a profession accept. ANA code of ethics is: Responsibility, Accontability, Advocacy, Confidentiality
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Confidentiality
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protection of the personal information that the healthcare team has about a client
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consequentialism
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a utilitarian system of ethics that values things by their usefulness. Main emphasis is on consequences (seems to include "the ends justify the means" type actions).
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deontology
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a traditional ethical theory that focuses on the intrinsic "rightness" or "wrongness" of actions regardless of outcomes.
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ethic of care
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a philosophy that focuses on understanding relationships, especially personal narratives
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ethics
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a study of conduct and character. It is concerned with determinging what is good of valuable for individuals, groups, and society
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fidelity
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to keep promises
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justice
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fairness - healthcare workers strive to provide fair and equitable treatment to all
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nonmaleficence
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a commitment to do no harm
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responsibility
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to maintain respect for obligations and follow through on promises
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teleology
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study of the ends or final causes. Related to utilitarian system of ethics
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value
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a personal belief about the worth of an idea
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values clarification
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identifying and defining values. This may be useful when resolving ethical dilemas and helps to separate facts from opinions.
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Bioethics
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is the study of controversial ethics brought about by advances in biology and medicine.
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veracity
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conformity to facts - habitual truthfulness
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Steps to resolve ethical dilema
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1 - Identify problem as an ethical dilema
2 - gather information 3 - clarify values, distinguish fact, opinion, value 4 - verbalize problem 5 - indentify possible courses of action 6 - negotiate a plan 7 - continuously re-evaluate plan over time |
