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Bioethical Principles in Nursing Practice

The document discusses key concepts in bioethics and nursing practice including: 1. Morals, ethics, and morality which guide norms of conduct and determine what is right or wrong. 2. Professional codes of ethics nurses must follow in their contract with society to behave appropriately. 3. Ethical principles like respect for persons, beneficence, non-maleficence, and justice that guide ethical decisions. 4. Issues like consent, autonomy, paternalism, and advance directives that involve patient rights and decision making.

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Bioethical Principles in Nursing Practice

The document discusses key concepts in bioethics and nursing practice including: 1. Morals, ethics, and morality which guide norms of conduct and determine what is right or wrong. 2. Professional codes of ethics nurses must follow in their contract with society to behave appropriately. 3. Ethical principles like respect for persons, beneficence, non-maleficence, and justice that guide ethical decisions. 4. Issues like consent, autonomy, paternalism, and advance directives that involve patient rights and decision making.

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2 BIOETHICS IN NURSING PRACTICE

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1. based on norms of conduct about right or wrong MORALS

2. science of ideals-what a person should do be- ETHICS


cause it is the right thing to do

3. application of ethics MORALITY

4. BON resolution 220 series 2004 CODE OF ETHICS

5. nurses have a contract with societynto behave PROFESSIONAL


CODE OF ETHICS

6. Ethical principles A
B
N
V
C
J
F

7. most fundamental human right RESPECT FOR PER-


SON

8. created in the image of god IMAGO DEI

9. what nurse's do in the hospital has a (2) 1. legal


2. ethical implication

10. (true or false) We can be taught ethics but moral- True


ity is always up to us.

11. no breathing CODE BLUE

12. -self-governing AUTONOMY


-is not absolute

13. lies, restraints, coercion is a? Wrong decision

14. (true or false) no matter what, we must not let our False
patients decide for himself no matter what, we
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must LET our patients
decide for himself

15. Factors that affect decision (2) 1. Emotions


2. time

16. deliberate restriction of people's autonomy by PATERNALISM


health care professionals based on the idea that
they know what's best for the clients.

17. (true or false) not everything legal is ethical and True


vice versa

18. (true or false) In paternalism, doing good should True


take precedence over autonomy

19. (competent for decision making) self-supported, Emancipated minor


financially independent

20. 90 y/o and illeterate Mentally coherent

21. immediate family CONSENT

22. Who gives proxy consent? (2) 1. Durable power of At-


torney
2. Closest of kin

23. Designating somebody else to make a decision Durable power of Attor-


for me ney

24. 3 Advance Directives 1. living will


2. Durable power of at-
torney
3. Health care proxy

25. -an advance declaration. ADVANCE DIREC-


-instructions for the future. TIVES

26. LIVING WILL

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-Document that tells you what I want in the future
in case in the future I cannot make a decision
anymore

27. designates somebody else to make the decision DURABLE POWER OF


ATTORNEY

28. Doctor can act as a? Loco-parentis (substi-


tute parent)

29. (true or false) if it causes harm to others, don't False


stop the autonomy if it causes harm to oth-
ers, STOP the autono-
my

30. approval of the person of anybody below 18 ASSENT

31. experiments on twin NAZI EXPERIMENTS


(WWII)

32. 1942 Luftwaffe conducted experiments treatment HYPOTHERMIA EX-


of hypothermia PERIMENTS

33. experiment investigate the effectiveness of sul- INFECTED WOUNDS


fonamide

34. respect for autonomy and protection of person RESPECT FOR PER-
SON

35. maximize benefits and minimize harm BENEFICENCE AND


NON-MALIFICENCE

36. equitable distribution JUSTICE

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