NURS2035_24S1 Law and Ethics PDF

Law and ethics WELCOME Darren Conlon, Sydney Campus E u n i c e Ta n , F re m a n t l e a n d B ro o m e C a m p u s e s School of Nursing and Midwifery ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COUNTRY The University of Notre Dame Australia is proud to acknowledge the traditional owners and custodians of this land upon w...

Law and ethics WELCOME Darren Conlon, Sydney Campus E u n i c e Ta n , F re m a n t l e a n d B ro o m e C a m p u s e s School of Nursing and Midwifery ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COUNTRY The University of Notre Dame Australia is proud to acknowledge the traditional owners and custodians of this land upon which our University sits. The University acknowledges that the Fremantle Campus is located on Wadjuk Country, the Broome Campus on Yawuru Country and the Sydney Campus on Cadigal Country. Objective By the end of this presentation, you will be familiar with GVV Case study Mary is a nurse working in a busy public hospital. She is caring for Mr Fletcher who is in the final stages of a painful terminal condition. Unfortunately, Mr Fletcher lost consciousness several weeks ago just after his admission to the ward. He is not expected to regain consciousness and his family sit with him 24 hours a day. Mr Fletcher can no longer verbalise his requirements. Dr Jones has come to see Mr Fletcher and charts some IV antibiotics for him. However, Mary knows that Mr Fletcher has made an official request to have all treatment except pain relief ceased should he ever lose consciousness. Mary is in awe of Dr Jones, whom she recognises from the TV show Kings Cross ER. She believes that Dr Jones is not acting according to Mr Fletcher’s wishes, but she cannot think of a way to approach such a famous person. Questions 1. Describe a values conflict in your own words. 2. Describe the focus of GVV in your own words. 3. Describe the purpose of GVV in your own words. 4. Describe the worth of GVV in your own words. 5. Describe the 7 pillars of GVV. 6. Apply the facts of the paragraph above to each pillar of the GVV. Use each pillar to describe how Mary could use the GVV to address Dr Jones. 7. Define advocate and give an example of nursing advocacy that you or your preceptor performed during your clinical placement. Responses Focus of GVV GVV - focuses on ACTION. But it emphasises that we can choose to act on our values assumes that we are aware of and can articulate our values. Responses Purpose of GVV The GVV curriculum is a post ‘ethical decision-making’ curriculum that aims to assist practitioners to act in accordance with their values The ethical decision has been made before implementing the GVV Responses Worth of GVV The GVV curriculum is valuable because it assists in developing the competence and confidence of practitioners to act, to voice their values and therefore to be effective moral practitioners Responses Worth of GVV Acting on one’s values makes it more likely that one will also act upon one’s values when values conflicts arise in the future Responses GVV 1. Values 2. Choice 3. Normalization 4. Purpose 5. Self-Knowledge and Alignment 6. Voice 7. Reasons & Rationalizations Responses Advocate A person who puts a case forward on some else’s behalf. Speaks on behalf, and for the benefit, of another. Questions