Week 3 Unit 4 Ethics PDF

WEEK 3- UNIT 4 1  Ethics  Concerned with what is morally good/bad and right/wrong.  Standards for making choices for one’s own behavior and/or action Why are ethics important in healthcare? 3 Click to edit Master t...

WEEK 3- UNIT 4 1  Ethics  Concerned with what is morally good/bad and right/wrong.  Standards for making choices for one’s own behavior and/or action Why are ethics important in healthcare? 3 Click to edit Master text styles Ethical Principles in Nursing Autonomy Nonmaleficence Justice Beneficence Fidelity Veracity  Nursing Code of Ethics  Established by ANA (American Nurses Association)  Guides the practice based on a set of professional values  Code of ethics: Non-negotiable in any setting. 4 Core Nursing Values Advocacy Act or process of supporting a particular client’s choice/cause. Should advocate for their client’s wishes. Responsibility Respect one’s professional obligations and standards of care. Confidentiality Obligation to respect patient privacy Nondisclosure of patient information without client authorization Accountability Ability to answer for own action  Let’s Practice! Advocacy Responsibility Accountability Confidentiality A patient at the end of life wants to go home to die, but the family wants every care possible. The nurse contacts the primary care provider about the patient’s X request. You tell your patient that you will return in 30 minutes to give him his next pain medication. X You administer a once-a day cardiac medication at the wrong time, but nobody sees it. However, you contact the physician and your nurse manager and X follow agency protocol. You see an open medical record on the computer and close it so that no one else can read the record without proper access. X  Ethical Dilemma?  Conflict with the nurse’s own values or with the Code of Ethics for Nurses.