Concept Guide Exam 2
Ethics: The study or examination of morality
through a variety of different approaches
HIPPA and nursing research in 2003
The law that protects the basic rights and
privacy of the patient to con
...
Concept Guide Exam 2
Ethics: The study or examination of morality
through a variety of different approaches
HIPPA and nursing research in 2003
The law that protects the basic rights and
privacy of the patient to control the disclosure
of that patient’s personal health care
information.
Information can only be shared with works
directly involved with the patient’s care.
Ethical responsibility shown by nurse
Intermediary: Nurses have more direct contact
with patients than any other health care
member. They interact more and receive more
information.
Moral distress: Nurse is aware of the right and
moral action to take in any given situation but
they are unable to carry out the action because
of external constraints (E.g. Heavy workload,
lack of nurses, financial constraints in a facility,
conflicts with co-workers/managers)
Patient advocacy: Speaking for the patient to
the fullest extent. It’s up to nurses to plead their
sense in a legal manner.
Moral principles
Veracity: Truth (Obligated to tell the
truth to the patient, even if the family doesn’t
want you to)
Nonmaleficence: Do no harm
Autonomy: Requires that the patient
have autonomy of thought, intention, and
action when making decisions regarding health
care procedures. Therefore, the decisionmaking process must be free of coercion or
coaxing. In order for a patient to make a fully
informed decision, she/he must understand all
risks and benefits of the procedure and the
likelihood of success.
Beneficence: Requires that the
procedure be provided with the intent of doing
good for the patient involved. Demand that
health care providers develop and maintain
skills and knowledge, continually update
training, consider individual circumstances of all
patients, and strive for the net benefit.
Fidelity: Strict observance of promises,
duties, etc.
Justice: Must be distributed equally among all
groups in society. Requires that procedures
uphold the spirit of existing laws and are fair to
all players involved
Living will and DPAHC:
Living will: Allows a person to show specific
documentation of what medical treatment they
want or do not want if they become terminally
ill.
DPAHC: Allows a person to appoint an agent or
proxy decision maker to make health care
decisions in the case the patients capacity is
lost.
**The living will goes into effect when a person
has a terminal illness and lacks capacity.
DPAHC is not constrained by a terminal state of
health.
Lack of decision capacity may be temporary.
Palliative vs hospice
Palliative: The process that is focused on
relieving pain and physical symptoms,
enhancing psychosocial support, and enhancing
the families to feel meaningful to resolve the
patient’s pain as they are passing. This is
comfort care that is NOT federally funded.
Hospice: A program that is sponsored by
Medicare to provide comfort care for the
terminally ill and the families. An individual has
to meet specific guidelines. These people have 6
months or less to live.
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