N450 Ethics (Exam 4.9)
suffering, resources, withdrawal - ANS-ethical issues of best way to alleviate ______, provide
end of life care and discuss wishes, how to allocate ______ (i.e. organs, staff, etc.), when to
______ care, proving care when it is medially futile
ethics, morality - ANS-______ is the study of ______ or standards of conduct, ethical problems
develop when there are questions about rightness and wrongness of particular aspects of
treatment of patients
morals, rightness - ANS-_______ are commonly shared beliefs by members within a society
about "_______" and "wrongness" of an action
advocate - ANS-nurse must be the patient ______, set aside your own beliefs if they are
different from the patient's wishes
autonomy, decisions, consent, directives - ANS-______ is the right of self-determination or to
make independent ______ about one's own body, nurses can promote by proving informed
______, opportunities for advance ______, conflict occurs when the patient's best interests do
not match the patient's autonomous wishes
beneficence, good, compassion, protect - ANS-______ is the duty to avoid harm and promote
______, this includes acts of caring and ______, ______ from harm, any harm is justified by
potential benefits, may sometimes conflict with autonomy
paternalism, providers, speak, act - ANS-______ occurs when health care ______ act on behalf
of the patient's best medical interests, nurses ______ or ______ for the patient, can be
acceptable when benefits to patient outweigh paternalistic action
nonmaleficence, suffering, quality - ANS-______ is the duty to avoid causing undue pain and
______ or harm to another, must balance benefits and harm, nurses must constantly apply
principle in critical care, ______ of life is an important consideration
fidelity, promises, confidentiality - ANS-______ is the duty to to be faithful to one's patients, keep
______ and fulfill contracts and commitments, maintaining ______ is an important aspect
justice, fairness, resources - ANS-______ is defined in terms of ______ or "that which is due to
others", used for allocation of scarce or finite _______
distributive, equipment, staffing - ANS-______ justice in the ICU, allocation of technology and
______, nursing-based resources, ______ ratios, floating to another floor can be an issue
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