How values influence patient care
values influence behaviour on the basis of the conviction that a certain action is correct in a certain situation. They reflect cultural and social influences, relationships and personal needs. Understanding your own values, you will become more sensitive to the v...
How values influence patient care - ANSWER-values influence behaviour on the basis
of the conviction that a certain action is correct in a certain situation. They reflect
cultural and social influences, relationships and personal needs. Understanding your
own values, you will become more sensitive to the values of others
VONS - ANSWER-Signified a professional standard of education for Canadian nurses
that recognized the need not only for altruism and compassion but also for nursing
knowledge. National council of Women under the presidency of Lady Ishbel Aberdeen,
wife of the governor general of Canada, approved formation of VON in 1898
ALTRUISM - ANSWER-or selflessness is the principle or practice of concern for the
welfare of others.
3 PURPOSES FOR LICENSING LAWS ARE: - ANSWER-Set scope of practice and
protect title of nurse (both permissive legislation) and protect the public against
unqualified incompetent practice (licensure law)
vulnerable population - ANSWER-those likely to develop health problems as a result of
excessive risks, who experience barriers when trying to access health care services, or
who are dependent on others for care
harm reduction programs - ANSWER-important but controversial approach to health
promotion that is based on user input and demand, compassionate pragmatism and
commitment to offer alternatives to reduce risk behavior consequences, to accept
alternatives to abstinence, and to reduce barriers to treatment by providing user-friendly
access (ie. Needle exchange programs)
roles and functions of the community health nurse - ANSWER-health promotion,
disease and injury prevention, health protection, health surveillance, population health
assessment, and emergency preparedness and response thru Communication,
facilitation, leadership. Advocacy, consultation, team building and collaboration, building
capacity, build coalitions and networks, outreach, resource management, planning and
, coordination, case management, care/counselling, referral and follow-up, screening,
surveillance, health threat response, heath education, community development, policy
development and implementation, and research and evaluation.
Informed consent - ANSWER-consent to treatment on the basis of accurate and
complete information to protect the patient's autonomy.
Futile care - ANSWER-a medical treatment that is considered impossible or unlikely to
achieve its therapeutic goal. Only the patient or people who know the patient best can
determine whether the treatment is advancing the patients overall well-being.
advanced directives - ANSWER-a living will, or a proxy decision maker. Addresses
Futile Care.
Hydration withdrawal - ANSWER-Withdrawals of food and hydration is only appropriate
to withhold or discontinue life-sustaining medical interventions if they are not beneficial,
and force feeding a patient may do more harm than good.
Moral distress - ANSWER-nurse has to put aside feelings because dr. makes calls
moral integrity (wholeness), moral residue (allow themselves to be compromised)
Whistle Blower - ANSWER-obligation to report colleague errors, incompetence, unsafe
or negligent practice
Bioethics - ANSWER-general term for principled reasoning across health care
professions. It is obligation based, outcome oriented, and based on reason.
AUTONOMY - ANSWER-ability to make choices for your-self that should be based on
full understanding, free of controlling influences.
BENEFICENCE - ANSWER-doing or promoting good for others.
NONMALELIFICENCE - ANSWER-do no harm
JUSTICE - ANSWER-fairness
DEFAMATION - ANSWER-communication about a person that tends to hurt the
person's reputation. Causes others to think less of that person. Communication must be
made to other
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