Ethical and Legal Considerations in Nursing

Ethical and Legal Considerations

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ASN 110: Fundamentals of Nursing I

Ethical Considerations in Nursing Practice.

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Legal Considerations in Nursing Practice.

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Test Yourself

Key terms

Resolution of an ethical problem involves discussion with the patient, the patient's family, and participants from appropriate health care disciplines. Which Statement best describes the role of the nurse in the resolution of ethical problems?

Articulate nurses knowledge base

Responsbility

Articulate nurses knowledge base

Responsbility

Advocacy

Study current research

Accountability

Confidentiality

Accountability

Advocacy

Accountability

Advocacy

Provide privacy to patient and provider for decision making

FILL IN THE BLANKS GAME

You see an open medical record on the computer and close it so that no one else can read the record without proper access. What ethical principle is being displayed through this action?

Confiedntiality

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 anbout the patient's request. What ethical principle is displayed through this action?

Advocacy

You adminiter a once-a-day cardiac medication at the wrong time, but nobody sees it. However, you contact the provider and your nurse manager and follow agency procedure. What ethical principle is displayed by these actions?

Accountability

Additional Resources

Key terms

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SPACEshipQUIZ

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Delegation Tree

ANA Social Media

Missouri Nurse Practice Act

Nurse Licensure Compact

Key Terms

• Advance Directive-document that instructs others what to do before, during and after an individuals death
• Durable Power of Attorney-Desginate someone to make decisions when the patient becomes incapacitated
• Informed Consent-Patient's agreement to have medical procedure after recriving full disclosure of risks, benefts, alternatives and consequences of refusal
• Malpractice-Type of negligence which certain criteria must be met.
• Neglect-Pattern of conduct by a person with a duty to provide services in which care is not provided
• Abuse-willfull act or inaction that inflicts injury, confinment, intimidation or punishment
• nurse Delegation-Monitor and verify nonregistered nurse can do a task generally completed by RN
• Scope of Nursing Practice-Defines nursing and reflects the values of the nursing profession
• standards of Care-Reflect the knowledge and skill ordinarily possessed and used by nurses to perform within the scope of practice

Key Terms

• Morals-Judgement of behavior based on specific beliefs & ethics
• Valu-deeply held personal belief
• Bioethics-branch of ethics within healthcare
• Autonomy-Freedom from external control
• Beneficence-Taking positive Action to help others
• Nonmaleficence-Avoidance of harm or hurt
• Justice-fairness and fair distribution of resources
• Fidelity-Faithfulness or the agreement to keep promises