NUR 2459 Mental and Behavioral Health Nursing
Exam 1 Modules 1-3 Quiz Bank
explain what ethics is
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is the branch of philosophy that addresses methods to determine if one's actions are right or wrong.
explain what bioethics is
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applies to these same principles when referring to concepts in medicine, nursing and allied health.
what are the ethical principles of nursing?
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· Autonomy · Beneficence · Non-maleficence · Justice · Veracity ·Fidelity
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explain autonomy
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right to self determination and to make their own independent choices about their medical and psychiatric care. Incapable individuals with serious mental health disorders may need someone appointed to make those decisions.
explain beneficence
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the duty to promote the good of others. Nurses should act in their clients best interests and have good interests that will serve the client the best care in a good way, with sensitivity to wishes, beliefs, and feelings.
explain nonmalefience
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oing no harm to clients. A big part of this patient safety when it comes to psychiatric disorders, as nurses we want to make sure everyone is safe while receiving care.
explain justice
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giving fair treatment to all patients regardless of condition, past, race, gender, etc . All care resources should be given equally to all, and the nurse should favor all clients equally.
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explain veracity
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the duty to be honest and truthful. The nurse should never deceive or mislead patients.
explain fidelity
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keepings one's promise. the nurse should never break a promise if one is made
explain moral behaviors
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conduct that results from serious critical thinking about how individuals treat others
explain values
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personal beliefs about what is important or desirable.
what is utilitarianism?
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actions are right to the degree that they promote happiness and are wrong as they produce the reverse of happiness.
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what is kantianism?
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not the consequences that make an action right or wrong but the motivation on which the action is based that is the morally decisive factor. Action bound by a sense of duty, and decisions are made in respect to the moral law.
what is christian ethics?
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focused on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ based on forgiveness, love, and honesty. Golden rule. Right and wrong center around love for God and treating others with respect.
what is natural law theory?
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based on st thomas aquinas and advances the idea about right vs. wrong being based on human nature.
what is ethical egoism?
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exposes what is right and good and what is best for the individual making a decision.
what is the right to humane treatment?
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must have a clean, safe environment and be given care under any circumstances, and will be given care that does not harm the client or in unrealistic
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