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Autonomy
The commitment to include client in decisions about all aspects of care
Beneficence
Taking positive actions to help others
Nonmaleficence
Avoidance of harm or hurt
Justice
Fairness
Fidelity
Agreement to keep promises
Code of Ethics
A set of guiding principles that all member of a profession accept. Codes serve as guidelines when questions arise about correct behavior or practice
Advocacy
refers to the support of a cause
Responsibility
A willingness to respect obligations and to follow through on promises
Accountability
the ability to answer for one's own actions
Confidentiality
HIPPA mandates the confidential protection of clients' personal health info
Value
A personal belief about the worth of a given idea, attitude, custom, or object that sets standards that influence behavior
Deontology
Immanuel Kant:
* based on actions of right or wrong based on their "right- making characteristics such as fidelity to promises, truthfulness, and justice"
* Does NOT look to consequences of action to determine right or wrong but exams the situation.
Utilitarianism
* AKA consequentialism. Based on the consequences.
* AKA teleology (the end)-- Mills
: the greatest good for the greastest number of people.
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AmazingRN
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Ethics & Values
Description
Definitions in Chapter 22 of Potter and Perry's Fundamentals of nursing
Updated
2013-01-28T23:45:31Z
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