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To tell the truth, with no information being withheld
Veracity
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Sets formal guidelines and standards for professional nursing conduct
The ANA codes
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The agreement to act with beneficence aslo requires that the best interests of the client remain more important than self interest.
Beneficence
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Beneficence
Taking positive actions to help others, the urge to do good for others
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The commitment to provide least harmful interventions illustrates what?
nonmaleficence
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Nonmaleficence
the avoidance of harm of hurt
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Ethics of care suggests that ethical dilemmas can best be solved by attention to what?
Relationships
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The value of something is determined by its usefulness
Utilitarianism
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What is Utilitarianism
the value of something is determined by its usefulness
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the greatest good, for the greatest number of people is the guiding prinicple for determining right action in this system
Utilitarianism
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giving others the ability to choose their course of care.
Respect for autonomy
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A child's immunization may cause discomfort during administration, but the benefits of protection from disease outweigh the temporary
discomforts. Which principle applies to this situation?
nonmaleficence
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If a nurse assesses a client for pain and then offers a plan to manage the pain, which principle encourages the nurse to monitor the client's
response to the pain management plan?
Fidelity
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What does Fidelity mean?
To keep one's promises about the care that was offered
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When the nurse describes a client as "that nasty old man in 354," the nurse is exhibiting What?
gender bias and ageism
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The distribution of nurses to areas of greatest need when there is a nursing shortage represents the application of which principle or
theory?
Justice
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