RNUR 126 Chapter 6 Key Terms
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 advocacy | protection and support of another's rights |
| autonomy | self-determination; being independent and self-governing |
| beneficence | principle of doing good |
| bioethcis | ethics that encompass all those perspectives that seek to understand human nature and behavior, the domain of social science, and the natural world |
| care-based approach | approach to bioethics that directs attention to the specific situations of individual patients viewed within the context of their life narrative |
| clinical ethics | branch of bioethics concerned with ethical problems that arise within the context of caring for patients |
| code of ethics | principles that reflect the primary goals, values, and obligations of the profession |
| deontologic | ethical system in which actions are right or wrong independent of the consequences they produce |
| ethical agency | the ability to behave in an ethical way; to do the ethically right thing because it is the right thing to do |
| ethical dilemma | situation that arises when attempted adherence to basic ethical principles results in two conflicting courses of action |
| ethical distress | occurrence when the nurse knows the right thing to do but either personal or institutional factors make it difficult to follow the correct course of action |
| ethics | system dealing with standards of character and behavior related to what is right and wrong |
| feminist ethics | type of ethical approach that aims to critique existing patterns of oppression and domination in society, especially as these affect women and the poor |
| fidelity | keeping promises and commitments made to others |
| justice | process that distributes benefits, risks, and costs fairly |
| morals | like ethics, concerned with what constitutes right action; more informal and personal than the term ethics |
| nonmaleficence | principle of avoiding evil |
| nursing ethics | a subset of bioethics; formal study of ethical issues that arise in the practice of nursing and of the analysis used by nurses to make ethical judgments |
| paternalism | an action that is based on what a parent would do |
| principle-based approach | an approach to bioethics that offers specific action guides |
| utilitarian | action-guiding theory of ethics that states that the rightness or wrongness of an action depends on the consequences of the action |
| values | set of beliefs that are meaningful in life and that influence relationships with others |
| value system | organization of values ranked along a continuum of importance |
| values clarification | process by which people come to understand their own values and value system |
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