This document contains information about six core ethical principles for nurses: autonomy, justice, fidelity, veracity, beneficence, and maleficence. It also includes a quiz with questions about the ethical responsibilities of nurses and the need for ethics in healthcare. The principles are defined as: autonomy regarding decision making; justice involving fairness; fidelity concerning faithfulness; veracity relating to telling the truth; beneficence referring to being good for the client; and maleficence meaning doing no harm to the client.
This document contains information about six core ethical principles for nurses: autonomy, justice, fidelity, veracity, beneficence, and maleficence. It also includes a quiz with questions about the ethical responsibilities of nurses and the need for ethics in healthcare. The principles are defined as: autonomy regarding decision making; justice involving fairness; fidelity concerning faithfulness; veracity relating to telling the truth; beneficence referring to being good for the client; and maleficence meaning doing no harm to the client.
This document contains information about six core ethical principles for nurses: autonomy, justice, fidelity, veracity, beneficence, and maleficence. It also includes a quiz with questions about the ethical responsibilities of nurses and the need for ethics in healthcare. The principles are defined as: autonomy regarding decision making; justice involving fairness; fidelity concerning faithfulness; veracity relating to telling the truth; beneficence referring to being good for the client; and maleficence meaning doing no harm to the client.
QUIZ Which of the following statements best The Registered Nurse is in solidarity describe the need for ethics? – ALL OF with other members of the healthcare THE ABOVE (Helps pro, Helps iden, team in working for the patient’s best Protect) interest - TRUE Ethical Principles under the BON. – ALL Article III, Registered Nurse & Practice OF THE ABOVE (Value, Individual, - ALL OF THE ABOVE (Human, Pesonal) Quality, Accurate) Under nurses and people, the primary They are rules or principles that govern responsibility is to, ALL OF THE ABOVE conduct and are designed to protect the (Ensures, Provide, Protect) rights of human being.- ETHICS It is the duty of an individual to be Fundamental responsibilities of nurses faithful to the commitment made to under ICN.- ALL OF THE ABOVE himself. – FIDELITY (Promote, Prevent, Restore) Under nurses and people, the primary Registered Nurses are the advocates of responsibilities are, - ALL OF THE the patients: they shall take appropriate ABOVE (Ensures, Protect vul, Protect steps to safeguard their rights and natu) privileges. – TRUE Principle which reminds us about doing The Registered Nurse maintains good for the client - BENEFICENCE collegial and collaborative working relationship with colleagues and other health care providers. – TRUE