Practical Nursing PNR300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Triage, Paternalism, Deontological Ethics
26 Feb 2018
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Why is it important to study values in nursing: need to know yourself. Identify your own values: e(cid:454)er(cid:272)ise is (cid:272)alled (cid:373)ea(cid:374)t (cid:271)(cid:455) the ter(cid:373) (cid:862)(cid:448)alues (cid:272)larifi(cid:272)atio(cid:374)(cid:863) Values: compare and contrast personal and professional values. Think patient should have treatment and have best chance of recovery but patient says no to treatment. Cno seven universal ethical values linked with ethical principles. Privacy and confidentiality: respect for autonomy: respect for life: beneficence, autonomy, non-maleficence, maintaining commitments: integrity. List strategies used to help patients clarify their values. Susan is refusing surgery needed to save her life. She says that her life will not be worth living if she has an amputation. She will feel she is deformed and unattractive. Ide(cid:374)tif(cid:455) ho(cid:449) the (cid:374)urses(cid:859) (cid:448)alues a(cid:374)d behaviors can have a negative influence on care. Joe says he needs pain medication but he had a dose two hours ago. Nurses tell him he needs to be stronger and manage the pain.
