NSG 3127 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Nursing Ethics, Primum Non Nocere, Pediatrics
10 Dec 2017
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Sources of moral insight for ethical practice: ch. 2 and 3: being ethically aware means , having an awareness of own beliefs and values. In every day practice we tend to assume that other people see the world the way we do. A person might not value independence and therefore would not exert autonomy to gain it: beneficence to do good, ex. Surgeon tells family before pt about a complication and then family asks not to tell pt; surgeon is therefore torn between being truthful to pt or respecting family opinion: confidentiality respecting pt privacy, ex. A person who is not able to exercise own voice because family is. Influences for autonomy can either increase or constrain it speaking more loudly about what the person wants: autonomy may be violated when , pt is not being let out for a smoke, ex.
