NSE 407 Lecture Notes - Reasonable Person, Critical Thinking, The Need
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Week 9 - ethical and legal issues in nursing. Case studies and questions related to case studies. Social media and social networking are not the same thing. Major and even routine nursing procedures require consent from the nurse (e. g. foley and even bathing) Nurses have the responsibility to inform/doctor health care team know if the patient does not have enough knowledge. Chapter 18: ethical and legal issues in nursing. Identification of an ethical issue is not always a straightforward activity. Different parties can view issues in different ways. What makes ethical issues are things that concern deeply held values and beliefs about how we treat other people. The right to be informed: it is now widely recognized that a capable person has the right to be informed about a proposed treatment and to decide whether to consent to that treatment. For consent to be valid, it must have the following attributes:
