Select the ethical principles that are paired with their description. Select all that apply.
A- Justice: Being honest and fair
B- Beneficence: Do no harm
C- Veracity: Treating all patients equally
D- Self determination: Facilitating patient choices
E- Beneficence: Do good
F- Nonmaleficence: Do no harm
G- Self determination: Accountability
Correct Response: D,E,G
The principle of justice requires us to be fair and just to all. Fidelity is being faithful to one’s promises. By the very nature of the implicit nurse-client relationship, the nurse must be faithful and true to their professional promises and responsibilities by providing high quality, safe care in a competent, scientifically grounded manner while upholding the clients’ choices, desires and innate rights. Beneficence means doing good, it is more than not doing harm. Nonmaleficence is “Do not harm”, as stated in the historical Hippocratic Oath. Patient self determination and autonomy is the ethical principle that supports the patient’s right to make their own choices without coercion or the undue influence of others. Lastly, veracity is truthfulness and being honest with the patients.
A- Justice: Being honest and fair
B- Beneficence: Do no harm
C- Veracity: Treating all patients equally
D- Self determination: Facilitating patient choices
E- Beneficence: Do good
F- Nonmaleficence: Do no harm
G- Self determination: Accountability
Correct Response: D,E,G
The principle of justice requires us to be fair and just to all. Fidelity is being faithful to one’s promises. By the very nature of the implicit nurse-client relationship, the nurse must be faithful and true to their professional promises and responsibilities by providing high quality, safe care in a competent, scientifically grounded manner while upholding the clients’ choices, desires and innate rights. Beneficence means doing good, it is more than not doing harm. Nonmaleficence is “Do not harm”, as stated in the historical Hippocratic Oath. Patient self determination and autonomy is the ethical principle that supports the patient’s right to make their own choices without coercion or the undue influence of others. Lastly, veracity is truthfulness and being honest with the patients.
