their practice Provide care in a responsible and accountable manner Value Statement 6: Value Statement 7: Value Statement 8: Maintain competency in the care of clients Advocate in the best interest of clients Maintain a high ethical standard in the conduct of research C Nurses/Midwives and their profession Maintain a practice environment that is conducive to the provision of ethical health care Value Statement 10: Promote compliance with ethical practice and maintain public trust in the nursing profession
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drugs and whether or not it should be legalized. To solve this moral dilemma‚ a person can simply use and apply the concepts of utilitarianism. When deciding on whether or not something is considered to be a moral problem‚ it’s extremely important to differentiate the assumptions that people have made to support their claims. The situation that is being examined is utilitarianism and how it would view the problem of drugs. First when looking at this issue‚ a person must use what utilitarianism’s use to
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The ethical theory that an act you choose should produce the greatest amount of pleasure or happiness and the least amount of pain or suffering‚ is known as Utilitarianism. However‚ this theory is not about your happiness alone‚ but about making the greatest moral choices‚ that brings the utmost happiness to everyone. This theory comes from consequentialism which is a family of concepts that share the same idea; if an act creates positive results‚ then it is thought to be good. Utilitarian’s must
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Define Utilitarianism -Utilitarianism is a moral philosophy‚ generally operating on the principle that the utility (happiness or satisfaction) of different people can not only be measured but also meaningfully summed over people and that utility comparisons between people are meaningful. -Utilitarianism is the idea that the moral worth of an action is determined solely by its utility in providing happiness
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Krautscheid (2014) suggests that professional nursing accountability is an aspect that underpins professional nursing practice and is frequently described by professional nursing organisations however it can be difficult to describe and define with no consistent language or definition available in the literature. Kozier (2012) suggests it is the ability and willingness to assume responsibility for your actions and accepting consequences of your behaviour. The development of the role of the clinical
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always encounter obstacles and have to make decisions. Many times‚ these decisions are made with the individuals own guidelines and morals. However‚ there are many different perspectives for a person to have and follow by; one of which is utilitarianism. Utilitarianism is the ethnical theory that holds that actions are morally good in so far as they promote utility. The principle of utility goals is to produce the greatest amount of happiness and good for the greatest number of people. (Restrepo). In
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utilitarianists‚ like Jeremy Bentham and J. S. Mill‚ offered a revolutionary approach to understand the demand-side of the economy. They consider the usefulness of the product as a whole rather than its process of production. In the development of the utilitarianism‚ reformists present a much more realistic‚ practical and comprehensive discussion of the nature of the economy: the necessity of comparative utilities‚ the concern about the distribution and quality of the utility‚ the key social influence
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Cultural Humility in Nursing Practice Lisa Watson UMASS Boston Online Professional Issues in Nursing NU 360 Ms. Carol Moran November 08‚ 2012 Abstract You may not like how the Presidential election turned out‚ but the victory of the Democrats was won partly by focusing on going after the Hispanic vote. The Hispanic population who voted for President Obama put him over the top to win. Hispanics identified with Obama. Somehow‚ he made a connection with this culture. Nursing can use that
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Word total: 2656 Evidence based practice is an approach to improve the impact of practice in medicine‚ psychology‚ social work‚ nursing and allied fields. It is based on the results of experimental comparisons to record how effective the treatment was against untreated control groups or any other treatments. EBP helps us in gaining up to date knowledge which aids in improving care and also saves lives. In evidence based practice process there are five A‚ the professionals should
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How Reflection Affects Nursing Practice in the Clinical Setting Dakota Melland The Christ College of Nursing and Health Sciences Abstract The purpose of this paper is to explain how the skill of reflection affects nursing students in the clinical setting. Different reflection examples and how they affect nursing practice will be discussed. A nursing reflective study from 2007 will also be explained to give a better understanding of how reflection enhances nursing student’s educations during clinical
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