Professional Moral Compass Kelly Ross Grand Canyon University: NRS437V-O103 Ethical Decision Making in Healthcare June 15‚ 2014 Professional Moral Compass A moral compass is defined as: “anything which serves to guide a person’s decisions based on morals or virtues” (moral compass‚ n.d.). In this paper‚ the writer will examine what defines her nursing moral compass by taking the reader through her personal nursing ethic‚ how her personal‚ cultural and spiritual values
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principles are Autonomy‚ in which a patient has the right to be able to refuse service form a physician in which they are responsible for their own choices. There is also Nonmaleficence is in which the physician must provide care for the patient. Beneficence should be where physician puts the patient first. Justice Codes of Ethics Code of ethics in a professional manner help controls physician’s behavior. Code of conduct and ethics is a commitment
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testing is that the activity must be voluntary‚ and the information should be clear to participants. Privacy and confidentiality refer to issues and concerns created by the disclosure of sensitive information and are ruled by HIPAA regulations. Beneficence and Nonmaleficence use two principles to do good and not harm‚ frequently used in research. Justice denoted that people must have access to genetic services despite their socioeconomic status‚ race‚ geographic location. Definitely‚ this is a weak
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The following is an excerpt from the book Clinical Ethics: A Practical Approach to Ethical Decisions in Clinical Medicine‚ 4th Edition. Copyright permission to reproduce this excerpt has been generously granted by McGraw-Hill. We encourage you to read further in this useful resource book‚ available now in the revised 7th Edition (2010). . Albert R. Jonsen‚ Mark Siegler‚ and William J. Winslade‚ Clinical Ethics: A Practical Approach to Ethical Decisions in Clinical Medicine‚ 4th edition. New York:
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guidelines for activity that are extracted from theoretical proposition and are different from moral theories. They are about what is good for humans. According to Phang (2014) there seven specific ethical principles of nursing that are nonmaleficence‚ beneficence‚ independence‚ fairness‚ loyalty‚ paternalism and standard of totality and honesty. Nonmaleficence circumscribe nurses need to stay equipped in their field to prevent suffering or injury to patients. For examples: A nurse need to report the abuse
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When these P’s aren’t taken into consideration‚ in the right order that is‚ we witness acts such as those mentioned in the lecture. This week’s lecture highlighted ’The Belmont Report’ which holds the ethical principles of respect for persons‚ beneficence and justice‚ as what should guide researchers ethically. When you sit down and take a look at power‚ profit and principle‚ ask yourself‚ which of these would take these three ethical principles into account? Surely‚ profit wouldn’t mind if someone’s
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How Ethical are Purchasing Management Professionals? ABSTRACT. The primary purpose of this study was to assess the ethics of purchasing management pro- fessionals. A multidimensional scale of ethics was used to measure their predispositions to act morally. The ethics measure from this scale was correlated to a series of ethical vignettes specific to the purchasing function to further assess the value of the scale. In addition‚ the consistency of values as rationale for decision making was also
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An Exposition of Kant’s‚ Arendt’s‚ and Mill’s Moral Philosophy Immanuel Kant adheres to Deontological ethics. His theory offers a view of morality based on the principle of good will and duty. According to him‚ people can perform good actions solely by good intentions without any considerations to consequences. In addition‚ one must follow the laws and the categorical imperative in order to act in accordance with and from duty. Several other philosophers such as Hannah Arendt discuss Kant’s moral
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Negligence Paper Wrong site surgery has become a frequent incident in health care facilities across the nation. “Research in the US has suggested that wrong site surgery happens every 5-10 years‚ or one in 112‚994 cases” (Edwards‚ 2008‚ p. 168). Recent studies have shown that despite the focus by governing bodies over wrong site surgery in the past few years‚ wrong site surgery continues to happen at an alarming rate of 40 times per week in the United States alone (“Wrong-site surgery still happens
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Judy Heumann‚ an American Disability Rights Activist‚ once said‚ “For people without disabilities‚ technology makes things easier. For people with disabilities‚ technology makes things possible.” The technology mentioned is specifically known as assistive technology‚ which is defined as any item‚ piece of equipment‚ software program‚ or product system that is used to increase‚ maintain‚ or improve the functional capabilities of persons with disabilities (Assistive Technology). This technology can
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