Populations: Ethics in Public Health Nursing
What is ethics not considered? - CORRECT ANSWERFeelings
Religion
Law
Culturally accepted norms
Science
What is public health ethics? - CORRECT ANSWER-Ethical principles and moral norms
particular to the practice of public health
-Using moral norms to guide public health decisions
-A process for identifying, analyzing, and resolving ethical conflicts or tensions in public
health
What components are considered in clinical ethics? - CORRECT ANSWER-Focus on
individuals
-Individual liberty, autonomy
-Authority vested in providers
Patient consent
-Beneficence and non-maleficence
-Justice
What components are considered in public health ethics? - CORRECT ANSWER-Focus
on populations
-Interdependence of people
-Authority vested in police powers of states
-Societal consent through political process
-Social good/Avoid social harm
-Social justice and equity
major ethical principles related to healthcare - CORRECT ANSWER-Respect for
autonomy
-Nonmaleficence
-Beneficence
, -Distributive justice
respect for autonomy - CORRECT ANSWEReach individual selects actions to fulfill their
personal goals
non-maleficence - CORRECT ANSWERdo no harm
beneficence - CORRECT ANSWERmaximize benefits while limiting harm
distributive justice - CORRECT ANSWERfair distribution of the benefits and burdens in
society
sources for ethical guidance - CORRECT ANSWER-ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses
-Public Health Leadership Society - Principles of the Ethical Practice of Public Health
-Catholic Social Teaching
purpose of the ANA Code of Ethics - CORRECT ANSWER- Establishes the ethical
standard for the profession
-Serves as the profession's non-negotiable ethical standard
-Expression of nursing's own understanding of its commitment to society
9 ANA Code of Ethics provisions - CORRECT ANSWERProvision 1. The nurse
practices with compassion and respect for the inherent worth and unique attributes of
every person.
Provision 2. The nurse's primary commitment is to the patient, whether an individual,
family, group, community, or population
Provision 3. The nurse promotes, advocates for, and strives to protect the rights, health,
and safety of the patient.
Provision 4. The nurse has authority, accountability, and responsibility for nursing
practice; makes decisions; and takes action consistent with the obligation to promote
health and to provide optimal care.
Provision 5. The nurse owes the same duties to self as to others, including the
responsibility to promote health and safety, preserve wholeness of character and
integrity, maintain competence, and to continue personal and professional growth.
Provision 6. The nurse, through individual and collective effort, establishes, maintains,
and improves the ethical environment of the work setting and conditions of employment
that are conducive to safe, quality health care.
Provision 7. The nurse, in all roles and settings, advances the profession through
research and scholarly inquiry, professional standards development, and the generation
of both nursing and health policy.
Provision 8. The nurse collaborates with other health professionals and the public to
protect human rights, promote health diplomacy, and reduce health disparities.
Provision 9. The profession of nursing, collectively through its professional
organizations, must articulate nursing values, maintain the integrity of the profession,
and integrate principles of social justice into nursing and health policy.
What is ethics not considered? - CORRECT ANSWERFeelings
Religion
Law
Culturally accepted norms
Science
What is public health ethics? - CORRECT ANSWER-Ethical principles and moral norms
particular to the practice of public health
-Using moral norms to guide public health decisions
-A process for identifying, analyzing, and resolving ethical conflicts or tensions in public
health
What components are considered in clinical ethics? - CORRECT ANSWER-Focus on
individuals
-Individual liberty, autonomy
-Authority vested in providers
Patient consent
-Beneficence and non-maleficence
-Justice
What components are considered in public health ethics? - CORRECT ANSWER-Focus
on populations
-Interdependence of people
-Authority vested in police powers of states
-Societal consent through political process
-Social good/Avoid social harm
-Social justice and equity
major ethical principles related to healthcare - CORRECT ANSWER-Respect for
autonomy
-Nonmaleficence
-Beneficence
, -Distributive justice
respect for autonomy - CORRECT ANSWEReach individual selects actions to fulfill their
personal goals
non-maleficence - CORRECT ANSWERdo no harm
beneficence - CORRECT ANSWERmaximize benefits while limiting harm
distributive justice - CORRECT ANSWERfair distribution of the benefits and burdens in
society
sources for ethical guidance - CORRECT ANSWER-ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses
-Public Health Leadership Society - Principles of the Ethical Practice of Public Health
-Catholic Social Teaching
purpose of the ANA Code of Ethics - CORRECT ANSWER- Establishes the ethical
standard for the profession
-Serves as the profession's non-negotiable ethical standard
-Expression of nursing's own understanding of its commitment to society
9 ANA Code of Ethics provisions - CORRECT ANSWERProvision 1. The nurse
practices with compassion and respect for the inherent worth and unique attributes of
every person.
Provision 2. The nurse's primary commitment is to the patient, whether an individual,
family, group, community, or population
Provision 3. The nurse promotes, advocates for, and strives to protect the rights, health,
and safety of the patient.
Provision 4. The nurse has authority, accountability, and responsibility for nursing
practice; makes decisions; and takes action consistent with the obligation to promote
health and to provide optimal care.
Provision 5. The nurse owes the same duties to self as to others, including the
responsibility to promote health and safety, preserve wholeness of character and
integrity, maintain competence, and to continue personal and professional growth.
Provision 6. The nurse, through individual and collective effort, establishes, maintains,
and improves the ethical environment of the work setting and conditions of employment
that are conducive to safe, quality health care.
Provision 7. The nurse, in all roles and settings, advances the profession through
research and scholarly inquiry, professional standards development, and the generation
of both nursing and health policy.
Provision 8. The nurse collaborates with other health professionals and the public to
protect human rights, promote health diplomacy, and reduce health disparities.
Provision 9. The profession of nursing, collectively through its professional
organizations, must articulate nursing values, maintain the integrity of the profession,
and integrate principles of social justice into nursing and health policy.
