PNR207 , EXAM 1 STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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Primary Concept of Nursing
Person (recipient of care)
Health
Environment
Culture care theory (Madeline Leininger)
Assist persons of particular cultures to maintain care values that help them to maintain
or restore health.
Accommodation or Negotiation.
Concerned with respecting cultural differences and yet providing a safe and protective
environment.
Autonomy
Free to choose
Self rule
Respect for autonomy
Refers to respecting patients' rights to make decisions about their own healthcare
Beneficence
To do good.
Listen to patients
Develop plan of care with patients input
, It is up to the patient to decide
Ex: holding a dying pts hand
Beneficent Paternalism
Influencing the pt. decision; "if I were you..."
Disrespectful attitude.
Attitude that discounts the pt. knowledge of self.
Fidelity
To be true.
Faithful to the promises made as a professional to provide quality care.
Justice
To be fair to all.
Respecting the rights of others and giving them what is rightfully theirs
Nonmaleficence
To do no harm.
Physician has responsibility to avoid treatments or interventions in which the potential
for harm outweighs the potential for benefit
Ethics
the principles of right and wrong that guide an individual in making decisions
Ethical responsibilities of nurses
VERIFIED LATEST UPDATE
Primary Concept of Nursing
Person (recipient of care)
Health
Environment
Culture care theory (Madeline Leininger)
Assist persons of particular cultures to maintain care values that help them to maintain
or restore health.
Accommodation or Negotiation.
Concerned with respecting cultural differences and yet providing a safe and protective
environment.
Autonomy
Free to choose
Self rule
Respect for autonomy
Refers to respecting patients' rights to make decisions about their own healthcare
Beneficence
To do good.
Listen to patients
Develop plan of care with patients input
, It is up to the patient to decide
Ex: holding a dying pts hand
Beneficent Paternalism
Influencing the pt. decision; "if I were you..."
Disrespectful attitude.
Attitude that discounts the pt. knowledge of self.
Fidelity
To be true.
Faithful to the promises made as a professional to provide quality care.
Justice
To be fair to all.
Respecting the rights of others and giving them what is rightfully theirs
Nonmaleficence
To do no harm.
Physician has responsibility to avoid treatments or interventions in which the potential
for harm outweighs the potential for benefit
Ethics
the principles of right and wrong that guide an individual in making decisions
Ethical responsibilities of nurses
