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Define Value

Define Value. Personal belief about the worth of a given idea, attitude, custom or object that sets standards that influence behavior. Values. What influences our values? Why is it important for us to understand our own value system and clients’ value system? Are values always positive.

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Define Value

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  1. Define Value Personal belief about the worth of a given idea, attitude, custom or object that sets standards that influence behavior

  2. Values • What influences our values? • Why is it important for us to understand our own value system and clients’ value system? • Are values always positive

  3. Values Clarification Helps clients gain awareness of personal priorities, identify unclear values & resolve major conflicts between values & behavior

  4. Healthcare ethics What is good or right for human health & life.

  5. Code of Ethics • American Nurses Association • International Council of Nurses

  6. Ethical Principles • Autonomy • Nonmaleficence • Beneficence • Justice • Veracity, Confidentiality, & Fidelity

  7. Moral Theories • Deontology - looks for existence of essential rightness or wrongness, focuses on act rather than outcome or consequences • Utilitarian - considers the consequences of the action, greatest good for the greatest number

  8. Ethical Issues • Quality of life • Genetic screening • Futile care

  9. Role of the Ethics Committee

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