MAJOR ETHICAL PRINCIPLES in nursing profession

1. MAJOR ETHICAL PRINCIPLESin nursing profession Professor Dr. Ali K. Al- Juboori

2. Nurses autonomy: the nurse must be autonomous which means: "Never looking up on another person" and has the right to self – determination. • Beneficence: Is to do only good / non maleficent. "To do no harm" • Veracity: الصدقIs the obligation to tell the truth. • Fidelity: الاخلاصIs the obligation to loyal to the pt. community and profession • Justice: Is to be fair, and equitable to all pts Regardless of any service you want to give.

3. AUTONOMY • self-governing; having the freedom to make independent choices • self-determination • health care deals with professionals willingness to respect client’s rights to make a free choice given that they have been provided with all necessary information & knowledge

4. Involves the right of self-determination, independence, and freedom. • It refers to the right to make one’s own decisions • Respect for autonomy means that nurses recognize the individual’s uniqueness, the right to be what that person is, and the right to choose personal goals • Nurses who follow the principle of autonomy respect a client's right to make decisions even when those choices seem not to be in the client’s best interest

5. Respect for people also means treating others with consideration • In the clinical setting, this principle is violated تنتهك when a nurse disregards client's subjective accounts of their symptoms (e.g. pain)

6. BENEFICENCE • Views the primary goal of health care as “doing good” for clients • Nurses should implement actions that benefit clients and their support persons • Client approached in holistic manner

7. NONMALEFICENCE • Requirement that health care providers “do no harm” to their client’s – intentionally or unintentionally • Opposite side of the coin from beneficence

8. Harm can mean deliberate harm تعمد, risk of harm, and unintentional harm. • In nursing, intentional harm is always unacceptable. • The risk of harm is not always clear • A client may be at risk of harm during a nursing intervention that is intended to be helpful (e.g. medication)

9. VERACITY • TRUTHFULNESS Requires the health care provider to tell the truth & not intentionally deceive خداع or mislead clients • Refers to telling the truth • As a nurse should tell the truth when it is known that doing so will and cause harm?

10. JUSTICE • An ethical principle that relates to fair, equitable & appropriate treatment in light of what is due or owed to persons, • obligation to be fair to all people

11. FIDELITY الاخلاص • The individual’s obligation to be faithful to commitments الالتزاماتmade to self & others • In health care, includes the professional’s faithfulness or loyalty to agreements & responsibilities accepted as part of the practice of the profession • Nurses have responsibilities to clients, employers, government, society, the profession, and themselves

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