Week 1 Psychiatric Nursing:
Autonomy: “self-rule‟
– promotes patients to act as their own agent – free will with informed consent
Beneficence: Do good (or „provide benefit‟ )
– the basic principle of “caring”
– act in accordance with a patient‟s welfare
non maleficence: Do no harm
– the calculation of risk in medical decision making and determining risk/benefit ratio
– the balance of benefit and harm = utility
Justice: Be fair (distributive justice > entitlement)
– the appropriate distribution of limited resources; non discrimination
– transparency, accountability and consistency
veracity: (truth)
– full, honest disclosure
Fidelity:
– do as you say you will do and respect confidentiality
Can violate confidentiality if:
– warn or protect 3rd party
– Any child or elder abuse were mandated to report
Element Malpractice:
