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Lesson Plans for
Legal and Ethical Considerations
CHAPTER LESSON PLANS & OBJECTIVES
Lesson 3.1:
2. Explain the principles of ethics: autonomy, justice, fidelity, beneficence, nonmaleficence.
4. Explain how values clarification is useful in nursing practice.
6. Describe the following philosophical bases for ethics: deontology, utilitarianism, feminist ethics, ethics
of care.
8. Describe the role of institutional ethics committees.
10. Explain examples of intentional, quasi-intentional, and unintentional torts.
12. Employ the NAPNES Standards for Nursing Practice to describe the LVN/LPN’s range of capabilities,
responsibilities, rights, and relationship to other health care providers.
CHAPTER TEACHING FOCUS
• In this chapter, students will be introduced to the principles of ethics, morals, and the dilemmas they
often pose in the health care arena.
• Students will have the opportunity to review the principles of ethics and study the manner in which
values are formed.
• The steps needed to resolve a moral or ethical conflict will be highlighted.
CONCEPTS
The following conceptual themes and specific concepts match those presented in Giddens, J. R. (2013).
Concepts for nursing practice. St. Louis: Elsevier. The specific exemplars chosen and listed below for
each concept have been tailored specifically to correspond to the Linton textbook.
THEME: Attributes and Roles of Nurse
• Concept: Professionalism
• Exemplar: Ethics, p. 31
• Concept: Ethics
• Exemplar: Confidentiality, p. 39
• Box 3-5: What Does the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Mean for
You? p. 39
• Exemplar: Consent, p. 39
• Put on Your Thinking Cap! p. 39
THEME: Health Care Infrastructures
• Concept: Health Care Law
• Exemplar: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, p. 39
• Box 3-5: What Does the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Mean for
You? p. 39
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CHAPTER PRETEST
Have the students answer these questions prior to covering this chapter to understand where they stand
in relation to the content.
1) When providing care, the nurse is obligated to act in a manner intended to promote good and prevent
harm. Which of the following principles is incorporated into this type of care?
a) Veracity
b) Maleficence c) Moral justification
d) Beneficence
2) When a nurse promises to come back to speak with a patient before leaving work, this is an example
of __________.
a) fidelity
b) honesty c) veracity
d) autonomy
3) The code of ethics for LPN/LVNs has been developed by __________.
a) the AMA
b) the state board of nursing c) NAPNES
d) the ANA
4) An LPN/LVN feels uncomfortable with the lifestyle choices of an assigned patient. Which of the
following actions by the nurse is best?
a) Discuss these feelings with the patient.
b) Notify the nursing supervisor.
c) Recognize the conflict presented.
d) Ask to have the patient care assignment changed.
5) The laws that guide the nursing profession can best be described as __________.
a) criminal laws
b) administrative laws c) civil laws
d) statutory laws
6) A student nurse questions what his liability is in regard to patient care being performed. Which of the
following statements is most correct?
a) A student nurse has no liability for the care being performed.
b) The liability falls to the nurse assigned to the patient by the charge nurse.
c) The liability falls directly to the nursing instructor.
d) The student carries the same liability as a licensed nurse.
7) A nurse has been assigned to float to another unit. The unit’s charge nurse has assigned the float
nurse to provide care interventions within the scope of practice for LPN/LVNs, but that are not
familiar to the nurse. What are the legal responsibilities of the float nurse?
a) Advise the charge nurse of the lack of experience.
b) Notify the facility supervisor.
c) Complete the assigned tasks, as they are within the scope of practice.
d) Refuse to perform the unfamiliar aspects of the assigned care.
8) Which of the following patients is unable to provide consent for health care?
a) An 18-year-old female
b) A 16-year-old married male
c) A 97-year-old man
d) A 32-year-old man who has been drinking
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9) A nurse is concerned about maintaining compliance with the HIPAA regulations. Which of the
following activities is in violation of HIPAA regulations?
a) The use of a sign-in sheet at the pediatric immunization clinic.
b) The use of a dry erase board at the nurses’ station listing patients and the planned surgical
schedule for the upcoming shift.
c) Acting as a liaison between the patient and hospital chaplain.
d) Discussing the adolescent’s medical condition with the parents.
10) Which of the following best describes the role of the nurse concerning obtaining informed consent?
a) The nurse is responsible for providing clear instruction to the patient regarding surgical
procedures before the patient signs the consent forms.
b) The nurse has no responsibility for determining the patient’s understanding of upcoming
procedures.
c) The nurse’s scope of practice does not extend to determining whether a patient is unfit to provide
consent.
d) The nurse must notify the physician if the patient is not able to provide informed consent.
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Chapter Pretest Answers
1) d
6) d
CHAPTER BACKGROUND ASSESSMENT
Discuss these questions with your students prior to covering this chapter to understand where they stand
in relation to the content.
Question: A student is assigned to care for a patient in the long-term care facility. During the shift, the
patient falls in the bathroom. What factors will be used to determine the commission of
malpractice/negligence?
Question: A recent LPN/LVN graduate nurse is trying to determine the need for malpractice insurance.
What insurance is provided by the employer?
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LESSON 3.1
Textbook Objectives Covered
1. Define ethics, bioethics, values, morality, moral uncertainty, moral distress, moral outrage, and
moral/ethical dilemma.
3. Explain how values are formed.
5. Explain the relationship between culture and values.
7. Describe the steps in processing ethical dilemmas.
9. Explain the role of the LVN/LPN in relation to informed consent.
11. Use the NCSBN Model Nursing Practice Act and Standards of LVN/LPN Responsibilities to
identify the role of the LVN/LPN in patient care.
12. Employ the NAPNES Standards for Nursing Practice to describe the LVN/LPN’s range of
capabilities, responsibilities, rights, and relationship to other health care providers.
Lesson Preparation Checklist
• Prepare lecture from TEACH lecture slides available on Evolve.
Materials and Supplies
Key Terms
• ethics (p. 31)
• ethics of care (p. 33)
• ethnocentrism (p. 33)
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Student Preparation
Assignments 2 hours
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READ – Textbook (pp. 31–34)
REVIEW
• Box 3-1: National Association of Practical Nurse Education and Service Code of Ethics (p.
34)
ANSWER – Text
2
• Part IIF: 5-10, 18 (pp. 13-14)
READ – Textbook (p. 32)
ANSWER – Text
ANSWER – Study Guide
3
READ – Textbook (pp. 32–33)
ANSWER – Study Guide
• Part IB: 1-6 (p. 11)
4
READ – Textbook (p. 33)
5
READ – Textbook (pp. 32–33)
6
READ – Textbook (pp. 33–34)
7
READ – Textbook (pp. 33–34)
REVIEW
• Box 3-2: Key steps in the resolution of an ethical dilemma (p. 34)
ANSWER – Text
ANSWER – Study Guide
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READ – Textbook (p. 34)
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• Part IIIG: 1, 3 (p. 14)
READ – Textbook (pp. 39–40)
ANSWER – Text
• Review Questions for the NCLEX Examination: 4-6, 10 (pp. 42–43)
ANSWER – Study Guide
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• Part IIIG: 2, 4, 6 (pp. 14-15)
READ – Textbook (pp. 38–39)
ANSWER – Study Guide
• Part IC: 1-8 (p. 12)
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READ – Textbook (pp. 38–39)
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READ – Textbook (pp. 38–39)
50-Minute Lesson Plan
Lecture Outline 20 minutes
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Slide 1
Chapter 3
Legal and Ethical Considerations
Slide 2
Ethics
• Values relevant to human conduct
• Define what actions are right and wrong and whether the motives and outcomes of those
TALKING POINTS:
• Give specific examples of grays areas that students may face during their careers.
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Slide 3
Ethical Dilemmas
• Ethics do not prescribe one right answer
• Define formal processes to explore what is proper conduct
• Bioethics
• Ethical questions that arise in the context of health care
TALKING POINTS:
• When does an ethical dilemma exist?
• The concept of morality is closely related to ethics because moral beliefs provide a
Slide 4
Ethical Dilemmas (cont.)
• Morality
• Shared ideas of what is right or good within a society or culture
• Moral distress
• Occurs when nurse feels powerless because his/her moral beliefs cannot be
followed because of institutional or other barriers
• One reason that some nurses leave nursing
Ethical Dilemmas (cont.)
• Moral outrage
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Slide 6
Principles of Ethics
• Autonomy
• Recognition is inherent in the concept of informed consent and in advance directives
• Respect for the rights of people to make decisions about their own health and health
care, such as accepting or refusing blood transfusions or medications
TALKING POINTS:
• What are the five concepts of health care ethics?
• When might a patient not be able to make an autonomous decision?
Slide 7
• An example of preventing harm is reporting a coworker who is impaired or
incompetent
Principles of Ethics (cont.)
• Beneficence
• Actions to promote good, prevent harm, or remove the patient from harm
• Nurse behaves in the patient’s best interest
TALKING POINTS:
• How would/should you respond to a coworker who is obviously impaired?
• To whom would you report the situation?
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Principles of Ethics (cont.)
• Justice
• Fairness, equity, appropriateness of treatment
• Recognition that goods and services are limited
Slide 9
Principles of Ethics (cont.)
• Nonmaleficence
• Requires that the nurse “do no harm”
• Therapeutic interventions can be uncomfortable; benefits must justify the discomfort
TALKING POINTS:
• A patient getting out of bed for the first time after surgery likely will experience some
pain, but the benefits of mobilization far outweigh temporary discomfort.
• Is this an example of nonmaleficence? Explain.
Slide 10
Principles of Ethics (cont.)
• Fidelity
• A commitment to carry through on promises
• May be spoken or implied
• Patients have the right to expect staff is committed to their care and will not abandon
them
• The duty of the nurse to practice within the legal definition of the profession and
remain competent
Slide 11
Principles of Ethics (cont.)
• Confidentiality
• Patient information must be protected
• Patients have the right to control who has access to personal information
TALKING POINTS:
• Nursing and other professions have sets of ethical principles that are accepted as basic
to the profession.
• What are the common themes in documents that define ethical codes for nurses?
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Slide 12
Values
• Beliefs and attitudes important to a person that influence daily choices
• Result of cultural, social, and personal experiences
TALKING POINTS:
• What are some modes by which values may be acquired?
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Values (cont.)
• Values conflicts
• Values of individuals and institutions are different
• Risk that patient’s values may not be recognized or respected
• As a nurse, you can recognize values conflicts by being aware of your own values
and learning about those of your patients
• Try to understand the other person’s views and find common ground
TALKING POINTS:
• Ask students to describe scenarios in which they believe they may experience values
conflicts.
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Slide 14
• What are specific instances when this might affect your practice?” (For example, drug
Cultural Considerations
• Ethnocentrism—the belief that one’s own culture is superior to others
TALKING POINTS:
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Slide 15
Philosophical Basis of Ethics
• Deontology
• Defines right and wrong on the basis of whether an action meets the criteria of
fidelity, veracity, autonomy, beneficence, and justice
• Consequences of the action are not considered
• A limitation of deontology is apparent when an action represents conflicting values
TALKING POINTS:
• What forms the basis of a person’s values?
Slide 16
Philosophical Basis of Ethics (cont.)
• Utilitarian
• “Right” action produces the greatest good for the greatest number of people
• Challenge is to agree on the “greatest good”
• Bound to be differences in opinion as to what constitutes a good outcome
Philosophical Basis of Ethics (cont.)
• Feminist ethics
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Slide 18
Steps in Processing Ethical Dilemmas
• Determine that it is an ethical problem
• Ethical problems have all of the following characteristics
• Scientific information does not provide the answer
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Steps in Processing Ethical Dilemmas (cont.)
• Problem must be stated clearly so all can agree on it
• Courses of action and consequences outlined
• Action is taken
• Outcome is evaluated
TALKING POINTS:
• Provide students with a “sinking boat” exercise and have them apply the process outlined
to determine whom they would save.
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Slide 20
Institutional Ethics Committees
• Most institutions have committees to process ethical dilemmas
• Multidisciplinary membership seeks input from patients, families, professionals, and
administrators
TALKING POINTS:
• Which members of the health care team do you think are critical to be on the ethics
committee?
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• The state board of nursing can revoke or suspend the license of a nurse who violates the
provisions of the licensing statutes
Legal Implications for Nursing Practice
• Law defines the boundaries of nursing practice
• Nurses must know their functions and limitations to protect their patients and themselves
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Types of Law: Statutory Laws
• Created by elected legislative bodies, including nurse practice acts
• Classified as either civil or criminal
• Criminal laws are concerned with preventing harm to society or punishing violators
• Civil laws protect individual rights
TALKING POINTS:
• What are some common statutory laws you are familiar with?
Slide 23
Types of Law: Regulatory Laws
• Created by administrative bodies, such as state boards of nursing
TALKING POINTS:
• What are some regulatory laws you are familiar with?
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Slide 24
Types of Law: Tort
• A tort is a civil wrong against a person or property
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• Defamation of character
Types of Law: Intentional Tort
• Assault
• Contact without the patient’s consent
• Battery
• Touching in an offensive or harmful manner without consent
• Invasion of privacy
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Types of Law: Unintentional Tort
• Negligence
• Conduct that falls below the standard of care
• Malpractice
• Professional negligence
• To be found liable, it must be shown that the nurse owed a duty to the patient, the
Slide 27
Types of Law: Unintentional Tort (cont.)
• Nurse’s best protection against charges of negligence and malpractice
• Adhere to standards of care; provide competent care; communicate with other
members of the health care team; fully document assessments, interventions, and
evaluations; and establish good relations with patients
• Student nurses are held to the same standards of care as are licensed nurses
• Students should never perform care for which they have not been prepared
Slide 28
Malpractice Insurance
• Health care institutions commonly provide malpractice insurance for nurses they employ
• Covers legal fees and awards if nurse is sued for professional negligence or medical
malpractice
Slide 29
Malpractice Insurance (cont.)
• At times, nurses assist at accident scenes. As long as actions are within accepted
standards, Good Samaritan laws protect them from liability
• State laws vary; nurses should acquaint themselves with the laws in their states of
residence
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Confidentiality
• Every patient’s right: medical diagnoses and treatment must be kept confidential
• Protect the privacy of patient records and avoid public discussion of patient information
• Never copy/remove any part of a patient’s record
• HIPAA laws of 2003 made health care providers acutely aware of the actions needed to
protect patient confidentiality
TALKING POINTS:
• Patients have a right to expect that their personal information, including medical
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LESSON 3.1
Slide 31
Consent
• Patients have the right to make decisions about their own care; caregivers may not
impose care against a patient’s wishes
• Informed consent
• Provide sufficient information for the patient to make an informed decision
• Elements of informed consent: patient decision-making capacity, sufficient
information, and voluntary agreement
Slide 32
Consent (cont.)
• State law defines who can give consent for minors and people incapable of making their
own decisions
• A confused or sedated person cannot give consent even if usually capable of making
decisions
TALKING POINTS:
• The patient must be making the decision freely without fear of retaliation for refusal or
because of an expectation of some real or implied reward beyond the medical benefit.
• Can a patient sign a consent form after receiving preoperative sedation medications?
Slide 33
Consent (cont.)
• Required for hospital admission, surgery, some treatments, and research participation
• Physician is responsible for obtaining informed consent
• Nurses may obtain patient signatures and serve as witnesses to the signature per
agency policy
• If the nurse suspects the patient lacks decision-making capacity or does not fully
understand the implications of the consent form, the physician should be contacted
and the supervisor notified
TALKING POINTS:
• You should know the agency policies regarding the need for signed consent forms.
Slide 34
Physician Orders
• Legal, appropriate orders should be carried out
• If the nurse believes an order is inappropriate, the physician should be contacted for
confirmation or correction
• Verbal orders increase the risk for error; follow agency policy
TALKING POINTS:
• How should the nurse respond to a written physician’s order he or she cannot read?
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DNR (Do Not Resuscitate) Orders
• Resuscitation will not be initiated if a patient ceases to breathe or the heart stops
• Orders should be written and reviewed regularly in case patient’s status changes
• In many states, in the absence of a written order, it is assumed that resuscitation is
appropriate
TALKING POINTS:
• Who makes the decision to initiate a DNR order?
• “Slow code” orders may be interpreted as below the standard of care.
Short Staffing
• Staffing inadequate for competent care
• The supervisor should be notified
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Short Staffing: Patient Abandonment
• Walking out or refusing an assignment could be viewed as patient abandonment
• Includes sleeping on the job, leaving in the middle of a shift without notifying anyone,
failing to show up or complete an agreed-upon assignment in a home setting, and
leaving the patient care area and remaining unavailable such that patient safety may be
compromised
• Protects nurses from actions against their license when they notify the supervisor at the
time the assignment is made
Short Staffing: Safe Harbor
• A nurse may be able to invoke “safe harbor” if given an assignment that the nurse
believes violates his or her duty to the patient
TALKING POINTS:
• Agency policies and state law must be considered by the individual nurse.
• What is a reasonable response by the nurse to short staffing?
area
Floating
• Nurses are obligated to inform supervisors if they lack the skill to care for particular
Right to Refuse Treatment
• Patients have the right to refuse medical treatment, including life-sustaining care
• When a patient is incompetent to make his or her own decisions, an effort is made to
TALKING POINTS:
• What has increased public awareness of the importance of making one’s wishes known
in writing while still able to make decisions?
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LESSON 3.1
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and health care, such as accepting or refusing blood transfusions or medications, is
Question 1
• Respect for the rights of persons to make decisions about their own health and health
care is based on the principle of:
A. beneficence.
B. justice.
C. autonomy.
D. fidelity.
TALKING POINTS:
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agencies should have written policies for informing patients of their rights and how their
Question 2
• Which of the following legal considerations is false?
A. Patients have a right to expect that their personal information, including medical
diagnoses and treatment, be kept confidential.
B. Never copy or remove any part of a patient’s record.
C. Employing agencies should have written policies for informing patients of their rights.
D. It is not necessary to explain how the health care information will be used.
Activities
Classroom Choose from below to make 30 minutes
Online
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ASSESS BASELINE
• Have the class complete the Pretest.
Collect their work and use the results to
guide how you teach the class.
DISCUSS
• Discuss the key terms related to ethics and
values to promote student understanding.
• Ask each student to write down his or her
personal definition of ethics and values.
Solicit volunteers to share an example of an
event relating to their personal notations.
ASSESS BASELINE
• Post the Pretest and the Background
Assessment online and have your class
complete them. Use the results to guide how
you teach the class.
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groups of 3 to 4. Ask students to discuss
personally.
DISCUSS
• Discuss the different elements associated
with ethics. Review the intertwined
relationship among each of the elements.
POST AND COMMENT
• Post the following discussion topic online
and have students comment. Ask students
to list components of ethics and describe
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share these with someone sitting near
DISCUSS
• Discuss factors that impact the formation of
values.
• Ask each student to write on a piece of
paper three of their most highly held values.
POST AND COMMENT
• Post the following discussion topic online
and have students comment. Ask students
to define what they value. Ask how those
things became important to them.
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patient. Include strategies to manage this
DISCUSS
• Discuss the need for nurses to be aware of
their own personal values and how these
values will impact their outlook.
• Create a scenario in which the patient has
POST AND COMMENT
• Describe a time in your life when your values
have been in conflict with another person.
How did you clarify your values? Why is this
important?
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DISCUSS
• Discuss ethnocentrism and how it has
defined the culture we currently live in.
POST AND COMMENT
• Post the following discussion topic online
and have students comment. Research
ethnocentrists who have profoundly affected
the course of world events.
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DISCUSS
• Discuss the definitions of deontology,
CREATE
• Create a table of definitions for deontology,
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DISCUSS
• Discuss the steps that must be taken when
an ethical dilemma is presented.
• Review the policies from a local long-term
care facility. What types of policies are
present to assist nurses in the management
of an ethical dilemma?
POST AND COMMENT
• Post the following discussion topic online
and have students comment. List steps of an
ethical dilemma. Ask a seasoned nurse of a
time when they have seen this process
used. Post what the dilemma was and how it
was resolved.
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within the facility. Ask the speaker to
provide copies of policies relating to the
DISCUSS
• Discuss the use of the chain of command
within a health care institution when
presented with an ethical issue.
• Contact a local health care facility. Invite a
representative to come to the class to
discuss the resolution of ethical dilemmas
CREATE
• Have students create a table of the chain of
command for ethics in the facility where they
perform clinical.
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disabled. Ask students to volunteer to share
their information with the class, and in a
class discussion, identify ways in which
each piece of legislation affected the
DISCUSS
• Discuss the history of legislation and why it
has been required to protect the rights of
people with disabilities.
• Ask each student to write a brief timeline
and synopsis of the legislation that has
been passed to protect the rights of the
RESEARCH
• Have students research the history of
legislation for those with disabilities. What
was the most enlightening item they found?
What facts about the treatment of persons
with disabilities in the past did they find most
disturbing?
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DISCUSS
• Discuss current lawsuits in the news where
you live. What type of suit is it? Ask
students to define. What was the breach in
patient trust that led to the lawsuit?
POST AND COMMENT
• Post the following discussion topic online
and have students comment. Find a high-
profile case related to health care online that
has not reached resolution yet. Serve as
either the prosecutor or defender in the
case. Post your argument.
Critical Thinking Question
A nurse working on a pediatric care unit has been assigned to care for a patient whose
mother has recently been released from prison and has a history of drug abuse. The nurse
finds herself at odds with the decisions being made by the patient’s mother. What steps
should be taken by the nurse to manage any concerns?
Discussion Guidelines: The first step by the nurse is the recognition of differing perspectives.
Instructor Notes/Student Feedback
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Assessments for
Legal and Ethical Considerations
CHAPTER OBJECTIVES
Lesson 3.1:
2. Explain the principles of ethics: autonomy, justice, fidelity, beneficence, nonmaleficence.
4. Explain how values clarification is useful in nursing practice.
6. Describe the following philosophical bases for ethics: deontology, utilitarianism, feminist ethics, ethics
of care.
8. Describe the role of institutional ethics committees.
10. Explain examples of intentional, quasi-intentional, and unintentional torts.
12. Employ the NAPNES Standards for Nursing Practice to describe the LVN/LPN’s range of capabilities,
responsibilities, rights, and relationship to other health care providers.
Assessments by Lesson & Objective
Lesson 3.1
1
Study Guide
• Part IIF: 2 (p. 12)
Evolve Instructor Resources
• Test Bank: 1, 17
Evolve Student Resources
• NCLEX Review: 1
2
Study Guide
• Part IA: 1-4 (p. 11)
• Part IIF: 5-10, 18 (pp. 13-14)
Evolve Instructor Resources
• Test Bank: 2, 3, 8-10, 14
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Evolve Student Resources
• NCLEX Review: 2
Study Guide
• Part IB: 1-6 (p. 11)
Evolve Instructor Resources
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• Test Bank 15
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Evolve Instructor Resources
• Test Bank: 5
6
Evolve Instructor Resources
• Test Bank: 6
Study Guide
Evolve Instructor Resources
• Test Bank: 18
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• NCLEX Review: 9
• Prioritization: 2
• Test Bank: 7
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Study Guide
• Part IIF: 11, 12-14, 16 (p. 13)
• Part IIIG: 1, 3 (p. 14)
Evolve Instructor Resources
• Test Bank: 11
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• Part IIIG: 2, 4, 6 (pp. 14-15)
Study Guide
• Part IC: 1-8 (p. 12)
Evolve Student Resources
• NCLEX Review: 4, 8
11
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• NCLEX Review: 6, 7
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• Test Bank: 12, 13
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Instructor’s Notes/Student Feedback