Personal Ethics Reda Rodich Grand Canyon University Personal Ethics Ethics is a theory or system that includes the study of moral philosophy which includes the specific moral choices to be made by a person or the members of a profession, or moral principles and values that have standards of right and wrong actions and behaviors. The Code of Ethics for nurses, adopted by the American Nurses Association has set forth standards of practice that are essential in the ethical practice of nursing
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Grand Canyon University GCU Style Guide for Lower-Division Students Introduction Lower-division students of Grand Canyon University (GCU) are required to use a writing style based upon a simplified version of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (5th ed.) for preparing written assignments, except where otherwise noted. In the interest of providing resource material for student use, this guide to GCU style and format has been developed and made available. A template has
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Ethical decision making in healthcare NRS-437V Jyoti Battar Grand Canyon University February 2nd, 2014 Breaking confidentiality is never ethical and is also losing faith between the patient-nurse relationships or amongst healthcare providers. The minute a patient walks into a health care setting they feel a trusting bond with the providers and expect reciprocation. The U.S. department of health and human services has the office of civil rights which imposes the “Health Insurance Portability
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Applying Ethical Frameworks in Practice Vanessa Dolce Grand Canyon University April 30, 2012 Applying Ethical Frameworks in Practice In nursing certain situations will call you to question what is right and what is wrong. One of the biggest dilemmas nurses face is what things we should tell or not to tell. Is it better to stay quiet or vocalize the problems at hand? Sometimes telling means we break the trust of our patients but help them in return. While other times, not saying anything
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Personal Ethics: My nursing ethic Swaranjeet Kaur Sidhu Grand Canyon University: NRS-437V 03/22/2014 My Nursing Ethic People have their own views on certain issues. In the healthcare field many nurses will encounter ethical issues which may place themselves in a dilemma. “Ethics is that branch of philosophy dealing with values relating to human conduct, with respect to the rightness and wrongness of certain actions and to the goodness and badness of the motives and ends of such actions.”
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Framework and Ethical Dispositions Comparison Matrix Comparison of overlapping statements regarding teacher ethics Priority of specific ethical disposition/protocol and rationale In the Association of American Educators four principal it states that an educator should deal considerately and justly with each all her students. (AAE,2001) Efficient educators should promote fairness and equality within their classroom…(COE-GCU Framework, 2010) P R 4 I ranked this issue at four because educators should
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Running head: CONFIDENTIALITY Confidentiality Tim Arney Grand Canyon University NRS 437v Michelle Silvers July 21, 2012 Confidentiality Patient confidentiality and the loss of a patient’s trust as related to a television show called ER will be discussed. In this episode, a nurse named Carol Hathaway is in the middle of a teen’s medical issue and her parents. When an underage girl tells Nurse Hathaway about her sexual behavior, there are questions about the loss of confidentiality
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Ethical Decision-Making Reflection Paper Jo-Ann Morgia Grand Canyon University: PCN-100 10/19/2014 In the world of alcohol and drug counseling there are important issues for the addiction counselor to understand which is ethics and boundaries. The counselors code of ethics is very imperative and understanding the possible situations that may come into play during a professional relationship. Some boundary example situations can be dual relationships, boundary crossings, and bartering.
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Case Study on Moral Status Andrea Jenison (Wilson) HLT310V-O102 Grand Canyon University According to Webster’s Dictionary, moral obligation is “an obligation arising out of considerations of right and wrong” (Webster’s Dictionary, n.d.). What is considered a moral obligation to one person may be completely different to another person. This paper will outline the theories used by Jessica, Marco, Dr. Wilson, and Aunt Maria in the Fetal Abnormality Case Study, and explain how those theories influenced
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Applying Ethical Frameworks in Practice Grand Canyon University: Ethical Decision Making in Healthcare Lisa Firkus October 27, 2013 Applying Ethical Frameworks in Practice Care providers strive to provide care that is patient focused that maintains confidentiality and respect. This paper is about the maintenance of patient confidentiality and the trusting relationships that must be maintained between the patient and the healthcare providers. Ethical Implications of Breaching Confidentiality
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