Designated a Doody's Core Title! What constitutes "informed consent"? What can I do if the patient lacks the capacity to make decisions? How should I respond to a patient who requests my help in dying? What is the rationale for giving a patient medication (chemical restraints) against his or her will? What exactly are "patient's rights" and how does one advocate for one's patients? Applied Ethics in Nursing provides an easily understandable guide to the kind of ethical dilemmas you face in practice. Using a question-and-answer format along with numerous case studies, this text offers best practices and strategies for approaching the difficult problems commonly found in clinical practice. This book also addresses organizational and institutional issues that can confound or promote ethically sound decision making. Each chapter ends with a resource list of websites and recommendations for further reading. The American Nurses' Association Code of Ethics for Nurses is used as a guide throughout, along with standards and guidelines from other major healthcare and governmental organizations.
Author(s): Vicki Lachman
Edition: 1
Year: 2005
Language: English
Pages: 328
Contents......Page 6
Contributors......Page 10
Preface......Page 14
Part 1: The Essence of Ethics and Advocacy in Nursing......Page 16
1. Defining Ethics and Applying the Theories......Page 18
2. Knowing When and How to Advocate......Page 30
3. Informed Consent: Ethical Issues......Page 40
4. Patient’s Rights and Ethical Issues......Page 54
5. Research in Human Subjects: Ethical Issues......Page 62
Part 2: Ethical Issues at the Beginning of Life......Page 74
6. Genetic Technology: The Frontiers of Nursing Ethics......Page 76
7. Reproductive Technology: Ethical Issues......Page 96
8. Ethical Issues in the Care of Neonates and Infants......Page 114
9. Ethical Issues in the Care of Children......Page 126
Part 3: Ethical Issues With Vulnerable Patients......Page 146
10. Psychiatric Patients and Ethical Issues......Page 148
11. HIV-AIDS Patients and Ethical Issues......Page 160
12. Diseases Where Patient Behaviors Are a Key Factor: Ethical Issues......Page 172
13. Long-Term Care Patients: Ethical Issues......Page 180
Part 4: The Right to Live and the Right to Die......Page 196
14. Ethical Issues in Organ Transplantation......Page 198
15. End-of-Life Ethical Issues......Page 208
16. The Right to Die: Ethical Issues......Page 222
Part 5: Developing an Organizational Culture That Supports Ethical Behavior......Page 236
17. Access to Care and Ethical Issues......Page 238
18. Organizational Ethics......Page 246
19. Leadership Ethics......Page 256
20. Labor Ethics......Page 268
21. Ethics Committees......Page 282
Part 6: The Mix of Culture and Religion With Ethics......Page 290
22. Religion and Ethics......Page 292
23. Culture and Ethics......Page 304
Appendix: ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses......Page 312
A......Page 314
C......Page 315
D......Page 316
E......Page 317
H......Page 318
I......Page 319
L......Page 320
N......Page 321
P......Page 322
R......Page 323
S......Page 324
V......Page 325
W......Page 326
