Nursing Ethics & Jurisprudence
Philippine Nursing ethics & Jurisprudence
NURSING ETHICS
Main Concept: • Nursing Ethics is concerned with the principles and right conduct as they apply to the nursing profession. It reinforces the nurses’ ideals and motives in order to maximize the affectivity of their service. • Nursing Jurisprudence is that department of law which comprises all the legal rules and principles affecting the practice of nursing. It also includes the interpretation of all these rules and principles and their application to the regulation of the practice of nursing.
Definition of Terms 1. Profession – an occupation or calling requiring advance training and experience in some specific or specialized body of knowledge which provides service to society in that specific field. 2. Vocation – an occupation of calling. 3. Ethics – refers to a standard to examine and understand moral life. 4. Morality – refers to social consensus about moral conduct for human beings and society. 5. Professional Ethics – a branch of moral science concerned with the obligations that a member of the profession owes to the public. 6. Health Care Ethics – the division of ethics that relates to human health. 7. Bio-Ethics – a specific domain of ethics that focuses on moral issues in the field of health care. 8. Nursing Ethics – related to all the principles of right conduct as they apply to the profession. 9. Nursing Profession – the performance for a fee, salary or other reward or compensation or professional nursing service to individuals, families and communities in various stages of development. The promotion of health, prevention of diseases, restoration of health and alleviation of suffering thru: • Utilization of Nursing Process • Establishment of connection with community resources • Motivation of individuals, families and communities • Participation in teaching guidelines and supervision • Undertaking
NURSING ETHICS
Main Concept: • Nursing Ethics is concerned with the principles and right conduct as they apply to the nursing profession. It reinforces the nurses’ ideals and motives in order to maximize the affectivity of their service. • Nursing Jurisprudence is that department of law which comprises all the legal rules and principles affecting the practice of nursing. It also includes the interpretation of all these rules and principles and their application to the regulation of the practice of nursing.
Definition of Terms 1. Profession – an occupation or calling requiring advance training and experience in some specific or specialized body of knowledge which provides service to society in that specific field. 2. Vocation – an occupation of calling. 3. Ethics – refers to a standard to examine and understand moral life. 4. Morality – refers to social consensus about moral conduct for human beings and society. 5. Professional Ethics – a branch of moral science concerned with the obligations that a member of the profession owes to the public. 6. Health Care Ethics – the division of ethics that relates to human health. 7. Bio-Ethics – a specific domain of ethics that focuses on moral issues in the field of health care. 8. Nursing Ethics – related to all the principles of right conduct as they apply to the profession. 9. Nursing Profession – the performance for a fee, salary or other reward or compensation or professional nursing service to individuals, families and communities in various stages of development. The promotion of health, prevention of diseases, restoration of health and alleviation of suffering thru: • Utilization of Nursing Process • Establishment of connection with community resources • Motivation of individuals, families and communities • Participation in teaching guidelines and supervision • Undertaking
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