University:
Chamberlain University
Course:
NR-327 | Maternity
Academic year:

2023
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178

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10
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Family Rights  Families are entitled to protected rights within a health-care institution including (not limited to): • Right to full participation in health-care discussions and decision-making concerning the child • Right to active participation in cultural beliefs and practices whenever possible Family Rights (continued_1)  Families are entitled to protected rights within a health-care institution including (not limited to) (continued): • Right to visitation and family participation in the treatment and care of the child • Right to comfort by having pain and discomfort addressed and treated promptly • Right to have interpretation services by a translator when a language barrier Family Rights (continued_2)  Families are entitled to protected rights within a health-care institution including (not limited to) (continued): • Right to personal dignity and privacy during assessments, diagnostics, procedures, and treatments • Right to receive emergency treatment regardless of the ability to pay Family Rights (continued_3)  Families are entitled to protected rights within a health-care institution including (not limited to) (continued): • Right to be free of restraints or seclusion unless clinically necessary • Right to refuse care provided by students • Right to decline to participate in research programs or projects Ethics  Definition: moral principles that guide a person’s behavior  Concerned with right/wrong and good/evil  Doing the right thing for the best patient outcome  American Nurses Association Code of Ethics is used to guide nursing practice  Fairness, honesty, and respect for human beings are important in maternity and pediatric settings Ethics (continued_1)  Autonomy: Right to have control of body and make decisions  Beneficence: Spirit of compassion and kindness to benefit others • Balance the benefits of treatment against the risks and costs Ethics (continued_2)  Nonmaleficence: “Do no harm” • Inflict the least possible harm to reach a beneficial outcome  Justice: Fairness for individuals, groups, organizations, and communities • Fair allocation of services and resources Ethics (continued_3)  No answer fits every situation and every patient  Ethics committees that can provide guidance  Follow the chain of command with ethical situations  Obligated to follow legal care, adhering to standards of practice, regardless of feelings  Avoid imposing own values onto the patient Ethics (continued_4)  Ethical issues a nurse may encounter • Abortion • Pregnant mother smoking, drinking alcohol, using illicit drugs • Patient wanting elective c-section • Provision of futile care for an extremely premature newborn • A young adolescent with no family support leaving hospital with a newborn Ethics (continued_5)  Ethical issues a nurse may encounter (continued) • Infertility treatment that is expensive and not successful • A teenager with aggressive cancer who wants to be allowed to die • A homeless child living in a car with his family being discharged with a new diagnosis of asthma • A child with type 1 diabetes being cared for by a mother who has dual mental health diagnoses

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