Applied ethics in nursing / [edited by] Vicki D. Lachman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lachman, Vicki D.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nursing ethics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 311 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Springer Pub. Co., c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Defining ethics and applying the theories / Michael Dahnke, H. Michael Dreher

Knowing when and how to advocate / Martha Turner, Moni McIntyre

Informed consent: ethical issues / Susan B. Dickey

Patient's rights and ethical issues / Eileen Mieras Kohlenberg

Research in human subjects: ethical issues / Rose H. Mueller, Cindy Stern

Genetic technology: the frontiers of nursing ethics / Ellen Giarelli ... [et al.]

Reproductive technology: ethical issues / Mary English Worth

Ethical issues in the care of neonates and infants / Anne M. Lovell

Ethical issues in the care of children / Lauren G. McAliley

Psychiatric patients and ethical issues / Deborah Antai-Otong

HIV-AIDS patients and ethical issues / Diane E. Radvansky

Diseases where patient behaviors are a key factor: ethical issues / Doris V. Chaplin

Long-term care patients: ethical issues / Diane Stillman

Ethical issues in organ transplantation / Carolyn H. McGrory, Linda Wright

End-of-life ethical issues / JoAnne Reifsnyder ... [et al.]

Right to die: ethical issues / Sally J. Nunn

Access to care and ethical issues / Caroline Camunas

Organizational ethics / Mary Lou Helfrich Jones

Leadership ethics / Kathy Malloch

Labor ethics / Vicki D. Lachman, Julia W. Aucoin

Ethics committees / Barbara B. Ott

Religion and ethics / Syvil S. Burke

Culture and ethics / Joyce Bedoian.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-281-81851-8

9786611818517

0-8261-9788-4

OCLC:

437109880