Applied Ethics in Nursing [NOOK Book]

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.

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1. Contributors
   Preface
   Part 1: The Essence of Ethics and Advocacy in Nursing
   
2. Defining Ethics and Applying the Theories, Michael Dahnke and H. Michael Dreher
3. Knowing When and How to Advocate, Martha Turner and Moni McIntyre
4. Informed Consent: Ethical Issues, Susan B. Dickey
5. Patient's Rights and Ethical Issues, Eileen Mieras Kohlenberg
6. Research in Human Subjects: Ethical Issues, Rose H. Mueller and Cindy Stern
7. 
   Part 2: Ethical Issues at the Beginning of Life
   
8. Genetic Technology: The Frontiers of Nursing Ethics, Ellen Giarelli, Dale Halsey Lea, Shirley L. Jones, and Judith A. Lewis
9. Reproductive Technology: Ethical Issues, Mary English Worth
10. Ethical Issues in the Care of Neonates and Infants, Anne M. Lovell
11. Ethical Issues in the Care of Children, Lauren G. McAliley
12. 
    Part 3: Ethical Issues with Vulnerable Patients
    
13. Psychiatric Patients and Ethical Issues, Deborah Antai-Otong
14. HIV-AIDS Patients and Ethical Issues, Diane E. Radvansky
15. Diseases Where Patient Behaviors are a Key Factor: Ethical Issues, Doris V. Chaplin
16. Patients in Long-Term Care: Ethical Issues, Diane Stillman
17. 
    Part 4: The Right to Live and the Right to Die
    
18. Ethical Issues in Organ Transplantation, Carolyn H. McGrory and Linda Wright
19. End-of-Life Ethical Issues, JoAnne Reifsnyder, Vicky D. Lachman, Terri L. Maxwell, Margaraet M. Mahon, Catherine S. Taylor, Sally J. Nunn, and Ursula H. Capewell
20. The Right to Die: Ethical Issues, Sally J. Nunn, Vicki D. Lachman, Margaret M. Mahon, Catherine S. Taylor, Terri L. Maxwell, Ursula H. Capewell, and JoAnne Reifsnyder
21. 
    Part 5: Developing an Organizational Culture that Supports Ethical Behavior
    
22. Access to Care and Ethical Issues, Caroline Camuñas
23. Organizational Ethics, Mary Lou Helfrich Jones
24. Leadership Ethics, Kathy Malloch
25. Labor Ethics, Vicki D. Lachman and Julia W. Aucoin
26. Ethics Committees, Barbara B. Ott
27. 
    Part 6: The Mix of Culture and Religion with Ethics
    
28. Religion and Ethics, Syvil S. Burke
29. Culture and Ethics, Joyce Bedoian
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