Review for Professional Practice 1 Exam

Utilitarianism

(consequentialism) ethical concept that the value of something is determined by its usefulness.

Deontology

ethical concept of defining actions as right or wrong.

Competency

based assessment programs to ensure continued maintenance of practice standard.

nurse practitioner

May only be preformed in response to order given by physician or ________ or in accordance with conditions identified in regulation.

Regulators educational facilities

________ oversee regulation of their members.

Bioethics

ethical concept that actions are obligation based, outcome oriented, and based on reason.

Virtue Ethics

ethical concept looks at ethical character of making decision rather than their reasoning.

Registration

________ may be suspended or revoked by regulatory body.

Teleology

study of ends or final causes.

Divine Command

ethical concept follows philosophies and rules set out by higher power.

Feminist Ethics

ethical concept that focuses on continuing injustices between people, being attentive to issues of difference, power dynamics.

Disease

objective, pertains to ‘ ill health, seen and managed by medical science.

Advance Care Planning

multidimensional process that involves health care providers in discussion with patients to ensure they clearly understand their illness, its trajectory, and treatment options.

Medical Futility

medical treatment that is considered impossible or unlikely to receive its therapeutic goal.

Relational Ethics

ethical concept that ethical understandings are formed in, and emerge from, a persons relationships with others.

Health

objective process (functional stability, balance, and integrity); relates to disease, illness and wellness.

Illness

subjective experiences of either loss of health.

Disease

objective, pertains to ill health, seen and managed by medical science

Illness

subjective experiences of either loss of health

Wellness

the subjective experience of health

Teleology

study of ends or final causes

Exacerbation of Disease

reappearance of symptoms and reactivation of disease

Medical model

healthcare model that views health is absence of disease

Holistic model

healthcare model that considers all parts of the person and focuses on positive aspects of health

Indigenous Wholistic Theory of Health

similar to holistic model of health; considers mental, physical, cultural and spiritual well being, of the person AND community

Wellness model

builds on medical and holistic models

Deontology

ethical concept of defining actions as right or wrong

Utilitarianism (consequentialism)

ethical concept that the value of something is determined by its usefulness

Bioethics

ethical concept that actions are obligation based, outcome oriented, and based on reason

Feminist Ethics

ethical concept that focuses on continuing injustices between people, being attentive to issues of difference, power dynamics

Relational Ethics

ethical concept that ethical understandings are formed in, and emerge from, a persons relationships with others

4 themes

Environment, Embodiment, Mutuality, Engagement

Virtue Ethics

ethical concept looks at ethical character of making decision rather than their reasoning

Divine Command

ethical concept follows philosophies and rules set out by higher power

Advance Care Planning

multidimensional process that involves health care providers in discussion with patients to ensure they clearly understand their illness, its trajectory, and treatment options

Medical Futility

medical treatment that is considered impossible or unlikely to receive its therapeutic goal

Moral Distress

inability to act according to moral judgment

Moral Integrity

doing right thing when nobody is watching

Moral Residue

distress that remains when the situation generating the moral

Nursing Practice Acts

define scope of nursing practice, sets educational requirements, distinguishes between nursing and medical practice