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Ethical Decision Making
Correct Answer:
-Process that requires striking a balance between science and morality.
-Making informed choices about ethical dilemmas based on a set of standards
differentiating right from wrong.
American Nurses Association- Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements.
Correct Answer: provides specific guidance for ethical decision making and provides a
valuable framework that can be used when working with HIT
Bioethical Standards Correct Answer: Autonomy, freedom, veracity, privacy,
beneficence, and fidelity are maximally appropriate to the health care setting.
Autonomy Correct Answer: The right to choose for himself or herself; respecting the
clients opinions, perspectives, values and beliefs.
Freedom Correct Answer: The ability of an individual to act independently, without
coercion or constraint in ones choice and action
Veracity Correct Answer: Being completely truthful with patients; a patients right to truth.
Privacy Correct Answer: The right to be left alone when you want to be, to have control
over your own personal possessions, and not to be observed without your consent
Beneficence Correct Answer: Actions performed that contribute to the welfare of others;
Action of doing good or right by and for the patient.
Fidelity Correct Answer: Right to what has been promised; keeping to one's promise.
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