Legal And Ethical Issues

 Legal And Ethical Issues

Step 1: Respond to the following

There are six ethical principles that arise frequently for the nurses. Briefly describe how you provide patient care using each.

1. Respect for persons (autonomy and self-determination)
2. Beneficence (doing good)
3. Non maleficence (avoiding harm)
4. Justice (fairness, equitability, truthfulness)
5. Veracity (telling the truth)
6. Fidelity (remaining faithful to one’s commitment)

(A sentence or two for each ethical principal)