| A | B |
|---|
| autonomy | Control over personal decisions |
| beneficence | Doing good |
| beneficent paternalism | Health care provider making decisions for the patient based on, "I know what's best for you." Discounts patient autonomy |
| ethics | Rules or principles that govern correct conduct |
| fidelity | In nursing, to be faithful to the charge of acting in the patient's best interest when the capacity to make free choice is no longer available |
| justice | Giving patients their due and treating them fairly |
| morals | Ethical habits of a person |
| nonmaleficence | First, do no harm |
| nursing ethics | System of principles governing conduct of nurses |
| privacy | Both a legaland ethical issue. Patient's right to choose what is done to his/her body, based on personal beliefs, feelings, and attitude |
| values | Assigned to an idea or action. Freely chosen and affected by age, experience, and maturity |
| accountability | Obligation to answer for personal actions |
| abandonment | Leave patient unit without a nurse of equal skill and education assigned to provide care for your assigned patient |
| advance directives | Written documents to state personal wishes regarding future health care |
| assault | an unjustified attempt or threat to touch someone |
