CULTURAL AND

ETHICAL ISSUES IN

MEDICAL SURGICAL NURSING

WHO IS SHE??

CULTURAL ISSUES IN NURSING

DEFINITION

CULTURE:Culture represents a unique way of percieving,behaving and

evaluating the external environment and such provides a blue print for determining values beliefs and practices

( Boyle,2003)

CULTURAL VALUES

• Cultural values are unique expressions of a particular culture that have been accepted as appropriate over time. They guide actions and decisions making that facilitate self worth and self esteem

• (LEININGER,1985)

INDIAN CULTURE

INDIAN CULTURERELIGION

LANGUAGESOCIAL STRUCTUREFAMILY STRUCTUREHEALTH BELIEFSDEATH AND DYINGDIET AND NUTRITION CULTURAL BELIEFS

IMPLICATIONS IN HEALTH CARE

•FAMILY DYNAMICS AND STRUCTURE•DIET AND NUTRITION•HEALTH REMEDIES•CULTURAL PRACTICES

SOLVING CULTURAL

ISSUES

ETHICAL

ISSUES

ETHICAL ISSUES IN NURSING PRACTICE

ETHICAL ISSUES IN NURSING PRACTICEClinical

ProfessionalPhilosophicalOrganisational and societal

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Patient EmployerColleaguesPersonal excellenceNursing profession

issues

Bioethical

issues in

medical surgical nursing

BIOETHICAL ISSUES

DEATH

PLANNING FOR END LIFE ISSUES

Futile treatmentsAdvance directivesLiving wills

EUTHANASIA

EUTHANASIA

positivenegative

ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION

STEM

CEL

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RESEA

RCH

FRAMEWORK FOR ETHICAL DECISION

MAKING

FRAMEWORK FOR ETHICAL DECISION MAKING

IDENTIFY AND CLARIFY THE ETHICAL PROBLEMGATHER DATAIDENTIFY OPTIONSMAKE A DECISIONACT AND ASSESS

AMERICAN NURSES ASSOCIATION(ANA) CODE OF ETHICS FOR NURSES (2001)

AMERICAN NURSES ASSOCIATION BILL OF RIGHTS FOR REGISTERED NURSES(2001)

INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF NURSES CODE FOR NURSES

RESOURCES AVAILABLE IN ETHICAL DECISION MAKING

The Patient Care Partnership: Understanding Expectations, Rights, and Responsibilities(American Hospital Association)

The Nuremberg Code

RESOURCES AVAILABLE IN

ETHICAL DECISION MAKING

ICN CODE FOR NURSES

PEOPLE PRACTICESOCIETYCO WORKERSPROFESSION

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