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Prepared By: MARY ELEANOR N. USIS, MSN, RN
University of Perpetual Help System-Molino
COLLEGE OF NURSING 2nd Semester, AY 2021-2022
Virtue Ethics – A moral theory that focuses on
the development of virtuous character.
Virtues – Engrained dispositions as to act by
standards of excellence.
In virtue ethics, character is the key to the
moral life, for it is from a virtuous character
that moral conduct and values naturally arise.
One of the aim of philosophy is to cultivate in gifted
people their potential intellectual and moral qualities
The Nightingale Pledge: promise purity, faith, love,
loyalty, devotion, temperance, and trustworthiness
Good character is cornerstone of good nursing
Nurse will act according to principle.
Steady, unchangeable character internal to one’s
identity
- Virtues: fidelity, honesty, integrity, humility, respect,
compassion, prudence, and courage.
- Vices: pride, greed, cruel, unkind, dishonest, impatient, unjust, untruthful
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Gives direction for action
- Presents an account of right action.
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Fidelity
Is faithfulness.
In the relationship of trust every patient
must know that his healthcare provider
will keep his promises and keep the
patient’s best interest first in his mind.
Honesty
Is truthfulness.
It is telling the patient, the family,
colleagues, and society the truth about an
illness, its nature, prognosis, effectivity of
care, and research findings.
Integrity
Is wholeness.
It is acting in the same way one says he
should act and believes he should act.
A nurse who tells his patient smoking is
bad should himself not smoke.
Humility
Is recognizing one’s capabilities and
limitations.
It is doing one’s best and asking for help
as needed.
It is acting deserved praise graciously and
denying undeserved praise.
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Respect
Means paying attention to others.
It is listening attentively to a patient’s
complaints, or a colleague’s opinion.
Compassion
Is loving kindness, a feeling for those who
suffer.
It is self sacrifice voluntarily given for the
benefit of another, or given with no hope of
return, gain, recognition, or payment but
given because other’s needs are greater.
Prudence
Is foresight: a habitual deliberateness,
caution and circumspection in action.
It is “to look before you leap” or to consider
how different options may affect other
before making a decision.
Courage
Is doing what one sees as right without
undue fear, or standing against what one
sees as wrong even if it means standing up
alone.
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Angelica goes to the clinic for BP monitoring.
Nurse Reignhart knows that his BP app has not
been working properly; yet he continues to use it.
Doña Mary Larae is a 72-year-old
demanding, irritable, partially disabled, arthritic
patient who is also quite stingy. She needs the
services of a nurse. There are 3 nurses on duty.
All claim to be busy and no one among them
want to take care of her.
Joshua has a urethral secretion which
reveals gonorrhoea (a sexually transmitted
disease). Jan Neriz, the medical technologist who
did the test is a good friend of Jessa, Joshua’s
wife. Jessa asks Jan Neriz for the result of the
test.
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Juilliana goes to the drugstore to buy a
prescribed drug. As a nurse, you know that a
similar generic drug is available at a lower cost.
Mrs. Arriola brings her daughter to see Dr.
Yoshihiro. Not satisfied with Dr. Yoshihiro’s
treatment, she complains to Dr. Peria.
A patient in the ward has acute renal failure.
Rajini, the nurse on duty noticed that he is being
ordered to be given a
aminoglycoside that will
toxic dose of an
further damage the
patient’s kidneys.
Leni has a bad cold. She goes to Dr. Marcos
and asks for an antibiotic. Dr. Marcos knows
that antibiotics are useless and might even be
harmful for a cold. Still, he prescribes one to
please Leni and charge a high fee.
What vice/s are involved in this case?
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Nurse Ace insists on using shortcuts when
performing nursing procedures. Errors often
results from these.
What vice/s are involved in this case?
Don Bienvenido goes to the laboratory for a
blood sugar determination. Nurse Shamira,
employed on a commission basis, suggests a
complete blood examination: BUN, triglycerides,
etc..
What vice/s are involved in this case?
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