Sarah B. Vittone DBe, MSN, MA, RN is an Associate Professor at Georgetown University
Sarah Vittone: Georgetown University
April 2024
Conference presentation
Pillars of Care in the US: Bioethics and Virtue
April , 2024
Workshop objectives:
The aim of the workshop is to give an overview of the four main pillars of bioethics in U.S : justice, autonomy, beneficence and non-maleficence. These pillars require an additional element of virtue to explain and explore their application in healthcare. Additionally, the essential ethics- the patient’s good and ethics of care will be discussed as applied in the U.S. Upon completion of the workshop, the participant will be able to identify the Four Pillars of Bioethics in the U.S.; the role of Virtue in applying these principles and the impact on the nurse-patient relationship and patient centered care.
Content:
Bioethics Principles in healthcare decision making
Virtue Ethics
Nurse-Patient Relationship in the U.S.
References:
- https://www.nursingworld.org/practice-policy/nursing-excellence/ethics/
- Fernakey, M. & Newman, R. (2019) A Comparison of Approaches to Virtue for Nursing ethics. Ethical Perspectives. 26(3) 427-457. https://philarchive.org/archive/FERACO-12
- Varkey B. Principles of Clinical Ethics and Their Application to Practice. Med Princ Pract. 2021;30(1):17-28. doi: 10.1159/000509119. Epub 2020 Jun 4. PMID: 32498071; PMCID: PMC7923912.
- Varagona L, Ballard NM, Hedenstrom ML. Virtue ethics in health care teams; its time has come: Review of the nursing virtue ethics literature. J Nurs Manag. 2022 Oct;30(7):2394-2402. doi: 10.1111/jonm.13757. Epub 2022 Sep 5. PMID: 35941729.
