Question

beneficence in healthcare

Answer 1

Ans) Ethics is a rule for correct behaviour.

- The principles of ethics are: Autonomy, Beneficence, Non maleficence, justice, fiedility, veracity.

- Beneficence is defined as an act of charity, mercy, and kindness with a strong connotation of doing good to others including moral obligation. In health care, beneficence is one of the fundamental ethics.

- Beneficence, defined as kindness and charity, which requires action on the part of the nurse to benefit others. An example of a nurse demonstrating this ethical principle is by holding a dying patient's hand.

- This principle acts as an obligation for nurses to protect their patients from harm by removing and preventing bad situations and promoting good ones.