The era we live in strongly supports and recognizes the (a)   rights of patients and healthcare providers.

The threat of legal consequences highlights the need for (a)   .

• (a)   consist of morals and a code of conduct that guides individuals or groups in distinguishing right from wrong.

• (a)   are the commonly accepted customs of right living and behavior within society

• (a)   involves daily interactions and how we treat others.

• (a)   behavior should be based on reason and facts.

(a)   are those things held in high regard and deemed desirable and worthy of respect.

• They include family, financial resources, friends, health and fitness, home and place, leadership, leisure pursuits, personal growth, public service, spirituality, and work satisfaction.

• These values can be prioritized using (a)   tools and may change depending on one's situation.

Focuses on the outcomes of decisions, aiming to benefit the largest number of people.

(a)  

Centers on duty and obligation, adhering to rules at all times regardless of consequences.

(a)  

Emphasizes practical wisdom and moral character, combining elements of both teleologic and deontologic theories. It considers how decisions affect all involved

(a)  

treating others as you wish to be treated—is a valuable guideline

(a)  

What guides you through daily ethical challenges?

(a)  

(a)   must prioritize patient safety and compassion for others over expedience

Demonstrated daily through interactions with others and is truly tested when no one is watching

(a)  

Define the problem or ethical issue

(a)  

Know the principles, standards, and laws that relate to the problem

(a)  

Develop a possible course of action

(a)  

Analyze the possible course of action

(a)  

Choose the best course of action that represents your values

(a)  

Review the results of your actions and reflect on the outcomes and processes

(a)  

apply moral principles in professional interactions with coworkers, patients, and the community

(a)  

• Topics include end-of-life decisions, informed consent, patient confidentiality, and patient rights.

• Guiding principles include autonomy, beneficence, nonmaleficence, justice, confidentiality, fidelity, paternalism, sanctity of life, veracity, and respect for property

Individuals have the right to make decisions about their own lives

(a)  

Acting to benefit others

(a)  

"Do no harm" while attempting to do good.

(a)  

Treating all patients equally, regardless of their conditions

(a)  

Ensuring patient privacy by not sharing personal information without consent.

(a)  

Fulfilling commitments and keeping promises.

(a)  

Making healthcare decisions for patients without their direct input

(a)  

Avoiding life and death decisions based on personal values.

(a)  

Being honest in all aspects of life.

(a)  

Safeguarding patients' belongings and avoiding damage

(a)  

(a)   ethics represent the publicly displayed ethical conduct of a profession or group

(a)   outline acceptable and unacceptable behavior, providing norms for professionals to follow

The (a)   offers a code of ethics

Creating and encouraging an environment for discussing and addressing ethical issues.

Helping sonographers identify ethical issues.

(a)  

Providing guidelines for ethical behavior

(a)  

include entertainment ultrasound and fetal keepsake imaging

(a)  

• Professional organizations discourage (a)   use of ultrasound

• Some companies offer out-of-pocket ultrasound exams not ordered by physicians

• The AIUM states there is no benefit to such exams without clinical risk factors.

• It is important to research companies to ensure they are accredited and employ qualified, certified sonographers

• Sonography can show fetal movement early in pregnancy

• Pre-abortion sonograms can sometimes influence a patient's decision

• Laws in some states require sonograms with clear fetal images and explanations

• Sonographers must provide compassionate care, regardless of the patient's decision

• Other issues related to elective abortion include fetal abnormalities and selective reduction of fetuses.

• There has been at least one case where a sonographer was terminated for expressing personal views on abortion to a patient.

encompasses awareness of conduct, aims, and qualities that define a profession

(a)  

• The foundation includes clinical competence, communication skills, and ethical/legal understanding.

• Excellence

• Humanism,

• Accountability

• Altruism

• Duty

• Honor and Integrity

• Respect for others

• involves practicing good manners and being agreeable at work to maintain good relationships

Your (a)   is a crucial aspect of your journey as a student. Perceptions are formed through observation.

Being seen as a hard worker is (a)  

This goes beyond merely attending and completing tasks.Treat every interaction as if it were a job interview!

(a)  

• Being punctual.

• Developing a professional attitude.

• Respecting yourself and others.

• Being a team player.

• Respecting the chain of command.

• Avoiding workplace politics.

• Developing good work habits.

• Religion

• Politics

• Sex

• Personal problems

• Alcoholic drinking habits

• Health problems unrelated to duties

• Career aspirations unrelated to duties

the application of ethics to biological sciences, medicine, nursing, and other healthcare fields

(a)  

the statements of acceptable and unacceptable behavior of a profession

(a)  

exist when there are inappropriate relationships between personal interests and professional obligations

(a)  

ethical theory that seeks to find out the end result in decision-making, and it is based on the consequences of the decision being made to benefit the largest amount of people

(a)  

ethical theory based on duty; thus, one makes the decision out of obligation that the rules must be followed at alltimes regardless ofthe consequences

(a)  

the open recognition of acommitment to service


(a)  

nondiagnostic sonography performed to provide video

(a)  

a process that we use to make choices based on our moral principles and personal values


(a)  

set of morals and a code of behavior that helps inform a person or group of people as to what is right (moral) and what is wrong (immoral)

(a)  

nondiagnostic sonography performed to provide the obstetric patient with keepsake photos and videos of the fetus

(a)  

concept that involves selfless behavior and the act of crediting others when credit is due to them; also includes admitting wrong doing

(a)  

process of gaining permission before a medical procedure is conducted

(a)  

the application of our moral principles in interactions with others in the medical profession, including our coworkers, patients, and the community

(a)  

internal compass that helps guide us as we face daily challenges that involve instances that require ethical decision-making

(a)  

accepted rules of conduct, including integrity, compassion, honesty, and respectfulness

(a)  

generally accepted customs of right living and behavior within our society

(a)  

division of ethics that includes teleologic theory, deontologic theory, andvirtueethics

(a)  

group-held beliefs or standards that are agreed upon by individuals or groups of individuals

(a)  

refers to the concept of privacy; no personal patient information should be shared with anyone uninvolved with the patient’s care

(a)  

an individual that is formally certified by a professional body and whose education can be measured against an established set of standards

(a)  

publicly displayed ethical conduct of a profession or a particular group

(a)  

the everyday practice of good manners and being agreeable within the exercise of one’s occupation

(a)  

ethical theory that focuses on the use of practical wisdom and moral character, providing elements of both teleologic and deontologic thinking

(a)  

• the ability to walk

Items that can prevent contact with potentially infectious blood and body fluids such as:

• Gloves

• Gowns

• Eyeglasses

• Face shields

• Masks

• an abdominal girdle or bandage used to support the abdominal walls (especially for postpartum, and abdominal surgery).

• thin tube inserted into a vein or body cavity to administer medicine, drain off fluid, or insert a surgical instrument

a bacterial infection that may live outside the body for 70-90 days.

• Occurs due to disruption of normal healthy bacteria in the colon, often from antibiotics.

• It can be transmitted from person to person by spores.

• It can cause severe damage to the colon and even be fatal.

• code is a five-digit numeric code used to describe medical procedures that are performed by a healthcare provider.

• relating to or affecting the skin.

• inflammation of urinary bladder.

• visual examination of the interior of the urinary bladder.

• an extra short sheet that is placed in the center of the bed for patient who are unable to move independently.  It helps the healthcare providers in moving the patients

• difficulty swallowing.

• a disorder in which an organ or tissue of the body wastes away

• the general physiological process of reabsorption and breakdown of tissues, involving Apoptosis

• the death of cells which occurs as a normal and controlled part of an organism's growth or development.

• When it occurs as a result of disease or loss of trophic support because of other diseases, it is called

• out of place

• a band or sheet of connective tissue that attaches to or separates muscles and or internal organs