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Question 1
Professional accountability serves for the following purpose except for:
To provide basis for ethical decision To respect the decision of the client. To maintain standards of health To evaluate new professional practices and reassess existing ones
Question 1 Explanation:Autonomy not accountability respects the decision made by the client. The purposes of professional accountability are: To provide basis for ethical decision To maintain standards of health To evaluate new professional practices and reassess existing ones
Question 2
The portion of ethics that centers on the extent to which judgments are reasonable or otherwise justifiable is:
Question 3
The fundamental responsibility of a nurse according to the International Council of Nurse Code for Nurses are the following apart from:
Aggravation of suffering
Question 3 Explanation:The fundamental responsibility of the nurse is to promote heath, prevent illness, restore health and alleviate (not aggravate) suffering.
Question 4
Nursing ethics provides the standards for professional behavior and is the study of principles of right and wrong for nurses. This set of standards states the duties and obligations of nurses to:
Question 5
Before the nurse administered the clients medication she assessed the clients needs for drugs, and followed the rights in drug preparation and administration. After the nurse has given the dose, she evaluated the clients response to the medication given. The nurse is promoting:
Question 6
Deciding whether prolonging life in a terminally ill client or doing euthanasia (mercy killing) is an example of what type of ethics?
All of these
Question 6 Explanation:Normative ethics raises questions about what is right or what to be done in a situation that calls for an ethical decision. Descriptive ethics presents a factual narration of moral behaviors.
Question 7
A wrong dose of drug is administered by the nurse. The nurse is responsible to whom?
Question 8
When does a moral issue become an ethical issue?
When the choices are clearly denoting which is right and wrong. When values of a person develops and changes over time. When there is no acceptable reason for the wrong choice once it is done. When the choice is no longer clear between right and wrong.
Question 8 Explanation:A moral belief is the personal conviction that something is absolutely right or wrong in all situations. A person is generally unwilling to change personal opinions on issues of a moral nature. However, when the choice is no longer clear between right and wrong the moral issue becomes an ethical one. For example, a person who morally believes that abortion is wrong but is faced with a pregnancy condition that would cause death of the mother if the fetus is not aborted. The moral issue (abortion) becomes an ethical one in this case. The ethical choice of not aborting the fetus but would end the life of the mother or aborting the fetus that would save the life of the mother would then cause confusion to the person involved.
Question 9
Informed consent is a method that promotes:
Question 10
To make autonomous decisions and actions, clients must be offered enough information and has the following criteria:
Question 11
The client on renal dialysis informs the nurse that he wants to stop the series of dialysis. The nurse should appropriately do which action in response to the clients decision?
Inform the client that the doctor must decide what to do. Tell the client that he must finish his series of renal dialysis. Respect the clients decision and provide comfort measures. Leave the client and attend other patients.
Question 11 Explanation:Respect for autonomy must be acknowledged when the client disagrees with health care professionals, as well as when the client agrees with the recommendations of the health care team.
Question 12
The personal conviction that something is absolutely right or wrong in all situations is called:
Question 13
Nurses code of ethics is a set of ethical principles generally accepted by members of the profession. The standard or principles that a nurse must observe in the practice should promote which duty?
Uses judgment in relation to individual competence when accepting and delegating responsibilities. Plays a major role in determining and implementation of desirable standards of nursing practice. Active in developing a core of professional knowledge. Acts through professional organization and participates in establishing and maintaining equitable social and economic working conditions in nursing.
Question 13 Explanation:Using judgment in relation to individual competence when accepting and delegating responsibilities is a duty of a nurse to his/her practice. Under the international Council of Nurses Code for Nurses the following duties are pertains to specific criteria: a. Uses judgment in relation to individual competence when accepting and delegating responsibilities. NURSE AND PRACTICE b. Plays a major role in determining and implementation of desirable standards of nursing practice. NURSE AND PROFESSION c. Active in developing a core of professional knowledge NURSE AND PROFESSION d. Acts through professional organization and participates in establishing and maintaining equitable social and economic working conditions in nursing. NURSE AND PROFESSION
Question 14
External constraints can influence voluntariness in situations related to informed consent. These constraint least likely include:
Question 15
The duty to respect privileged information is called:
Question 16
The nurses obligations to the client least like include:
Considers the dignity of clients Retains a commitment of welfare to the client Work toward securing and maintaining conditions of employment that satisfy the goals of nursing. Hold confidential all information about a client learned in a health care setting.
Question 16 Explanation:This is the social context of nursing not a specific obligation of the nurse to the patient/client. a. Considers the dignity of clients obligation to client b. Retains a commitment of
welfare to the client obligation to client c. Work toward securing and maintaining conditions of employment that satisfy the goals of nursing. social context of nursing d. Hold confidential all information about a client learned in a health care setting. obligation to client
Question 17
The execution of duties associated with nurses particular role is called:
Question 18
Being answerable for ones own action is assuming:
Question 19
The one that promotes the philosophical and theological study of morality, moral judgments and moral problems is called:
and theological study of morality, moral judgments and moral problems. It reflects the principles or standards that govern proper conduct related to professional behavior. A moral belief is the personal conviction that something is absolutely right or wrong in all situations. Values are principles or standards that influence behavior and decision making which are based on experience, religion, education and culture.
Question 20
A client is advised by the doctor to undergo chemotherapy. An informed consent is not yet signed. This client requests information related to chemotherapy and the drugs that will be given to him. The nurse explained the side effects of the medications, including the length of treatment and the prognosis of the disease. The nurse answered all the questions of the client honestly even though the client may choose not to undergo chemotherapy. The nurse in this situation is promoting:
Question 21
The principles or standards that influence behavior and decision making which are based on experience, religion, education and culture is called:
Question 22
Nurse Janine avoids deliberate harm, risk of harm and harm that occurs during her performance of nursing actions. The nurse is promoting which ethical principle?
Question 23
Free consent is a willingness to participate in situations related to informed consent. There are constraints related to voluntariness, which are the internal and external. Internal constraints include which of the following?
Question 24
Ethics in nursing profession is very important. The type of ethics that presents a factual narration of moral behaviors is called:
Question 25
The nurse in a unit is caring for several clients. To distribute nursing care the nurse utilized the principle of triage due to the limited availability of resources. The nurse is promoting which ethical principle?