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Part I: Guides for Principled Behavior
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JL 1. Social, Philosophical, and Other Historical Forces Influencing the Development of Nursing
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2. Ethical Theory
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,3. Ethical Principles
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Part II: Developing Principled Behavior
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4. Values Clarification
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5. Values Development
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6. Ethics and Professional Nursing
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7. Ethical Decision Making
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Part III: Principled Behavior in the Professional Domain
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8. Legal Issues
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9. Professional Relationship Issues
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10. Practice Issues Related to Technology
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11. Practice Issues Related to Patient Self-Determination
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12. Scholarship Issues
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Part IV: Global Issues that Interface with Nursing Practice
JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL




13. Global Consciousness in the Twenty-First Century
JL JL JL JL JL JL JL




14. Health Policy Issues
JL JL JL JL




15. Economic Issues
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16. Social Issues
JL JL JL




17. Gender Issues
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18. Transcultural and Spiritual Issues
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Part V: The Power to Make a Difference
JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL




19. Empowerment for Nurses
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20. Facilitating Patient Empowerment
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,JL 1. Social, Philosophical, and Other Historical Forces Influencing the Development of Nursing
JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL




Multiple Choice JL




1. For which of the following is empathy a motive?
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a. meeting the needs of others JL JL JL JL



b. moral reasoning and action JL JL JL



c. becoming a nurse JL JL



d. determining right from wrong JL JL JL



ANSWER: b J L




2. Which of the following is an example of social need as an ethical foundation for nursing?
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a. Nurses must determine the health and social needs of society.
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b. Nursing finds its origin, purpose, and meaning within the context of perceived social need.
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c. Theories of social need in sociology are utilized by nursing scholars, many of whom view them as
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conceptual frameworks for nursing practice.
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d. Social need determines the boundaries of the ethical principles of distributive justice, beneficenc
JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL


e, and non-maleficence.
JL JL



ANSWER: b J L




3. What is the most critical factor that influences nursing practice?
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a. the traditional role of healers
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b. the role of women in society
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c. the religious and spiritual aspects of health care
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d. the introduction of male nurses into the profession
JL JL JL JL JL JL JL



ANSWER: b J L




4. Why does the social status of women affect the status of the nursing profession?
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a. Nursing has traditionally been a profession of women.
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b. Throughout history, nurses have been afforded higher social status. JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL



c. Women of higher social status rarely become nurses.
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d. Women are more skilled than men at nurturing others.
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ANSWER: a J L




5. What historical influences affected nursing as a moral discipline?
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a. technology
b. society
c. spirituality
d. oppression
ANSWER: c J L




6. What is the term that relates to knowledge gained through observation and experience?
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a. empirical
b. Cartesian philosophy JL

, c. values
d. moral thought JL



ANSWER: a J L




7. Which of the following is an example of the significance of Nursing during the Middle Ages ?
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a. Religious nursing orders and church- JL JL JL JL


sanctioned secular nursing orders offered the only legitimate avenues for women wishing to be
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come nurses. JL



b. Increasing respect was given to nursing and midwifery, as nurses began to practise autonomously.
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c. Healing arts in Denmark and Greece were performed in sacred ceremonies by priests, priestesses,
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or shamans.
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d. Most nurses were women of high social status seeking ways to legitimize their position and status.
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ANSWER: a J L




8. What does the term empirical relate to?
JL JL JL JL JL JL


a. serving God and thy neighbour the best way one can
JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL



b. knowledge gained through observation and experience JL JL JL JL JL



c. healing through religious intervention, chanting, and praying
JL JL JL JL JL JL



d. the enforcement of religious doctrine related to the status of women in society
JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL



ANSWER: b J L




9. When was the “Dark Period of Nursing,” when convalescent patients, prostitutes, prisoners, and drunkar
JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL


ds provided hospital nursing care?
JL JL JL JL


a. during the Reformation JL JL



b. during the Crusades JL JL



c. during the Middle Ages JL JL JL



d. during the early Christian era
JL JL JL JL



ANSWER: a J L




10. Which of the following had the greatest influence on nursing traditions in Canada?
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a. Britain
b. indigenous persons JL



c. France
d. Germany
ANSWER: c J L




11. Which of the following had the greatest influence on establishing the first hospital in the New World?
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a. Marie Rollet Hebert JL JL



b. Marguerite d’Youville JL



c. Jeanne Mance JL



d. Renee Descartes JL



ANSWER: c J L

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