NURSING ETHICS QUESTIONS
EXAMINATION REVIEW PACK BUNDLED
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
●● What are ethical principles?.
Answer: basic and obvious moral truths that guide deliberation and
action
●● What is respect for autonomy?.
Answer: the ethical obligation to honor the autonomy, or independence,
of other persons
●● Four basic elements of respect for autonomy.
Answer: 1) the autonomous person is respected
2) the autonomous person must be able to determine personal goals
3) the autonomous person has the capacity to decide on a plan of action
4) the autonomous person has the freedom to act upon choices
●● What is informed consent?.
Answer: informed consent is a term used to describe the process by
which competent patients give voluntary consent for medical or surgical
treatments or biomedical research after receiving disclosure about
potential risks and benefits
, ●● Major components of autonomy (5).
Answer: 1) informed consent
2) paternalism
3) advocacy
4) compliance
5) self determination
●● What is advocacy?.
Answer: the act of speaking or pleading on another's behalf
●● what's the difference between advocacy and paternalism?.
Answer: the difference lies within the locus of power; paternalism places
power in the hands of the person who is making the decision for the
patient and implies that the decision maker knows best; ADVOCACY
allows the patient to retain the power
●● what is a nurses role in noncompliance?.
Answer: refusal to participate in care, regardless of the outcome, is the
prerogative of the patient and must not affect the care given by the nurse
●● what is beneficence?.
Answer: beneficence means to do good
EXAMINATION REVIEW PACK BUNDLED
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
●● What are ethical principles?.
Answer: basic and obvious moral truths that guide deliberation and
action
●● What is respect for autonomy?.
Answer: the ethical obligation to honor the autonomy, or independence,
of other persons
●● Four basic elements of respect for autonomy.
Answer: 1) the autonomous person is respected
2) the autonomous person must be able to determine personal goals
3) the autonomous person has the capacity to decide on a plan of action
4) the autonomous person has the freedom to act upon choices
●● What is informed consent?.
Answer: informed consent is a term used to describe the process by
which competent patients give voluntary consent for medical or surgical
treatments or biomedical research after receiving disclosure about
potential risks and benefits
, ●● Major components of autonomy (5).
Answer: 1) informed consent
2) paternalism
3) advocacy
4) compliance
5) self determination
●● What is advocacy?.
Answer: the act of speaking or pleading on another's behalf
●● what's the difference between advocacy and paternalism?.
Answer: the difference lies within the locus of power; paternalism places
power in the hands of the person who is making the decision for the
patient and implies that the decision maker knows best; ADVOCACY
allows the patient to retain the power
●● what is a nurses role in noncompliance?.
Answer: refusal to participate in care, regardless of the outcome, is the
prerogative of the patient and must not affect the care given by the nurse
●● what is beneficence?.
Answer: beneficence means to do good
