NSGD 2147 Exam Questions With Correct
Answers
Why must nurses understand the law? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Nurses
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are held to a high standard of practice by governing bodies, nurses have
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legal obligations to patients, patients have rights that must be upheld, if
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professional practice standards are not upheld nurses may face
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disciplinary or legal action | | |
Morality - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Culturally based beliefs and norms
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about what is right and wrong
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Ethics - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The systemic exploration of what is right
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and wrong
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Ethical Theory - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The study of the nature and
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general ethical principles that can be applied to moral problems
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biomedical ethics - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a field which explores ethical
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questions and moral issues associated with health care
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, Ethical dilemmas arise when... - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The best course
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of action is unclear, there is strong moral reasons to support each
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position, and/or one must choose the least wrong option
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moral distress - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Happens when moral issues are
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not addressed effectively, when someone feels they cannot act on what
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they feel is right, causes emotional and psychological distress
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value clarification - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A process where one comes
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to understand the values they and others hold, and their relative
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importance
Virtue Ethics - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Perspective that what is moral
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comes from what a mature person with "good" moral character would
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deem right |
Utilitarianism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-An action is right if it leads to the
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greatest good and the least harm to the greatest number of people
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Act Utilitarianism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-assesses each separate act
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according to whether it maximizes pleasure over pain
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Rule Utilitarianism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Considers the utility of
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general patterns of behaviour | | |
Answers
Why must nurses understand the law? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Nurses
| | | | | | | | |
are held to a high standard of practice by governing bodies, nurses have
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
legal obligations to patients, patients have rights that must be upheld, if
| | | | | | | | | | | |
professional practice standards are not upheld nurses may face
| | | | | | | | |
disciplinary or legal action | | |
Morality - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Culturally based beliefs and norms
| | | | | | | |
about what is right and wrong
| | | | |
Ethics - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The systemic exploration of what is right
| | | | | | | | | |
and wrong
|
Ethical Theory - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The study of the nature and
| | | | | | | | | |
general ethical principles that can be applied to moral problems
| | | | | | | | |
biomedical ethics - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a field which explores ethical
| | | | | | | |
questions and moral issues associated with health care
| | | | | | | |
, Ethical dilemmas arise when... - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The best course
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of action is unclear, there is strong moral reasons to support each
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position, and/or one must choose the least wrong option
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moral distress - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Happens when moral issues are
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not addressed effectively, when someone feels they cannot act on what
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they feel is right, causes emotional and psychological distress
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value clarification - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A process where one comes
| | | | | | | | |
to understand the values they and others hold, and their relative
| | | | | | | | | | |
importance
Virtue Ethics - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Perspective that what is moral
| | | | | | | | |
comes from what a mature person with "good" moral character would
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deem right |
Utilitarianism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-An action is right if it leads to the
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greatest good and the least harm to the greatest number of people
| | | | | | | | | | | |
Act Utilitarianism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-assesses each separate act
| | | | | | | |
according to whether it maximizes pleasure over pain
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Rule Utilitarianism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Considers the utility of
| | | | | | | |
general patterns of behaviour | | |
