BSN 111 Final Exam Notes
Self-awareness - ANSWER ✔✔An individual's ability to understand
their personal strengths, weaknesses, and influence on others
Values - ANSWER ✔✔A strong personal belief and an ideal that a
person or group (such as nurses) believes to have merit
Ethics - ANSWER ✔✔Philosophical ideals of right and wrong
behaviour
Code of Ethics - ANSWER ✔✔Canadian Nurses Association (CNA)
(2017) "publishes a code of ethics that outlines nurses' professional
values and ethical commitments to their patients and the communities
they serve"
Advocacy - ANSWER ✔✔speaking on behalf of those who cannot
speak for themselves
,acting on behalf of another person
Accountability - ANSWER ✔✔We are accountable to CNO and the
organization we work for
Responsibility - ANSWER ✔✔Duty to perform actions adequately and
thoughtfully
A nursing code of ethics - ANSWER ✔✔Provides guidance for
relationships, behaviour, and decision making
Deontology - ANSWER ✔✔essence of right and wrong
Utilitarianism - ANSWER ✔✔Utilitarianism is like a moral compass
that focuses on maximizing overall happiness or well-being by
considering the outcomes or consequences of our actions
Bioethics - ANSWER ✔✔looks at ethics from a medical and
healthcare perspective
Feminist ethics & relational ethics - ANSWER ✔✔persons
relationships with others
Autonomy - ANSWER ✔✔Providing adequate information to allow
patients to make their own decisions based on their beliefs and values,
even if they aren't the ones the nurse chooses (self determination)
,Beneficence - ANSWER ✔✔Relates to ensuring that the patient's
best interest is considered, regardless of the nurse's personal opinion
(promotion of good)
Nonmaleficence - ANSWER ✔✔The avoidance or minimization of
harm
Justice - ANSWER ✔✔Relates to impartiality regarding a patient's
age, ethnicity, economic status, religion, or sexual orientation (unbiased)
Relational ethics - ANSWER ✔✔A way of being" demonstrated in
day-to-day relations
Patient safety - ANSWER ✔✔CNA (2009) "believe that patient safety
is the reduction and mitigation of unsafe acts within the health care
system as well as through the use of best practices shown to lead to
optimal patient outcomes"
Value formation - ANSWER ✔✔•Family experience
•Moral development
•Cultural, ethnic, and religious communities (cultural values)
•Individual experiences
Personal reflection - ANSWER ✔✔•Values clarification
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, • Very important to identify one's own values and beliefs
• Leads to better understanding of others
• Plays a key role in communication
•Need to be aware of values of employers, patients, physicians, and
other groups
Ethics (part 2) - ANSWER ✔✔•The study of good conduct, character,
and motives
•Philosophical ideals of right and wrong
• A reflection of what matters most to people or professions
Values in the CNA code of ethics - ANSWER ✔✔•Providing safe,
compassionate, competent, and ethical care
•Promoting health and well-being
•Promoting and respecting informed decision making
•Honouring dignity
•Maintaining privacy and confidentiality
•Promoting justice
•Being accountable
Self-awareness - ANSWER ✔✔An individual's ability to understand
their personal strengths, weaknesses, and influence on others
Values - ANSWER ✔✔A strong personal belief and an ideal that a
person or group (such as nurses) believes to have merit
Ethics - ANSWER ✔✔Philosophical ideals of right and wrong
behaviour
Code of Ethics - ANSWER ✔✔Canadian Nurses Association (CNA)
(2017) "publishes a code of ethics that outlines nurses' professional
values and ethical commitments to their patients and the communities
they serve"
Advocacy - ANSWER ✔✔speaking on behalf of those who cannot
speak for themselves
,acting on behalf of another person
Accountability - ANSWER ✔✔We are accountable to CNO and the
organization we work for
Responsibility - ANSWER ✔✔Duty to perform actions adequately and
thoughtfully
A nursing code of ethics - ANSWER ✔✔Provides guidance for
relationships, behaviour, and decision making
Deontology - ANSWER ✔✔essence of right and wrong
Utilitarianism - ANSWER ✔✔Utilitarianism is like a moral compass
that focuses on maximizing overall happiness or well-being by
considering the outcomes or consequences of our actions
Bioethics - ANSWER ✔✔looks at ethics from a medical and
healthcare perspective
Feminist ethics & relational ethics - ANSWER ✔✔persons
relationships with others
Autonomy - ANSWER ✔✔Providing adequate information to allow
patients to make their own decisions based on their beliefs and values,
even if they aren't the ones the nurse chooses (self determination)
,Beneficence - ANSWER ✔✔Relates to ensuring that the patient's
best interest is considered, regardless of the nurse's personal opinion
(promotion of good)
Nonmaleficence - ANSWER ✔✔The avoidance or minimization of
harm
Justice - ANSWER ✔✔Relates to impartiality regarding a patient's
age, ethnicity, economic status, religion, or sexual orientation (unbiased)
Relational ethics - ANSWER ✔✔A way of being" demonstrated in
day-to-day relations
Patient safety - ANSWER ✔✔CNA (2009) "believe that patient safety
is the reduction and mitigation of unsafe acts within the health care
system as well as through the use of best practices shown to lead to
optimal patient outcomes"
Value formation - ANSWER ✔✔•Family experience
•Moral development
•Cultural, ethnic, and religious communities (cultural values)
•Individual experiences
Personal reflection - ANSWER ✔✔•Values clarification
COPYRIGHT©PROFFKERRYMARTIN 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2026. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE.
PRIVACY STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
, • Very important to identify one's own values and beliefs
• Leads to better understanding of others
• Plays a key role in communication
•Need to be aware of values of employers, patients, physicians, and
other groups
Ethics (part 2) - ANSWER ✔✔•The study of good conduct, character,
and motives
•Philosophical ideals of right and wrong
• A reflection of what matters most to people or professions
Values in the CNA code of ethics - ANSWER ✔✔•Providing safe,
compassionate, competent, and ethical care
•Promoting health and well-being
•Promoting and respecting informed decision making
•Honouring dignity
•Maintaining privacy and confidentiality
•Promoting justice
•Being accountable
