NR 226 CERTIFICATION EVALUATION
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
GRADED APLUS
●● Utilitarianism
Answer: proposes that the value of something is determined by its
usefulness
●● Feminist Ethics
Answer: focuses on the inequality between people
●● Ethics of Care
Answer: Emphasizes the importance of understanding relationships,
especially as they are revealed in personal narratives
●● Professional Nursing Code of Ethics
Answer: A set of guiding principles that all members of a profession
accept
●● Autonomy
Answer: commitment to include patients in their decisions
,●● Beneficence
Answer: taking positive actions to help others
●● Nonmaleficence
Answer: avoidance of harm or hurt
●● Justice
Answer: being fair
●● Fidelity
Answer: agreement to keep promises
●● How to process an ethical dilemma (7 steps)
Answer: Step 1: Ask if this is an ethical dilemma.
Step 2: Gather all relevant information.
Step 3: Clarify your own values/opinons.
Step 4: Verbalize the problem.
Step 5: Identify possible courses of action.
Step 6: Negotiate a plan.
Step 7: Evaluate the plan.
●● Who can request access to an ethical committee?
,Answer: Any person involved in an ethical dilemma
(including nurses, physicians, health care providers, patients, and family
members)
●● Issues in healthcare ethics
Answer: quality of care
genetic screening
care at the end of life
access to care
●● 4 basic principles in the Code of Ethics
Answer: 1. advocacy
2. confidentiality
3. responsibility
4. accountability
●● an ethical problem has at least one of the following.. (3)
Answer: 1. unable to resolve solely on scientific data
2. perplexing- cannot easily make decision
3. answer will have a profound relevance for areas of human concern
, ●● purposes of the ethical committee
Answer: provide education, recommendations, and case consultation
●● issue: quality of life
Answer: measures the values/benefits of certain medical interventions
(ex. DNR, cancer therapy)
●● issue: genetic screening
Answer: can alert patient to a condition that is not yet apparent, but will
eventually develop
●● issue: futile care
Answer: medical interventions that are unlikely to produce benefit to the
patient
(ex. tx to a patient that has no hope/incurable)
●● moral distress
Answer: describes the anguish experienced when a person feels unable
to act according to closely held core values
●● ethics
Answer: The study of conduct and character. It is concerned with
determining what is good or valuable for individuals and society at large
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
GRADED APLUS
●● Utilitarianism
Answer: proposes that the value of something is determined by its
usefulness
●● Feminist Ethics
Answer: focuses on the inequality between people
●● Ethics of Care
Answer: Emphasizes the importance of understanding relationships,
especially as they are revealed in personal narratives
●● Professional Nursing Code of Ethics
Answer: A set of guiding principles that all members of a profession
accept
●● Autonomy
Answer: commitment to include patients in their decisions
,●● Beneficence
Answer: taking positive actions to help others
●● Nonmaleficence
Answer: avoidance of harm or hurt
●● Justice
Answer: being fair
●● Fidelity
Answer: agreement to keep promises
●● How to process an ethical dilemma (7 steps)
Answer: Step 1: Ask if this is an ethical dilemma.
Step 2: Gather all relevant information.
Step 3: Clarify your own values/opinons.
Step 4: Verbalize the problem.
Step 5: Identify possible courses of action.
Step 6: Negotiate a plan.
Step 7: Evaluate the plan.
●● Who can request access to an ethical committee?
,Answer: Any person involved in an ethical dilemma
(including nurses, physicians, health care providers, patients, and family
members)
●● Issues in healthcare ethics
Answer: quality of care
genetic screening
care at the end of life
access to care
●● 4 basic principles in the Code of Ethics
Answer: 1. advocacy
2. confidentiality
3. responsibility
4. accountability
●● an ethical problem has at least one of the following.. (3)
Answer: 1. unable to resolve solely on scientific data
2. perplexing- cannot easily make decision
3. answer will have a profound relevance for areas of human concern
, ●● purposes of the ethical committee
Answer: provide education, recommendations, and case consultation
●● issue: quality of life
Answer: measures the values/benefits of certain medical interventions
(ex. DNR, cancer therapy)
●● issue: genetic screening
Answer: can alert patient to a condition that is not yet apparent, but will
eventually develop
●● issue: futile care
Answer: medical interventions that are unlikely to produce benefit to the
patient
(ex. tx to a patient that has no hope/incurable)
●● moral distress
Answer: describes the anguish experienced when a person feels unable
to act according to closely held core values
●● ethics
Answer: The study of conduct and character. It is concerned with
determining what is good or valuable for individuals and society at large
