NMNC 4520 FINAL UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

NMNC 4320: FINAL UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS

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1. Ethics
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The values, virtues, principles, and policies that guide the moral delivery of health care.

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2. Ethics in Nursing
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Discipline in which norms are explored, discussed, and evaluated; Academic exercise where nurses do
research and think about ethics in nursing.

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3. Normative Ethics
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Study of ethical behavior, how one should act in a moral sense, and standards that regulate right and wrong
conduct.

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4. Meta Ethics
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Study of nature and meaning of moral judgement, trying to understand what right and wrong actually
mean.

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5. Applied/Personal Ethics
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Practical application of moral considerations, usually controversial.

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6. Beneficence
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Do good and the right thing for the patient.

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7. Autonomy
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Respecting a patient's decision, regardless of what their decision is.

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8. Paternalism

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Provider or nurse doesn't respect the wishes of the patient b/c the provider believes that since they're the
professional, they know what's best and can make the better decision.

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9. Beneficence and Autonomy are at risk for
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Paternalism

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10. Non-Maleficence
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Avoid causing harm; focused on standards of care and competence.

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11. Accountability
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Accepting responsibility for one's actions.

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12. Fidelity
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Faithful and true to professional responsibilities; keeping promises to our patients.

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13. Justice
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Be impartial and fair; ensuring costs and benefits are fairly distributed.

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14. Veracity
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Telling the truth

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15. What are the categories of Ethics?
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- Social
- Organizational
- Professional
- Personal

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16. Social Category of Ethics
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Behavior that's accepted and practiced by a group; Influenced by laws and regulations. The basis of
acceptable and unacceptable behavior is determined by the overall group.

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17. Organizational Category of Ethics
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Defined by formal and informal values, principles, and systems of an organization; Values are expressed to
members and outside entities and guide the actions of the organization regardless of laws or regulations.
EX: Wells Fargo fake accounts, Medicaid fraud

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18. Professional Category of Ethics
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Personal and professional standards of a particular profession; specialized skills and knowledge that serve
the public have a moral aspect.

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19. Personal Category of Ethics
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Values a person identifies with in respect to peoples and situations in their everyday life

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20. T/F: Professional and Personal Ethics can clash and cause moral conflict.
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True.

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21. Bioethics
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Ethical issues emerging from advances in life sciences, biotechnology, and medicine.

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22. Research Ethics
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Subset of bioethics; concerned with research.

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23. Clinical Ethics
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Practical discipline that provides a structured approach to assist health professionals in identifying,
analyzing, and resolving ethical issues that arise in clinical practice. EX: Ethics departments that can help
provide expert opinion on ethical issues that come up in practice.

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24. ANA
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Professional organization who wrote Nursing Code of Ethics; Hold enormous influence on nursing
profession.

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25. ANCC (American Nurses Credentialing Center)
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Awards national certifications

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26. ANA Code of Ethics
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The nurse, in all professional relationships, practices with compassion and respect for the inherent dignity,
worth, and uniqueness of every individual, unrestricted by considerations of social or economic status,
personal attributes, or the nature of health problems. Guides the profession in self-regulation and provides
a framework for ethical decision making.

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27. ANA Code of Ethics Structure
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Provisions 1-3: Direct care, fundamental nursing values Provisions 4-6: Individual responsibility in
practice, promotion of safe, quality care Provisions 7-9: Advancing the profession, global healthcare

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28. What are the side effects of Ethical dilemma?
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- Uncertainty with choices
- Poorer care quality
- Relationships with colleagues suffer
- Discipline
- Litigation
- Moral distress

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29. Moral distress
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occurs when the individual knows the right thing to do but organizational constraints make it difficult to
take the right course of action.

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30. Moral residue
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Build up of moral distress; causing loss of moral identity and leads to burnout

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31. How does a nurse do a good job?