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Ethics and Issues in Contemporary Nursing 3rd Edition
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by Margaret A. Burkhardt, Nancy Walton, All Chapters 1 - 20
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,TABLE OFCONTENTS b b b




Part I: Guides for Principled Behavior
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1. Social, Philosophical, and Other Historical Forces Influencing the Development of Nursing
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2. Ethical Theory
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3. Ethical Principles
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Part II: Developing Principled Behavior
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4. Values Clarification
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5. Values Development
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6. Ethics and Professional Nursing
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7. Ethical Decision Making
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Part III: Principled Behavior in the Professional Domain
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8. Legal Issues
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9. Professional Relationship Issues
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10. Practice Issues Related to Technology
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11. Practice Issues Related to Patient Self-Determination
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12. Scholarship Issues
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Part IV: Global Issues that Interface with Nursing Practice
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13. Global Consciousness in the Twenty-First Century
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14. Health Policy Issues
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15. Economic Issues
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16. Social Issues
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17. Gender Issues
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18. Transcultural and Spiritual Issues
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Part V: The Power to Make a Difference
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19. Empowerment for Nurses
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20. Facilitating Patient Empowerment
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,1. Social, Philosophical, and Other Historical Forces Influencing the Development of Nursing
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Multiple Choice b




1. For which of the following is empathy a motive?
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a. meetingthe needs of others b b b b




b. moralreasoningand action b b b




c. becominganurse b b




d. determining rightfrom wrong b b b




ANSWER: b b




2. Whichof the following isan example ofsocial need as an ethical foundation for nursing?
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a. Nursesmustdetermine thehealthand social needs of society.
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b. Nursingfindsitsorigin,purpose,and meaningwithin thecontextof perceivedsocial need.
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c. Theories ofsocial needin sociologyare utilizedby nursingscholars, manyofwhom viewthemas conceptual
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frameworks for nursing practice.
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d. Socialneeddeterminestheboundariesoftheethicalprinciplesofdistributivejustice,beneficence, and non-
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maleficence.
ANSWER: b b




3. Whatis themost critical factorthat influences nursing practice?
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a. the traditional roleof healers
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b. the role of women in society
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c. thereligious andspiritual aspectsofhealth care
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d. the introduction ofmale nurses into the profession
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ANSWER: b b




4. Whydoes the social status ofwomen affect thestatus ofthe nursing profession?
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a. Nursinghas traditionallybeenaprofessionofwomen. b b b b b b b




b. Throughouthistory,nurseshavebeenaffordedhighersocialstatus. b b b b b b b b




c. Womenofhighersocialstatus rarelybecomenurses. b b b b b b b




d. Womenaremore skilled thanmen at nurturing others. b b b b b b b b




ANSWER: a b




5. Whathistoricalinfluences affectednursingasamoral discipline?
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a. technology
b. society
c. spirituality
d. oppression
ANSWER: c b




6. Whatis theterm that relates toknowledge gainedthroughobservation and experience?
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a. empirical
b. Cartesianphilosophy b

, c. values
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ANSWER: a b




7. Whichof the followingis an exampleofthe significanceofNursing during the Middle Ages ?
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a. Religiousnursingordersandchurch-sanctionedsecularnursingordersofferedtheonlylegitimate avenues
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bfor women wishing to become nurses.
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b. Increasingrespectwasgiventonursingandmidwifery, asnurses begantopractiseautonomously. b b b b b b b b b b b b b




c. HealingartsinDenmarkandGreecewereperformedin sacredceremoniesbypriests,priestesses,or shamans.
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d. Mostnurses were women of highsocial status seeking ways tolegitimizetheir positionand status.
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ANSWER: a b




8. Whatdoes theterm empiricalrelate to?
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a. servingGod and thy neighbour the best way one can b b b b b b b b b




b. knowledgegainedthrough observationandexperience b b b b b




c. healingthroughreligiousintervention,chanting,andpraying b b b b b b




d. theenforcement of religious doctrine related to the status ofwomen in society
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ANSWER: b b




9. Whenwasthe“DarkPeriod ofNursing,”whenconvalescentpatients,prostitutes,prisoners,anddrunkards provided
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hospital nursing care?
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a. during the Reformation b b




b. during the Crusades b b




c. duringthe Middle Ages b b b




d. during theearly Christian era b b b b




ANSWER: a b




10. Whichofthe followinghadthe greatest influenceonnursing traditionsin Canada?
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a. Britain
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c. France
d. Germany
ANSWER: c b




11. Whichofthefollowing hadthegreatest influence onestablishing thefirst hospital intheNewWorld?
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a. MarieRollet Hebert b b




b. Marguerited’Youville b




c. JeanneMance b




d. ReneeDescartes b




ANSWER: c b

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