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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 v&




3. Ethical Principles v&




Part II: Developing Principled Behavior
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4. Values Clarification v&




5. Values Development v&




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 Issuesv&




9. Professional Relationship Issues v& v&




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 v&




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 v& v&




15. Economic Issues v&




16. Social Issues v&




17. Gender Issues v&




18. Transcultural and Spiritual Issues v& v& v&




Part V: The Power to Make a Difference
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19. Empowerment for Nurses v& v&




20. Facilitating Patient Empowerment v& v&

,1. Social, Philosophical, and Other Historical Forces Influencing the Development of Nursing
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Multiple Choicev&




1. For which of the following is empathy a motive?
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a. meeting the needs of others v& v& v& v&



b. moral reasoning and action v& v& v&



c. becoming a nurse v& v&



d. determining right from wrong v& v& v&



ANSWER: b v &




2. Which of the following is an example of social need as an ethical foundation for nursing?
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a. Nurses must determine thehealth and social needs of society.
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b. Nursing finds its origin, purpose, and meaning within the context of perceived social need.
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c. Theories of social need in sociology are utilized by nursing scholars, many of whom view them as
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co nceptual frameworks for nursing practice.
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d. Social needdetermines theboundaries oftheethicalprinciples ofdistributive justice, beneficenc
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e, and non-maleficence.
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ANSWER: v & b

3. What is the most critical factor that influences nursing practice?
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a. the traditional role of healers
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b. the role of women in society
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c. thereligious and spiritual aspects of health care v& v& v& v& v& v&



d. the introduction of male nurses into the profession
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ANSWER: b v &




4. Why does the social status of women affect the status of the nursing profession?
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a. Nursing has traditionally been a profession of women.
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b. Throughout history, nurses havebeen afforded highersocial status.
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c. Women of higher social status rarely become nurses.
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d. Women are more skilled than men at nurturing others.
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ANSWER: v & a

5. What historical influences affected nursing asa moral discipline?
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a. technology
b. society
c. spirituality
d. oppression
ANSWER: v & c




6. What is the term that relates to knowledge gained through observation and experience?
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a. empirical
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, c. values
d. moral thought v&



ANSWER: jv & v



a
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7. Which of the following is an example of the significance of Nursing during the Middle Ages ?
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a. Religious nursing orders and church- v& v& jv v&


sanctioned secularnursing orders offered theonlylegitimate avenues for women wishing to bec
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o me nurses.
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b. Increasing respect was given to nursing and midwifery, as nurses began to practise autonomously.
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c. Healing arts in Denmark and Greecewereperformed in sacred ceremonies bypriests, priestesses, or
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d. Mostnurses were women of high social status seeking ways to legitimizetheir position and status.
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ANSWER: jv & v



a
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8. What does theterm empirical relate to?
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a. serving God and thy neighbour the best way one can
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b. knowledge gained through observation and experience v& v& v& v& v&



c. healing through religious intervention, chanting, and praying
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d. the enforcement of religious doctrine related to the status of women in society
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ANSWER: jv & v



b
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9. When was the “Dark Period of Nursing,” when convalescent patients, prostitutes, prisoners, and drunkard
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s provided hospital nursing care?
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a. during the Reformation jv v&



b. during the Crusades v& v&



c. during the Middle Ages jv v& v&



d. during the early Christian era v& v& v& v&



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10. Which of the following had the greatest influence on nursing traditions in Canada?
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a. Britain
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c. France
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c
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11. Which of the following had the greatest influence on establishing the first hospital in the New World?
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a. Marie Rollet Hebert v& v&



b. Marguerited’Youville
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d. Renee Descartes v&



ANSWER: jv & v



c
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