NURS 242 Exam 1 Questions With Answers

NURS 242 Exam 1 Questions With Answers Nurse witnesses another nurse providing care without prosper hand hygiene and reports this to the charge nurse. The charge nurse is friends with the other and refuses to take action. This is an example of: - ANSWER- Moral distress A nurse manager who makes decisions based on what will benefit the majority of the nurse managers subordinates is using what type of ethical framework for decision making? - ANSWER- Utilitarianism Which isn't an element of ethical decision making: beneficence, utility, paternalism, pragmatism - ANSWER- Pragmatism Nancy is a loyal and trustworthy nurse that performs the duties that are expected of her. Which principle of ethical reasoning is Nancy displaying? - ANSWER- Fidelity The nurse in a unit is caring for several clients. To distribute nursing care the nurse used the principle of triage due to the limited availability of resources. The nurse is promoting which ethical principle? - ANSWER- Justice Nursing ethics provides the standards for professional behavior and is the study of principles of right and wrong for nurses. The standard states the duties and obligations of the nurse should include which of of the following: individual, community, client, all of them? - ANSWER- All of them When does a moral issue become an ethical dilemma? - ANSWER- When forced to choose between two or more undesirable alternatives. The nurse manager didn't hire sally for the assistant manager job. The nurse manager informed sally that she was a great fit but an internal candidate was selected instead. The real reason sally wasn't hired was because her drug test was positive. Which of the principles of ethical reasoning didn't the nurse follow? - ANSWER- Veracity A client is advised by the doctor to undergo chemo. An informed consent is not yet signed. The client requests info related to chemo and the drugs that will be given to him. The nurse explains the side effects and meds. The nurse answered all questions even though the client chose not to undergo chemo. The nurse uses which principle of ethical reasoning? - ANSWER- Veracity Nurse Bobby avoids deliberate harm and risk of harm during his performance of nursing actions. The nurse is promoting which ethical principle? - ANSWER- Nonmaleficence What does provision one state? - ANSWER- Nurse practices with compassion and respect for inherent dignity, worth and unique attributes of every person Patient has right to decide for themselves- autonomy to accept or refuse or terminate care (ie no more feeding tube) What does provision 2 state? - ANSWER- Nurse's primary commitment is to the patient, whether an individual, family, group, community or population