ATI ENGAGE FUNDAMENTALS ETHICAL & LEGAL WITH
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
altruism - -To do something, or take action, for the sake of benefiting someone else
-Autonomy - -Independence or freedom, ability to make one's own decisions
-Beneficence - -Doing good for others
-Client abandonment - -An action in which the nurse or a nursing student desserts a client for whom
they have establish a nurse to client relationship without ensuring the continuation of care by another
provider
-Client to nurse staffing ratios - -The number of clients that the nurse is responsible for providing care to
during their shift
-Code of ethics - -A guide of principles designed to help nurses perform honestly and with integrity. A list
of standards or expectations that guides judgments, decisions and actions.
-Emergency medical treatment and labor act (EMTALA) - -Was an acted to direct emergency medical
personnel to provide equal care to clients entering the emergency department, regardless of their
insurance or financial status. Therefore, and ED cannot turn away clients for reasons such as, being
under or uninsured, Or their ability to pay for care.
-Ethical decision making - -Process of evaluating and choosing options in an ethically consistent manner
using ethical principles.
-Ethical decision making process - -1. Is there an ethical dilemma?
2. Clearly identify the ethical dilemma
3. Identify possible solutions
4. Apply ethical principles to the solutions
5. Include all relevant individuals and factors
6. Decide on a solution
7. Review the decision
8. Put the decision into action
-Ethical dilemmas - -Situation where a critical choice must be made, but the solution may not be
ethically acceptable.
-Ethical principles - -Autonomy, beneficence, nonmaleficence, veracity, Fidelity, justice.
-Falsification of health records - -The process of documentation that is an accurate, incomplete, or
misleading
-Fidelity - -Keeping promises or commitments
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
altruism - -To do something, or take action, for the sake of benefiting someone else
-Autonomy - -Independence or freedom, ability to make one's own decisions
-Beneficence - -Doing good for others
-Client abandonment - -An action in which the nurse or a nursing student desserts a client for whom
they have establish a nurse to client relationship without ensuring the continuation of care by another
provider
-Client to nurse staffing ratios - -The number of clients that the nurse is responsible for providing care to
during their shift
-Code of ethics - -A guide of principles designed to help nurses perform honestly and with integrity. A list
of standards or expectations that guides judgments, decisions and actions.
-Emergency medical treatment and labor act (EMTALA) - -Was an acted to direct emergency medical
personnel to provide equal care to clients entering the emergency department, regardless of their
insurance or financial status. Therefore, and ED cannot turn away clients for reasons such as, being
under or uninsured, Or their ability to pay for care.
-Ethical decision making - -Process of evaluating and choosing options in an ethically consistent manner
using ethical principles.
-Ethical decision making process - -1. Is there an ethical dilemma?
2. Clearly identify the ethical dilemma
3. Identify possible solutions
4. Apply ethical principles to the solutions
5. Include all relevant individuals and factors
6. Decide on a solution
7. Review the decision
8. Put the decision into action
-Ethical dilemmas - -Situation where a critical choice must be made, but the solution may not be
ethically acceptable.
-Ethical principles - -Autonomy, beneficence, nonmaleficence, veracity, Fidelity, justice.
-Falsification of health records - -The process of documentation that is an accurate, incomplete, or
misleading
-Fidelity - -Keeping promises or commitments
