NURSING 335 WEEK 10 LECTURE BASED QUESTIONS
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What is a difference between morality and ethics?
Group of answer choices
Answers :Morality refers to private, personal standards of right and wrong; ethics
covers a broader range of standards.
Morality refers to private, personal standards of right and wrong; ethics covers a
broader range of standards. Both moral and ethical situations are described with
words like "ought" and "should."
Which are true statements about the relationship of ethics and laws.
Answers :Laws are enacted to reflect the ethical values of society.A specific
situation can be legal, but perhaps not moral.A specific situation can be moral, but
perhaps not legal.
Laws are enacted to reflect the ethical values of society. A specific situation can be
moral, but perhaps not legal, and vice versa. A legal action, not an ethical action,
gives some input into determining the morality, not the legality, of a situation.
Following the law is making a choice to take a legal, not an ethical, action.
Which description is a characteristic of professional values?
Answers :Development of socialization to nursing by nursing school faculty
One of the ways that professional values are developed is by socialization to
nursing by nursing school faculty. Other ways incude learning from other nurses
and from clinical and life experiences. Professional values are influenced by
insight into one's own values, not clients' values, and professional values are not
influenced by cultural norms. Professional values demonstrate insight into how
values influence actions, not how actions influence values.
, According to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing, which values are
essential for the professional nurse to demonstrate?
Answers :Integrity
Autonomy
Altruism
The values of autonomy, integrity, and altruism are three of the five essential
values for the professional nurse to demonstrate. The other two are human dignity
and social justice. Neither competence nor self-esteem are such values.
Which action would be an inappropriate nursing response to a client with a history
of long-term narcotic use, who is asking for increased pain medication after
surgery?
Answers :Counsel client about risks of addictive behav
It would be inappropriate to counsel the client about risks of addictive behavior.
The nurse should ask for support from a supervisor or peers, and plan on further
assessment.
Which questions or statements will help clients clarify their values?
Answers :Are you considering other courses of action?"
"Tell me how you plan to start doing this?"
"Do you have a choice?"
Value clarifying questions or statements include "Do you have a choice?" "Are you
considering other courses of action?" and "Tell me how you plan to start doing
this?" Saying "What does your husband think you should do?" or "Do you want to
know what I would do?" does not help clarify the client's values
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What is a difference between morality and ethics?
Group of answer choices
Answers :Morality refers to private, personal standards of right and wrong; ethics
covers a broader range of standards.
Morality refers to private, personal standards of right and wrong; ethics covers a
broader range of standards. Both moral and ethical situations are described with
words like "ought" and "should."
Which are true statements about the relationship of ethics and laws.
Answers :Laws are enacted to reflect the ethical values of society.A specific
situation can be legal, but perhaps not moral.A specific situation can be moral, but
perhaps not legal.
Laws are enacted to reflect the ethical values of society. A specific situation can be
moral, but perhaps not legal, and vice versa. A legal action, not an ethical action,
gives some input into determining the morality, not the legality, of a situation.
Following the law is making a choice to take a legal, not an ethical, action.
Which description is a characteristic of professional values?
Answers :Development of socialization to nursing by nursing school faculty
One of the ways that professional values are developed is by socialization to
nursing by nursing school faculty. Other ways incude learning from other nurses
and from clinical and life experiences. Professional values are influenced by
insight into one's own values, not clients' values, and professional values are not
influenced by cultural norms. Professional values demonstrate insight into how
values influence actions, not how actions influence values.
, According to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing, which values are
essential for the professional nurse to demonstrate?
Answers :Integrity
Autonomy
Altruism
The values of autonomy, integrity, and altruism are three of the five essential
values for the professional nurse to demonstrate. The other two are human dignity
and social justice. Neither competence nor self-esteem are such values.
Which action would be an inappropriate nursing response to a client with a history
of long-term narcotic use, who is asking for increased pain medication after
surgery?
Answers :Counsel client about risks of addictive behav
It would be inappropriate to counsel the client about risks of addictive behavior.
The nurse should ask for support from a supervisor or peers, and plan on further
assessment.
Which questions or statements will help clients clarify their values?
Answers :Are you considering other courses of action?"
"Tell me how you plan to start doing this?"
"Do you have a choice?"
Value clarifying questions or statements include "Do you have a choice?" "Are you
considering other courses of action?" and "Tell me how you plan to start doing
this?" Saying "What does your husband think you should do?" or "Do you want to
know what I would do?" does not help clarify the client's values
