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NUR 242 MEDICAL-SURGICAL EXAM 2024-2025
ACTUAL EXAM WITH 130 UPDATED QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) [ALREADY GRADED
A+]
What does provision 2 state? - Nurse's primary commitment is to
the patient, whether an individual, family, group, community or
population
What does provision 3 state? - Nurse promotes, advocates for
and protects rights, health and safety of patient
What does provision 4 state? - Nurse has the authority,
accountability and responsibility for nursing practice, makes
decisions and takes action consistent with the obligation to
promote health and provide optimal care
What does provision 5 state? - Nurse owes same duties to self as
others, including the responsibility to promote health and safety,
preserve wholeness of character and integrity, maintain
competency and continue personal and professional growth (ie
CE every 2 yrs)
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What does provision 7 state? - The nurse in all roles and setting
advances the profession thru research and scholarly inquiry,
professional standards of development and the generation of both
nursing and health policy
What does provision 8 state? - Nurse collaborated with other
health professionals and the public to protect human rights,
promote health diplomacy and reduce health disparities
What are examples of vulnerable subjects? - Kids, fetuses and
human embryos, pregnant, cognitively impaired, prisoners,
terminally ill, elderly, undeserved population, economically
disadvantage people, traumatized and comatose pt
What is conscientious objection? - Enable patient to refuse
participation in an activity that violates personal values or beliefs
(work where you agree with the vision)
What does provision 9 state? - The profession of nursing
collectively through its professional organizations must articulate
nursing values, maintain the integrity of the profession and
integrate principals or social justice into nursing and health policy
Ethics are ________, _______ and _______ - Unapologetic,
aspirational and non- negotiable
Nurse witnesses another nurse providing care without prosper
hand hygiene and reports this to the charge nurse. The charge
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nurse is friends with the other and refuses to take action. This is
an example of: - 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? - Utilitarianism
Which isn't an element of ethical decision making: beneficence,
utility, paternalism, pragmatism - 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? - 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? - 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? - All of them
When does a moral issue become an ethical dilemma? - When
forced to choose between two or more undesirable alternatives.
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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? - 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? - Veracity
Nurse Bobby avoids deliberate harm and risk of harm during his
performance of nursing actions. The nurse is promoting which
ethical principle? - Nonmaleficence
What does provision one state? - 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 is the doctrine of double effect? - Nurse may give meds with
the intent s/s of dying even though secondary impact may
decrease respiration's, and perhaps hasten death- the nurses
NUR 242 MEDICAL-SURGICAL EXAM 2024-2025
ACTUAL EXAM WITH 130 UPDATED QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) [ALREADY GRADED
A+]
What does provision 2 state? - Nurse's primary commitment is to
the patient, whether an individual, family, group, community or
population
What does provision 3 state? - Nurse promotes, advocates for
and protects rights, health and safety of patient
What does provision 4 state? - Nurse has the authority,
accountability and responsibility for nursing practice, makes
decisions and takes action consistent with the obligation to
promote health and provide optimal care
What does provision 5 state? - Nurse owes same duties to self as
others, including the responsibility to promote health and safety,
preserve wholeness of character and integrity, maintain
competency and continue personal and professional growth (ie
CE every 2 yrs)
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What does provision 7 state? - The nurse in all roles and setting
advances the profession thru research and scholarly inquiry,
professional standards of development and the generation of both
nursing and health policy
What does provision 8 state? - Nurse collaborated with other
health professionals and the public to protect human rights,
promote health diplomacy and reduce health disparities
What are examples of vulnerable subjects? - Kids, fetuses and
human embryos, pregnant, cognitively impaired, prisoners,
terminally ill, elderly, undeserved population, economically
disadvantage people, traumatized and comatose pt
What is conscientious objection? - Enable patient to refuse
participation in an activity that violates personal values or beliefs
(work where you agree with the vision)
What does provision 9 state? - The profession of nursing
collectively through its professional organizations must articulate
nursing values, maintain the integrity of the profession and
integrate principals or social justice into nursing and health policy
Ethics are ________, _______ and _______ - Unapologetic,
aspirational and non- negotiable
Nurse witnesses another nurse providing care without prosper
hand hygiene and reports this to the charge nurse. The charge
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nurse is friends with the other and refuses to take action. This is
an example of: - 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? - Utilitarianism
Which isn't an element of ethical decision making: beneficence,
utility, paternalism, pragmatism - 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? - 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? - 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? - All of them
When does a moral issue become an ethical dilemma? - When
forced to choose between two or more undesirable alternatives.
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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? - 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? - Veracity
Nurse Bobby avoids deliberate harm and risk of harm during his
performance of nursing actions. The nurse is promoting which
ethical principle? - Nonmaleficence
What does provision one state? - 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 is the doctrine of double effect? - Nurse may give meds with
the intent s/s of dying even though secondary impact may
decrease respiration's, and perhaps hasten death- the nurses
