N 3632 Test #1 Review questions with correct answers
List 5 common modes of value transmission - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Modeling
Moralizing
Responsible Choice
Reward/Punishment
Laissez-Faire
What is Modeling? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔observing parent, peers, sig others
What is Moralizing? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔complete value system taught by parents or
institution; little opportunity to weigh different values
What is Responsible Choice? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔encourage to weigh consequences of
various values
What is Reward/Punishment? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔good = reward
bad = punishment
What is Laissez-Faire? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔explore values on their own, little/no
guidance offered
Describe Principle-based approach - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Principle based : offers general
guides to ACTION considering all things are equal
Beneficence - promote good
Nonmaleficence - do no harm
Justice - be fair
,Fidelity - keep promises
Veracity - tell the truth
Ethical dilemma - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔situation that arises when attempted adherence to
basic ethical principals results in two conflicting courses of actioin
Ethical Distress - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔occurrence when the nurse knows the right thing
to do but either personal or institutional factors make it difficult to follow correct course of action
Deontologic - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔ethical system in which actions are wright or wrong
independent of the consequences they produce
Ethical Agency - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Ability to behave in an ethical way; to do the
ethically right thing because it is the right thing to do
Describe care-based approach - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔builds a caring relationship with
each patient and allows the RN to choose how to "be" while still maintaining professional/ethical
representation
Redefinition of virtues, such as kindness, attentiveness, empathy, compassion, reliability
Describe nursing practice that is consistent with Code of Ethics (COE) for nursing - ** VERIFIED
ANSWERS **✔✔Delivers care that preserves/protects dignity, rights values, beliefs
Recognized patient as center of care
Upholds confidentiality and privacy
Assists with autonomy and decision making
Maintains therapeutic nurse-patient relationship
,contributes to resolve ethical issues in nurse/healthcare
Speaks up against unethical practices
Advocates for equitable health care
Takes action against unethical, illegal, or inappropriate behavior that jeopardizes patient's best
interest/wellbeing
Describe 7 steps in the valuing process - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔1. choose freely
2. choose from alternative
3. choose after considering consequences
4. Prizing (reward) with pride & happiness
5. Prizing (reward) with public affirmation
6. Acting with incorporation of choice into behavior
7. Acting with consistent and regularity
Describe 3 typical concerns for the nurse advocate - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔1. Representing
patients when there are conflicting family ideas about treatment
2. Recognizing the principle of autonomy and helping the patient make an informed decision or
delegate duties; should not force autonomy onto patients who do not want to make their own
healthcare decision
3. Speaking up/reporting unsafe patient care that jeopardizes well-being
Identify 4 functions of institutional ethics committees - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔1.
Representing Patients
2. Promoting self-determination (autonomy)
, 3. Whistle-blowing
4. Being politically active
Recognize ethical issues as they arise in nursing practice - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS
**✔✔Paternalism
Deception
Privacy
Confidentiality
Scarce nursing resources
Valid consent & refusal
Conflicts concerning new technologies
Unprofessional, incompetent, unethical, illegal practice
Short staffing & whistle blowing
Beginning/End of life issues
Describe Paternalism as it relates to ethics - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔weighing potential
patient harm vs. violating patient's right to autonomy
making a decision the patient does not want becasue RN believe it to be in the best interest of the
patient
Describe Deception as it relates to ethics - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔telling a little "white" lie
justifying telling a white lie to decrease patient anxiety
Describe Privacy as it relates to ethics - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔not maintaining a patient's
privacy on social media
Describe confidentiality as it relates to ethics - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔justifying a breach in
confidentiality to help a patient
List 5 common modes of value transmission - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Modeling
Moralizing
Responsible Choice
Reward/Punishment
Laissez-Faire
What is Modeling? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔observing parent, peers, sig others
What is Moralizing? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔complete value system taught by parents or
institution; little opportunity to weigh different values
What is Responsible Choice? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔encourage to weigh consequences of
various values
What is Reward/Punishment? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔good = reward
bad = punishment
What is Laissez-Faire? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔explore values on their own, little/no
guidance offered
Describe Principle-based approach - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Principle based : offers general
guides to ACTION considering all things are equal
Beneficence - promote good
Nonmaleficence - do no harm
Justice - be fair
,Fidelity - keep promises
Veracity - tell the truth
Ethical dilemma - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔situation that arises when attempted adherence to
basic ethical principals results in two conflicting courses of actioin
Ethical Distress - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔occurrence when the nurse knows the right thing
to do but either personal or institutional factors make it difficult to follow correct course of action
Deontologic - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔ethical system in which actions are wright or wrong
independent of the consequences they produce
Ethical Agency - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Ability to behave in an ethical way; to do the
ethically right thing because it is the right thing to do
Describe care-based approach - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔builds a caring relationship with
each patient and allows the RN to choose how to "be" while still maintaining professional/ethical
representation
Redefinition of virtues, such as kindness, attentiveness, empathy, compassion, reliability
Describe nursing practice that is consistent with Code of Ethics (COE) for nursing - ** VERIFIED
ANSWERS **✔✔Delivers care that preserves/protects dignity, rights values, beliefs
Recognized patient as center of care
Upholds confidentiality and privacy
Assists with autonomy and decision making
Maintains therapeutic nurse-patient relationship
,contributes to resolve ethical issues in nurse/healthcare
Speaks up against unethical practices
Advocates for equitable health care
Takes action against unethical, illegal, or inappropriate behavior that jeopardizes patient's best
interest/wellbeing
Describe 7 steps in the valuing process - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔1. choose freely
2. choose from alternative
3. choose after considering consequences
4. Prizing (reward) with pride & happiness
5. Prizing (reward) with public affirmation
6. Acting with incorporation of choice into behavior
7. Acting with consistent and regularity
Describe 3 typical concerns for the nurse advocate - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔1. Representing
patients when there are conflicting family ideas about treatment
2. Recognizing the principle of autonomy and helping the patient make an informed decision or
delegate duties; should not force autonomy onto patients who do not want to make their own
healthcare decision
3. Speaking up/reporting unsafe patient care that jeopardizes well-being
Identify 4 functions of institutional ethics committees - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔1.
Representing Patients
2. Promoting self-determination (autonomy)
, 3. Whistle-blowing
4. Being politically active
Recognize ethical issues as they arise in nursing practice - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS
**✔✔Paternalism
Deception
Privacy
Confidentiality
Scarce nursing resources
Valid consent & refusal
Conflicts concerning new technologies
Unprofessional, incompetent, unethical, illegal practice
Short staffing & whistle blowing
Beginning/End of life issues
Describe Paternalism as it relates to ethics - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔weighing potential
patient harm vs. violating patient's right to autonomy
making a decision the patient does not want becasue RN believe it to be in the best interest of the
patient
Describe Deception as it relates to ethics - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔telling a little "white" lie
justifying telling a white lie to decrease patient anxiety
Describe Privacy as it relates to ethics - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔not maintaining a patient's
privacy on social media
Describe confidentiality as it relates to ethics - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔justifying a breach in
confidentiality to help a patient
