CHAPTER 2. MAKING ETHICAL
DECISIONS
The principle of utility is part of which theory? - answer Teleological
Which of the following explains virtue ethics? - answer The traits, characteristics, and
virtues a moral person should have.
What are the characteristics of pre-conventional morality? - answer Is when children
start to accept authority.
Is when children recognize more than one point of view on right and wrong.
Who was the father of duty-oriented theory? - answer Immanuel Kant
Today, virtues for nurses focus on which of the following? - answer Advocacy
Patient education
What is a categorical imperative based upon? - answerA determined principle
Which of the following is NOT included when considering ethical problem solving? -
answerInvite a third party to assess the results of your decision.
What did Kant base his theory on? - answerNot lying to save a third party
The Golden Rule
Who is the most well-known ethicist to write about virtue ethics? - answerAlasdair
MacIntyre
What is the capacity to be one's own person and make decisions without being
manipulated by external forces called? - answerAutonomy
What was Kohlberg's first major level of moral development called? - answerPre-
conventional morality
someone is able to make his or her own decisions they have established -
answercompetency or competence
What were past virtues for nurses? - answerNurses should not question authority
, Nurses follow physicians orders
Substituting the medical provider's opinion of what is best for the patient is called -
answerpaternalism
Beginning with the first step on top, list the steps for ethical problem solving. - answer1.
Describe the problem and collect the facts.
2. List the options
3. Evaluate the potential options.
4. Make your decisions and act.
5. Assess the results
What are acts performed by a health care practitioner to help people stay healthy or
recover from an illness? - answerBeneficence
Kant felt that deontological or duty-oriented theory provides a foundation for what types
of rules? - answerIndividual rights
Morality
What is the meaning of nonmaleficence? - answerDo no harm
If a person has the capacity to make decisions based on one's own reasons and
motives, not manipulated or dictated to by external forces, they are said to be -
answerautonomous or autonomy
If an individual is provided his or her due, it is called __. - answerJustice
Which of the following are characteristics of autonomy decisions? - answerCompetency
Respect for the autonomy of others
The ability to act on the decision
A paternalistic view of patient care threatens a patient's __. - answerautonomy
What term is given to the collective lack of shelter, food, income, education, a stable
environment, sustainable resources, social justice and equity? - answerSocial
determinants of health
What is the first duty of health care practitioners as defined by beneficence? -
answerPromote health for the patient above all other considerations.
health difference that is closely linked with economic, environmental, or social
disadvantage is called a(n) __. - answerdisparity
DECISIONS
The principle of utility is part of which theory? - answer Teleological
Which of the following explains virtue ethics? - answer The traits, characteristics, and
virtues a moral person should have.
What are the characteristics of pre-conventional morality? - answer Is when children
start to accept authority.
Is when children recognize more than one point of view on right and wrong.
Who was the father of duty-oriented theory? - answer Immanuel Kant
Today, virtues for nurses focus on which of the following? - answer Advocacy
Patient education
What is a categorical imperative based upon? - answerA determined principle
Which of the following is NOT included when considering ethical problem solving? -
answerInvite a third party to assess the results of your decision.
What did Kant base his theory on? - answerNot lying to save a third party
The Golden Rule
Who is the most well-known ethicist to write about virtue ethics? - answerAlasdair
MacIntyre
What is the capacity to be one's own person and make decisions without being
manipulated by external forces called? - answerAutonomy
What was Kohlberg's first major level of moral development called? - answerPre-
conventional morality
someone is able to make his or her own decisions they have established -
answercompetency or competence
What were past virtues for nurses? - answerNurses should not question authority
, Nurses follow physicians orders
Substituting the medical provider's opinion of what is best for the patient is called -
answerpaternalism
Beginning with the first step on top, list the steps for ethical problem solving. - answer1.
Describe the problem and collect the facts.
2. List the options
3. Evaluate the potential options.
4. Make your decisions and act.
5. Assess the results
What are acts performed by a health care practitioner to help people stay healthy or
recover from an illness? - answerBeneficence
Kant felt that deontological or duty-oriented theory provides a foundation for what types
of rules? - answerIndividual rights
Morality
What is the meaning of nonmaleficence? - answerDo no harm
If a person has the capacity to make decisions based on one's own reasons and
motives, not manipulated or dictated to by external forces, they are said to be -
answerautonomous or autonomy
If an individual is provided his or her due, it is called __. - answerJustice
Which of the following are characteristics of autonomy decisions? - answerCompetency
Respect for the autonomy of others
The ability to act on the decision
A paternalistic view of patient care threatens a patient's __. - answerautonomy
What term is given to the collective lack of shelter, food, income, education, a stable
environment, sustainable resources, social justice and equity? - answerSocial
determinants of health
What is the first duty of health care practitioners as defined by beneficence? -
answerPromote health for the patient above all other considerations.
health difference that is closely linked with economic, environmental, or social
disadvantage is called a(n) __. - answerdisparity
