test bank questions
Four patients in labor all request epidural analgesia to manage their pain at
the same
time. Which ethical principle is most compromised when only one nurse
anesthetist is
on
call?
a.
Justice
b.
Fidelity
c.
Beneficence
d. Nonmaleficence Correct answers a.
Justice
Apply (application) Discuss the role of ethics in professional
nursing
The patient reports to the nurse of being afraid to speak up regarding a
desire
care fortofear
endof upsetting spouse and children. Which principle in the
nursingensures
ethics code ofthat the nurse will promote the
patient's cause?
a.
Advocacy
b.
Responsibility
c.
Confidentiality
d. Accountability Correct answers a.
Advocacy
Apply (application) Discuss the role of ethics in professional
nursing.
The patient's son requests to view documentation in the medical record.
What
nurse's is best
the response to this
request?
a. ―I'll be happy to get that for
you.
b. ―You are not allowed to look
at ―You
c. it. will need your mother's
permission.
d. ―I cannot let you see the chart without a doctor's order. Correct
answers
will needc. ―You
your mother's
permission.
Analyze (analysis) Discuss the role of ethics in professional
nursing.
When professionals work together to solve ethical dilemmas, nurses must
examine
own their
values. What is the best rationale for
this
a. Sostep?
fact is separated from
opinion.
b. So different perspectives are
respected.
c. So judgmental attitudes can be
provoked.
d. So the group identifies the one correct solution. Correct answers b.
So different are
perspectives
respected.
Analyze
(analysis)
Utilize values clarification when you apply ethics in
practice.
,A nurse is experiencing an ethical dilemma with a patient. Recognizing what
information
as a factor indicates the nurse has a correct understanding of the
primary cause of
ethical
dilemmas?
a. Unequal
power
b. Presence of conflicting
values
c. Judgmental perceptions of
patients
d. Poor communication with the patient Correct answers b. Presence of
conflicting
value
s
Understand
(comprehension)
Utilize values clarification when you apply ethics in
practice.
The nurse questions a health care provider's decision to not tell the
patient diagnosis.
cancer about a Which ethical principle is the nurse trying to uphold for
the patient?
a.
Consequentialism
b.
Autonomy
c.
Fidelity
d. Justice Correct answers b.
Autonomy
Understand
(comprehension)
Utilize values clarification when you apply ethics in
practice.
The nurse finds it difficult to care for a patient whose advance directive
states that no resuscitation measures should be taken. Which step may help
extraordinary
thefind
to nurse
resolution in this
assignment?
a. Review one's own personal
values.
b. Call for an ethical committee
consult.
c. Decline the assignment on religious
grounds.
d. Convince the family to challenge the directive. Correct answers a. Review
one's own
personal
values.
Apply
(application)
Utilize values clarification when you apply ethics in
practice
The nurse values autonomy above all other principles. Which patient
assignment
the nurse find
willmost difficult to
accept?
a. Older-adult patient who requires
dialysis.
b. Teenager in labor who requests epidural
anesthesia.
c. Middle-aged father of three with an advance directive declining
lifeFamily
d. support.
elder who is making the decisions for a young-adult female
member.d.
answers Correct
Family elder who is making the decisions for a young-adult
female member.
Analyze
(analysis)
Utilize values clarification when you apply ethics in
practice.
, A nurse must make an ethical decision concerning vulnerable patient
populations.
Which philosophy of health care ethics would be particularly useful for
this nurse?
a.
Teleology
b.
Deontology
c.
Utilitarianism
d. Feminist ethics Correct answers d. Feminist
ethics
Understand
(comprehension)
Explain the principles and approaches commonly used in health
care ethics
discussion
s.
A nurse agrees with regulations for mandatory immunizations of children.
The nurse
believes that immunizations prevent diseases as well as prevent spread of
theothers.
to diseaseWhich ethical framework is the nurse
using?
a.
Deontology
b. Ethics of
care
c.
Utilitarianism
d. Feminist ethics Correct answers c.
Utilitarianism
Analyze
(analysis)
Explain the principles and approaches commonly used in health
care ethics
discussion
s.
The nurse has become aware of missing narcotics in the patient care
area. Which
ethical principle obligates the nurse to report the missing medications?a.
Advocacy
b.
Responsibility
c.
Confidentiality
d. Accountability Correct answers b.
Responsibility
Understand
Explain a nursing perspective in
(comprehension)
ethics.
A young woman who is pregnant with a fetus exposed to multiple
teratogens
to have herconsents
fetus undergo serial PUBS (percutaneous umbilical blood
sampling)how
examine to exposure affects the fetus over time. Although these tests will
not improve
the fetus's outcomes and will expose it to some risks, the information
gathered
infants in may
the future.
help Which ethical principle is at
greatest risk?
a.
Fidelity
b.
Autonomy
c.
Beneficence
d. Nonmaleficence Correct answers d.
Nonmaleficence
Analyze
(analysis)
Discuss contemporary ethical issues that
nurses face.
Four patients in labor all request epidural analgesia to manage their pain at
the same
time. Which ethical principle is most compromised when only one nurse
anesthetist is
on
call?
a.
Justice
b.
Fidelity
c.
Beneficence
d. Nonmaleficence Correct answers a.
Justice
Apply (application) Discuss the role of ethics in professional
nursing
The patient reports to the nurse of being afraid to speak up regarding a
desire
care fortofear
endof upsetting spouse and children. Which principle in the
nursingensures
ethics code ofthat the nurse will promote the
patient's cause?
a.
Advocacy
b.
Responsibility
c.
Confidentiality
d. Accountability Correct answers a.
Advocacy
Apply (application) Discuss the role of ethics in professional
nursing.
The patient's son requests to view documentation in the medical record.
What
nurse's is best
the response to this
request?
a. ―I'll be happy to get that for
you.
b. ―You are not allowed to look
at ―You
c. it. will need your mother's
permission.
d. ―I cannot let you see the chart without a doctor's order. Correct
answers
will needc. ―You
your mother's
permission.
Analyze (analysis) Discuss the role of ethics in professional
nursing.
When professionals work together to solve ethical dilemmas, nurses must
examine
own their
values. What is the best rationale for
this
a. Sostep?
fact is separated from
opinion.
b. So different perspectives are
respected.
c. So judgmental attitudes can be
provoked.
d. So the group identifies the one correct solution. Correct answers b.
So different are
perspectives
respected.
Analyze
(analysis)
Utilize values clarification when you apply ethics in
practice.
,A nurse is experiencing an ethical dilemma with a patient. Recognizing what
information
as a factor indicates the nurse has a correct understanding of the
primary cause of
ethical
dilemmas?
a. Unequal
power
b. Presence of conflicting
values
c. Judgmental perceptions of
patients
d. Poor communication with the patient Correct answers b. Presence of
conflicting
value
s
Understand
(comprehension)
Utilize values clarification when you apply ethics in
practice.
The nurse questions a health care provider's decision to not tell the
patient diagnosis.
cancer about a Which ethical principle is the nurse trying to uphold for
the patient?
a.
Consequentialism
b.
Autonomy
c.
Fidelity
d. Justice Correct answers b.
Autonomy
Understand
(comprehension)
Utilize values clarification when you apply ethics in
practice.
The nurse finds it difficult to care for a patient whose advance directive
states that no resuscitation measures should be taken. Which step may help
extraordinary
thefind
to nurse
resolution in this
assignment?
a. Review one's own personal
values.
b. Call for an ethical committee
consult.
c. Decline the assignment on religious
grounds.
d. Convince the family to challenge the directive. Correct answers a. Review
one's own
personal
values.
Apply
(application)
Utilize values clarification when you apply ethics in
practice
The nurse values autonomy above all other principles. Which patient
assignment
the nurse find
willmost difficult to
accept?
a. Older-adult patient who requires
dialysis.
b. Teenager in labor who requests epidural
anesthesia.
c. Middle-aged father of three with an advance directive declining
lifeFamily
d. support.
elder who is making the decisions for a young-adult female
member.d.
answers Correct
Family elder who is making the decisions for a young-adult
female member.
Analyze
(analysis)
Utilize values clarification when you apply ethics in
practice.
, A nurse must make an ethical decision concerning vulnerable patient
populations.
Which philosophy of health care ethics would be particularly useful for
this nurse?
a.
Teleology
b.
Deontology
c.
Utilitarianism
d. Feminist ethics Correct answers d. Feminist
ethics
Understand
(comprehension)
Explain the principles and approaches commonly used in health
care ethics
discussion
s.
A nurse agrees with regulations for mandatory immunizations of children.
The nurse
believes that immunizations prevent diseases as well as prevent spread of
theothers.
to diseaseWhich ethical framework is the nurse
using?
a.
Deontology
b. Ethics of
care
c.
Utilitarianism
d. Feminist ethics Correct answers c.
Utilitarianism
Analyze
(analysis)
Explain the principles and approaches commonly used in health
care ethics
discussion
s.
The nurse has become aware of missing narcotics in the patient care
area. Which
ethical principle obligates the nurse to report the missing medications?a.
Advocacy
b.
Responsibility
c.
Confidentiality
d. Accountability Correct answers b.
Responsibility
Understand
Explain a nursing perspective in
(comprehension)
ethics.
A young woman who is pregnant with a fetus exposed to multiple
teratogens
to have herconsents
fetus undergo serial PUBS (percutaneous umbilical blood
sampling)how
examine to exposure affects the fetus over time. Although these tests will
not improve
the fetus's outcomes and will expose it to some risks, the information
gathered
infants in may
the future.
help Which ethical principle is at
greatest risk?
a.
Fidelity
b.
Autonomy
c.
Beneficence
d. Nonmaleficence Correct answers d.
Nonmaleficence
Analyze
(analysis)
Discuss contemporary ethical issues that
nurses face.
