Ethics and Issues in Contemporary Nursing
3rd Edition by Burkhardt, Walton, All Chapters 1 - 20
,TABLE OF CONTENTSt t t
ParttI:tGuidestfortPrincipledtBehavior
t 1.tSocial,tPhilosophical,tandtOthertHistoricaltForcestInfluencingtthetDevelopmenttoftNursing
t
2.tEthicaltTheoryt
3.tEthicaltPrinciples
ParttII:tDevelopingtPrincipledtBehaviort
4.tValuestClarificationt
5.tValuestDevelopmentt
6.tEthicstandtProfessionaltNursingt
7.tEthicaltDecisiontMaking
ParttIII:tPrincipledtBehaviortintthetProfessionaltDomaint
8.tLegaltIssuest
9.tProfessionaltRelationshiptIssuest
10.tPracticetIssuestRelatedttotTechnologyt
11.tPracticetIssuestRelatedttotPatienttSelf-Determinationt
12.tScholarshiptIssues
ParttIV:tGlobaltIssuestthattInterfacetwithtNursingtPracticet
13.tGlobaltConsciousnesstintthetTwenty-FirsttCenturyt
14.tHealthtPolicytIssuest
15.tEconomictIssuest
16.tSocialtIssuest
17.tGendertIssuest
18.tTransculturaltandtSpiritualtIssues
ParttV:tThetPowerttotMaketatDifferencet
19.tEmpowermenttfortNursest
20.tFacilitatingtPatienttEmpowerment
,t 1.tSocial,tPhilosophical,tandtOthertHistoricaltForcestInfluencingtthetDevelopmenttoftNursing
t
MultipletChoice
1. Fortwhichtoftthetfollowingtistempathytatmotive?
a. meetingtthetneedstoftothers
b. moraltreasoningtandtaction
c. becomingtatnurse
d. determiningtrighttfromtwrong
ANS:t b
2. Whichtoftthetfollowingtistantexampletoftsocialtneedtastantethicaltfoundationtfortnursing?
a. Nursestmusttdeterminetthethealthtandtsocialtneedstoftsociety.
b. Nursingtfindstitstorigin,tpurpose,tandtmeaningtwithintthetcontexttoftperceivedtsocialtneed.
c. Theoriestoftsocialtneedtintsociologytaretutilizedtbytnursingtscholars,tmanytoftwhomtviewtth
emtastconceptualtframeworkstfortnursingtpractice.
d. Socialtneedtdeterminestthetboundariestoftthetethicaltprinciplestoftdistributivetjustice,tbe
neficence,tandtnon-maleficence.
ANS:t b
3. Whattistthetmosttcriticaltfactortthattinfluencestnursingtpractice?
a. thettraditionaltroletofthealers
b. thetroletoftwomentintsociety
c. thetreligioustandtspiritualtaspectstofthealthtcare
d. thetintroductiontoftmaletnursestintotthetprofession
ANS:t b
4. Whytdoestthetsocialtstatustoftwomentaffecttthetstatustoftthetnursingtprofession?
a. Nursingthasttraditionallytbeentatprofessiontoftwomen.
b. Throughoutthistory,tnursesthavetbeentaffordedthighertsocialtstatus.
c. Womentofthighertsocialtstatustrarelytbecometnurses.
d. Womentaretmoretskilledtthantmentattnurturingtothers.
ANS:t a
5. Whatthistoricaltinfluencestaffectedtnursingtastatmoraltdiscipline?
a. technology
b. society
c. spirituality
d. oppression
ANS:t c
6. Whattistthettermtthattrelatesttotknowledgetgainedtthroughtobservationtandtexperience?
a. empirical
b. Cartesiantphilosophy
, c. values
d. moraltthought
ANS:t a
7. WhichtoftthetfollowingtistantexampletoftthetsignificancetoftNursingtduringtthetMiddletAgest?
a. Religioustnursingtorderstandtchurch-
sanctionedtseculartnursingtorderstofferedtthetonlytlegitimatetavenuestfortwomentwishingt
totbecometnurses.
b. Increasingtrespecttwastgiventtotnursingtandtmidwifery,tastnursestbeganttotpractisetautonomousl
y.
c. HealingtartstintDenmarktandtGreecetweretperformedtintsacredtceremoniestbytpriests,tpriest
esses,tortshamans.
d. Mosttnursestweretwomentofthightsocialtstatustseekingtwaysttotlegitimizettheirtpositiontandtstatu
s.
ANS:t a
8. Whattdoestthettermtempiricaltrelatetto?
a. servingtGodtandtthytneighbourtthetbesttwaytonetcan
b. knowledgetgainedtthroughtobservationtandtexperience
c. healingtthroughtreligioustintervention,tchanting,tandtpraying
d. thetenforcementtoftreligioustdoctrinetrelatedttotthetstatustoftwomentintsociety
ANS:t b
9. Whentwastthet“DarktPeriodtoftNursing,”twhentconvalescenttpatients,tprostitutes,tprisoners,tandtd
runkardstprovidedthospitaltnursingtcare?
a. duringtthetReformation
b. duringtthetCrusades
c. duringtthetMiddletAges
d. duringtthetearlytChristiantera
ANS:t a
10. WhichtoftthetfollowingthadtthetgreatesttinfluencetontnursingttraditionstintCanada?
a. Britain
b. indigenoustpersons
c. France
d. Germany
ANS:t c
11. WhichtoftthetfollowingthadtthetgreatesttinfluencetontestablishingtthetfirstthospitaltintthetNewtWorl
d?
a. MarietRollettHebert
b. Margueritetd’Youville
c. JeannetMance
d. ReneetDescartes
ANS:t c