N138 FINAL QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS
A variety of benefits result from membership in professional
organizations, including (Select all that apply)
* availability of practice guidelines to influence policy
development.
* continuing education opportunities.
* opportunities to develop personal leadership skills.
A nurse was appointed to a governing board of a
governmental agency and then ran for an elective office. The
nurse is known as a
nurse politician.
A nurse has held a media event to publicize the need for
funding for immunizations and lobbied decision makers by
providing pertinent statistical information about the risks
and benefits of immunizations. The nurse is known as a
nurse activist.
A nurse has registered to vote, voted in primary and regular
elections, and participated in public forums related to
budget reductions that could result in the reduction of the
numbers of school nurses. The nurse is known as a
nurse citizen.
,A nurse is contemplating a political leadership position and
wonders if she/he has the desired characteristics to make a
good leader. Which of the following traits is inconsistent
with a good leader?
Solves problems methodically using a strict model
A nurse has applied for a job and during the interview was
told that the health care facility is a closed shop. What does
that phrase mean to the nurse?
The nurse must join a union to be employed there.
The American Nurses Association (ANA) serves as the
professional organization for all nurses regardless of
practice setting or level of practice.
A nurse who lobbies state legislators to support a change in
the scope of practice in nursing is engaging in
politics.
An impact of health care cost-containment measures on
nursing has been
the concern about the assurance of quality care.
A nursing case manager requests a meeting with the nursing
staff after discovering variances from critical pathways
related to timely discharge of patients having hip
replacement. Patients are not being discharged on time
because they are refusing their physical therapy as a result
,of poor pain control. Meeting with the staff to discuss
potential improvements in pain management is an example
of
continuous quality improvement.
Which of the following situations is an example of moral
distress?
You hear nurses in the lounge making off-color jokes about a
patient. You are afraid to speak up for fear of retaliation.
According to Kohlbergs theory of moral development,
adolescents who shoplift are operating in which level of moral
development?
Preconventional
According to Kohlbergs theory of moral development,
individuals who act because it is the rule of society are operating
in which level of moral development?
Conventional
Flight 93, hijacked on September 11, 2001, crashed into the
Pennsylvania countryside because some of the passengers
decided to try to take control of the plane and prevent it from
being used as a weapon of mass destruction against structures in
Washington, D.C. They decided to act despite grave danger to
, themselves. This is an example of which level of Kohlbergs
theory of moral development?
Postconventional
According to Kohlbergs theory, which of the following is true of
moral development?
Participating in decision making promotes moral reasoning.
Gilligans theory on moral development differed from Kohlbergs
theory because Gilligan considered which population not
addressed by Kohlberg?
Women
Which of the following ethical theories is illustrated by the
example of following the Golden Rule, Do unto others as you
wish them to do unto you?
Deontology
Which of the following ethical theories is illustrated by the
example of triage in disaster nursing?
Utilitarianism
Respecting the right of a patient with terminal cancer to refuse
chemotherapy is based on a belief in the ethical principle of
autonomy
SOLUTIONS
A variety of benefits result from membership in professional
organizations, including (Select all that apply)
* availability of practice guidelines to influence policy
development.
* continuing education opportunities.
* opportunities to develop personal leadership skills.
A nurse was appointed to a governing board of a
governmental agency and then ran for an elective office. The
nurse is known as a
nurse politician.
A nurse has held a media event to publicize the need for
funding for immunizations and lobbied decision makers by
providing pertinent statistical information about the risks
and benefits of immunizations. The nurse is known as a
nurse activist.
A nurse has registered to vote, voted in primary and regular
elections, and participated in public forums related to
budget reductions that could result in the reduction of the
numbers of school nurses. The nurse is known as a
nurse citizen.
,A nurse is contemplating a political leadership position and
wonders if she/he has the desired characteristics to make a
good leader. Which of the following traits is inconsistent
with a good leader?
Solves problems methodically using a strict model
A nurse has applied for a job and during the interview was
told that the health care facility is a closed shop. What does
that phrase mean to the nurse?
The nurse must join a union to be employed there.
The American Nurses Association (ANA) serves as the
professional organization for all nurses regardless of
practice setting or level of practice.
A nurse who lobbies state legislators to support a change in
the scope of practice in nursing is engaging in
politics.
An impact of health care cost-containment measures on
nursing has been
the concern about the assurance of quality care.
A nursing case manager requests a meeting with the nursing
staff after discovering variances from critical pathways
related to timely discharge of patients having hip
replacement. Patients are not being discharged on time
because they are refusing their physical therapy as a result
,of poor pain control. Meeting with the staff to discuss
potential improvements in pain management is an example
of
continuous quality improvement.
Which of the following situations is an example of moral
distress?
You hear nurses in the lounge making off-color jokes about a
patient. You are afraid to speak up for fear of retaliation.
According to Kohlbergs theory of moral development,
adolescents who shoplift are operating in which level of moral
development?
Preconventional
According to Kohlbergs theory of moral development,
individuals who act because it is the rule of society are operating
in which level of moral development?
Conventional
Flight 93, hijacked on September 11, 2001, crashed into the
Pennsylvania countryside because some of the passengers
decided to try to take control of the plane and prevent it from
being used as a weapon of mass destruction against structures in
Washington, D.C. They decided to act despite grave danger to
, themselves. This is an example of which level of Kohlbergs
theory of moral development?
Postconventional
According to Kohlbergs theory, which of the following is true of
moral development?
Participating in decision making promotes moral reasoning.
Gilligans theory on moral development differed from Kohlbergs
theory because Gilligan considered which population not
addressed by Kohlberg?
Women
Which of the following ethical theories is illustrated by the
example of following the Golden Rule, Do unto others as you
wish them to do unto you?
Deontology
Which of the following ethical theories is illustrated by the
example of triage in disaster nursing?
Utilitarianism
Respecting the right of a patient with terminal cancer to refuse
chemotherapy is based on a belief in the ethical principle of
autonomy
