,Place in order the steps of the model by Lachman related to moral courage.
1. Determines the action required to maintain integrity while considering personal values
and beliefs
2. Recognizes that courage is necessary to maintain integrity
3. Considers their values and beliefs, the ethical principles at stake with the situation
4. Identifies strategies to manage the fear of repercussions when maintaining integrity
and managing danger needs - CORRECT ANSWERS-1. Identifies strategies to manage
the fear of repercussions when maintaining integrity and managing danger
2. Determines the action required to maintain integrity while considering personal values
and beliefs
3. Recognizes that courage is necessary to maintain integrity
4. Considers their values and beliefs, the ethical principles at stake with the situation
Match each option below to proceed to the next question.
1. Specific issues like allowing a natural death, and capital punishment
2. Universal truths, and where and how ethical principles are developed
3. Moral standards that regulate behaviors
Normative ethics
Metaethics
Applied ethics
Moral philosophy - CORRECT ANSWERS-1. Applied ethics
2. Metaethics
3. Normative ethics
Which statement would describe the concept of values?
A. Are process oriented
B. Learned over time and are influenced by life experiences and culture
C. Reflect what is important and influence behavior choices
D. Involves application of ethical theories and principles - CORRECT ANSWERS-C.
Reflect what is important and influence behavior choices
Values are attitudes, beliefs or ideas that guide an individual or group's behaviors.
Values are usually expressed in terms of right or wrong, are chosen freely and indicate
what the individual considers important, such as honesty and hard work. Values are
often influenced by an individual's culture.
Which description would define how individuals display the postconventional level of
moral reasoning? SATA
A. Create their own morality
B. Make moral choices based on what is pleasing to others
,C. Able to define their moral values
D. Ignore both self-interest and group norms
E. Respond to punishment
F. Inattentive to societal norms - CORRECT ANSWERS-A. Create their own morality
D. Ignore both self-interest and group norms
Match the deliberative process with the correct ethical theory.
1. What kind of person should I be?
2. What kind of outcomes should I produce?
3. What are my obligations in the situation?
Consequentialist
Virtue
Principlism
Duty - CORRECT ANSWERS-1. Virtue
2. Consequentialist
3. Duty
Which healthcare practice would be an example of utilitarianism?
A. Disaster triage
B. Privatized healthcare
C. Rare disease research funding
D. Palliative care - CORRECT ANSWERS-A. Disaster triage
Utilitarianism refers helping the greatest number of people. Disaster triage is an
example of utilitarianism because it assesses a situation in a way to help the most
people with the resources available.
Which would describe the ethical principle of autonomy?
A. Act in a manner that will help others.
B. Respect one's ability to make their own decisions.
C. Do not harm anyone intentionally.
D. Resolve ethical conflicts or dilemmas. - CORRECT ANSWERS-B. Respect one's
ability to make their own decisions.
Autonomy describes the principle of respecting the person's ability to act based on their
own best interests.
Which type of decision would a nurse weigh when facing an ethical dilemma?
A. Wrong vs. right
B. Right vs. wrong
C. Right vs. right
, D. Wrong vs. wrong - CORRECT ANSWERS-C. Right vs. right
Each decision could be right but could also be considered unfavorable for other
reasons. It also known as a "gray area" and nurses must analyze the situation based on
the ethics and values of the stakeholders, as well as legal mandates, policies and
professional codes of ethics, to make a decision.
Which characteristic would describe the ethical decision-making process?
A. There are six steps that are always followed in order.
B. Each step must be followed in a specific manner.
C. The decision-making process is passive.
D. Collaboration is required to complete the process. - CORRECT ANSWERS-D.
Collaboration is required to complete the process.
The nurse will collaborate with others to explore the dilemma, come to a solution, and
implement the solution. Collaboration is one piece of the process that should be
required, especially after the course of action has been determined.
Which step of the nursing process would be compared to "clarifying the dilemma" in the
ethical decision-making model?
A. Assess
B. Analyze
C. Diagnose
D. Plan - CORRECT ANSWERS-A. Assess
Clarifying the dilemma and gathering additional data is similar to the assessment step of
the nursing process, in which nurses also would gather data and clarify the issues with
the patient.
Which theorist believed that women's relational orientation to the world would shape
their moral reasoning differently from that of men?
A. Gilligan
B. Kohlberg
C. De Casterle'
D. Bavier - CORRECT ANSWERS-A. Gilligan
Gilligan believed that women's and girls' relational orientation to the world shaped their
moral reasoning different from men and boys, as women view moral dilemmas in terms
of conflicting responsibilities.
Which behavior would a nurse most likely display while facing moral distress?
A. Empathy
1. Determines the action required to maintain integrity while considering personal values
and beliefs
2. Recognizes that courage is necessary to maintain integrity
3. Considers their values and beliefs, the ethical principles at stake with the situation
4. Identifies strategies to manage the fear of repercussions when maintaining integrity
and managing danger needs - CORRECT ANSWERS-1. Identifies strategies to manage
the fear of repercussions when maintaining integrity and managing danger
2. Determines the action required to maintain integrity while considering personal values
and beliefs
3. Recognizes that courage is necessary to maintain integrity
4. Considers their values and beliefs, the ethical principles at stake with the situation
Match each option below to proceed to the next question.
1. Specific issues like allowing a natural death, and capital punishment
2. Universal truths, and where and how ethical principles are developed
3. Moral standards that regulate behaviors
Normative ethics
Metaethics
Applied ethics
Moral philosophy - CORRECT ANSWERS-1. Applied ethics
2. Metaethics
3. Normative ethics
Which statement would describe the concept of values?
A. Are process oriented
B. Learned over time and are influenced by life experiences and culture
C. Reflect what is important and influence behavior choices
D. Involves application of ethical theories and principles - CORRECT ANSWERS-C.
Reflect what is important and influence behavior choices
Values are attitudes, beliefs or ideas that guide an individual or group's behaviors.
Values are usually expressed in terms of right or wrong, are chosen freely and indicate
what the individual considers important, such as honesty and hard work. Values are
often influenced by an individual's culture.
Which description would define how individuals display the postconventional level of
moral reasoning? SATA
A. Create their own morality
B. Make moral choices based on what is pleasing to others
,C. Able to define their moral values
D. Ignore both self-interest and group norms
E. Respond to punishment
F. Inattentive to societal norms - CORRECT ANSWERS-A. Create their own morality
D. Ignore both self-interest and group norms
Match the deliberative process with the correct ethical theory.
1. What kind of person should I be?
2. What kind of outcomes should I produce?
3. What are my obligations in the situation?
Consequentialist
Virtue
Principlism
Duty - CORRECT ANSWERS-1. Virtue
2. Consequentialist
3. Duty
Which healthcare practice would be an example of utilitarianism?
A. Disaster triage
B. Privatized healthcare
C. Rare disease research funding
D. Palliative care - CORRECT ANSWERS-A. Disaster triage
Utilitarianism refers helping the greatest number of people. Disaster triage is an
example of utilitarianism because it assesses a situation in a way to help the most
people with the resources available.
Which would describe the ethical principle of autonomy?
A. Act in a manner that will help others.
B. Respect one's ability to make their own decisions.
C. Do not harm anyone intentionally.
D. Resolve ethical conflicts or dilemmas. - CORRECT ANSWERS-B. Respect one's
ability to make their own decisions.
Autonomy describes the principle of respecting the person's ability to act based on their
own best interests.
Which type of decision would a nurse weigh when facing an ethical dilemma?
A. Wrong vs. right
B. Right vs. wrong
C. Right vs. right
, D. Wrong vs. wrong - CORRECT ANSWERS-C. Right vs. right
Each decision could be right but could also be considered unfavorable for other
reasons. It also known as a "gray area" and nurses must analyze the situation based on
the ethics and values of the stakeholders, as well as legal mandates, policies and
professional codes of ethics, to make a decision.
Which characteristic would describe the ethical decision-making process?
A. There are six steps that are always followed in order.
B. Each step must be followed in a specific manner.
C. The decision-making process is passive.
D. Collaboration is required to complete the process. - CORRECT ANSWERS-D.
Collaboration is required to complete the process.
The nurse will collaborate with others to explore the dilemma, come to a solution, and
implement the solution. Collaboration is one piece of the process that should be
required, especially after the course of action has been determined.
Which step of the nursing process would be compared to "clarifying the dilemma" in the
ethical decision-making model?
A. Assess
B. Analyze
C. Diagnose
D. Plan - CORRECT ANSWERS-A. Assess
Clarifying the dilemma and gathering additional data is similar to the assessment step of
the nursing process, in which nurses also would gather data and clarify the issues with
the patient.
Which theorist believed that women's relational orientation to the world would shape
their moral reasoning differently from that of men?
A. Gilligan
B. Kohlberg
C. De Casterle'
D. Bavier - CORRECT ANSWERS-A. Gilligan
Gilligan believed that women's and girls' relational orientation to the world shaped their
moral reasoning different from men and boys, as women view moral dilemmas in terms
of conflicting responsibilities.
Which behavior would a nurse most likely display while facing moral distress?
A. Empathy
