Exam 2 (ch. 3-6)
What does acting with autonomy mean?
A. Making one's own choices
B. Asking for assistance with decisions
C. Demanding respect
D. Thinking about personal goals - ANS-A. Making one's own choices
In which situation is the patient autonomous?
A. The healthcare provider recommends the patient be transferred to long-term care, but the
patient goes home instead.
B. The healthcare provider offers the patient a choice of care, and the patient allows the
healthcare provider to choose.
C. The patient does not want recommended surgery but has it any way.
D. The patient tells the nurse that the healthcare provider's bedside manner needs
improvement. - ANS-A. The healthcare provider recommends the patient be transferred to
long-term care, but the patient goes home instead.
A nurse reports another nurse who reprimanded a patient for soiling the bed, and notes the
nurse pulling the sheets from under the patient rapidly. Which ethical principle has this nurse
displayed?
A. Fidelity
B. Beneficence
C. Nonmaleficence
D. Veracity - ANS-B. Beneficence
What does nonmaleficence mean?
A. To do good
B. To be faithful
C. To do no harm
D. To tell the truth - ANS-C. To do no harm
A patient is diagnosed with end-stage renal failure. The patient's spouse asks the nurse if the
patient is going to die soon, and the nurse replies affirmatively. What type of ethical principle is
this nurse practicing?
A. Fidelity
B. Veracity
, C. Beneficence
D. Nonmaleficence - ANS-B. Veracity
When can a patient's confidentiality be violated?
A. When a spouse asks the status of the patient.
B. When the computer is shared by several different providers.
C. When a nurse who is not treating the patient wants information about the patient.
D. When the nurse recognizes that maintaining confidentiality will cause harm to others. -
ANS-D. When the nurse recognizes that maintaining confidentiality will cause harm to others.
What is an example of justice in the healthcare arena?
A. Setting up triage during a major disaster
B. Transferring a client to another floor when staff is overloaded
C. Allowing the paying patient to get a medication over a non-paying patient
D. Allowing more time in caring for a patient than time spent with another patient - ANS-A.
Setting up triage during a major disaster
Which ethical principle relates to faithfulness and keeping promises?
A. Fidelity
B. Veracity
C. Beneficence
D. Nonmaleficence - ANS-A. Fidelity
How does the nurse demonstrate fidelity?
A. Keeping the nurse's license current
B. Being honest with every patient
C. Providing care regardless of the consequences
D. Reporting a patient who is noncompliant - ANS-A. Keeping the nurse's license current
How should a nurse handle a conflict between veracity and confidentiality when a spouse
demands to know if a client is being treated?
A. Calm the spouse down
B. Ask the charge nurse to decide
C. Ask the spouse to leave the premises
D. Explain that the information cannot be disclosed - ANS-D. Explain that the information cannot
be disclosed
What are moral values?
What does acting with autonomy mean?
A. Making one's own choices
B. Asking for assistance with decisions
C. Demanding respect
D. Thinking about personal goals - ANS-A. Making one's own choices
In which situation is the patient autonomous?
A. The healthcare provider recommends the patient be transferred to long-term care, but the
patient goes home instead.
B. The healthcare provider offers the patient a choice of care, and the patient allows the
healthcare provider to choose.
C. The patient does not want recommended surgery but has it any way.
D. The patient tells the nurse that the healthcare provider's bedside manner needs
improvement. - ANS-A. The healthcare provider recommends the patient be transferred to
long-term care, but the patient goes home instead.
A nurse reports another nurse who reprimanded a patient for soiling the bed, and notes the
nurse pulling the sheets from under the patient rapidly. Which ethical principle has this nurse
displayed?
A. Fidelity
B. Beneficence
C. Nonmaleficence
D. Veracity - ANS-B. Beneficence
What does nonmaleficence mean?
A. To do good
B. To be faithful
C. To do no harm
D. To tell the truth - ANS-C. To do no harm
A patient is diagnosed with end-stage renal failure. The patient's spouse asks the nurse if the
patient is going to die soon, and the nurse replies affirmatively. What type of ethical principle is
this nurse practicing?
A. Fidelity
B. Veracity
, C. Beneficence
D. Nonmaleficence - ANS-B. Veracity
When can a patient's confidentiality be violated?
A. When a spouse asks the status of the patient.
B. When the computer is shared by several different providers.
C. When a nurse who is not treating the patient wants information about the patient.
D. When the nurse recognizes that maintaining confidentiality will cause harm to others. -
ANS-D. When the nurse recognizes that maintaining confidentiality will cause harm to others.
What is an example of justice in the healthcare arena?
A. Setting up triage during a major disaster
B. Transferring a client to another floor when staff is overloaded
C. Allowing the paying patient to get a medication over a non-paying patient
D. Allowing more time in caring for a patient than time spent with another patient - ANS-A.
Setting up triage during a major disaster
Which ethical principle relates to faithfulness and keeping promises?
A. Fidelity
B. Veracity
C. Beneficence
D. Nonmaleficence - ANS-A. Fidelity
How does the nurse demonstrate fidelity?
A. Keeping the nurse's license current
B. Being honest with every patient
C. Providing care regardless of the consequences
D. Reporting a patient who is noncompliant - ANS-A. Keeping the nurse's license current
How should a nurse handle a conflict between veracity and confidentiality when a spouse
demands to know if a client is being treated?
A. Calm the spouse down
B. Ask the charge nurse to decide
C. Ask the spouse to leave the premises
D. Explain that the information cannot be disclosed - ANS-D. Explain that the information cannot
be disclosed
What are moral values?
