Nursing 129 Final Exam questions well
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The purpose of the Code of Ethics - correct answer ✔✔It is a succinct statement of the ethical
obligations and duties of every individual who enters the nursing profession.
It is the profession's nonnegotiable ethical standard.
It is an expression of nursing's own understanding of its commitment to society.
Steps in Making Ethical Decisions - correct answer ✔✔1. Identify the problem or dilemma
2. Identify the potential issues involved
3. Review the relevant ethics codes
4. Know the applicable laws and regulations
5. Obtain consultation
6. Consider possible and probable courses of action
7. Enumerate the consequences of various decisions
8. Choose what appears to be the best course of action
Principles of Ethics - correct answer ✔✔Ethics refers to a standardized code or guide to
behavior
Four ethical principles:
Autonomy: in patient care refers to the patient making decisions about his/her own own care
Beneficence: relates to doing something good and caring for the patient
Justice: refers to treating people fairly
Veracity: means truth. For example, which information is the patient given during the informed
consent process?
, Outcome of Tuskegee Study - correct answer ✔✔African Americans struggle to trust nurses still
to this day
HIPPA guidelines - correct answer ✔✔Focuses on the issue of information and confidentiality
HIPAA requires that only necessary information be shared among providers, including insurers
Patients may access their medical records
Discussing patient information in a public setting, calling a patient's work or home and leaving a
message that reveals health information must NOT be done
Carrying documents outside an HCO with patient identifier info is prohibited
Taking pictures on smartphones in clinical settings is a huge privacy violation
HIPAA is important because it protects the privacy rights of the patient
Actions by a nurse that constitute crime - correct answer ✔✔stealing narcotics
altering records
battery/assault
false imprisonment (using unauthorized restraints)
Delegation - correct answer ✔✔the transfer of responsibility to complete a task that is within
the scope of the transferee's position
Negligence - correct answer ✔✔failure to exercise the care toward others that reasonable or
prudent person would have under the same circumstances; an unintentional tort
Definition of Care - correct answer ✔✔Care → Feeling and exhibiting concern and empathy for
others.
Caring is a CORE for nursing.
Caring involves empathy, offering of oneself (being a support person for someone else, "I'm
here for you", "What can I do for you right now".)
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The purpose of the Code of Ethics - correct answer ✔✔It is a succinct statement of the ethical
obligations and duties of every individual who enters the nursing profession.
It is the profession's nonnegotiable ethical standard.
It is an expression of nursing's own understanding of its commitment to society.
Steps in Making Ethical Decisions - correct answer ✔✔1. Identify the problem or dilemma
2. Identify the potential issues involved
3. Review the relevant ethics codes
4. Know the applicable laws and regulations
5. Obtain consultation
6. Consider possible and probable courses of action
7. Enumerate the consequences of various decisions
8. Choose what appears to be the best course of action
Principles of Ethics - correct answer ✔✔Ethics refers to a standardized code or guide to
behavior
Four ethical principles:
Autonomy: in patient care refers to the patient making decisions about his/her own own care
Beneficence: relates to doing something good and caring for the patient
Justice: refers to treating people fairly
Veracity: means truth. For example, which information is the patient given during the informed
consent process?
, Outcome of Tuskegee Study - correct answer ✔✔African Americans struggle to trust nurses still
to this day
HIPPA guidelines - correct answer ✔✔Focuses on the issue of information and confidentiality
HIPAA requires that only necessary information be shared among providers, including insurers
Patients may access their medical records
Discussing patient information in a public setting, calling a patient's work or home and leaving a
message that reveals health information must NOT be done
Carrying documents outside an HCO with patient identifier info is prohibited
Taking pictures on smartphones in clinical settings is a huge privacy violation
HIPAA is important because it protects the privacy rights of the patient
Actions by a nurse that constitute crime - correct answer ✔✔stealing narcotics
altering records
battery/assault
false imprisonment (using unauthorized restraints)
Delegation - correct answer ✔✔the transfer of responsibility to complete a task that is within
the scope of the transferee's position
Negligence - correct answer ✔✔failure to exercise the care toward others that reasonable or
prudent person would have under the same circumstances; an unintentional tort
Definition of Care - correct answer ✔✔Care → Feeling and exhibiting concern and empathy for
others.
Caring is a CORE for nursing.
Caring involves empathy, offering of oneself (being a support person for someone else, "I'm
here for you", "What can I do for you right now".)
