Test Bank for Ethics and Issues in Contemporary Nursing 3rd Canadian Edition by Margaret A. Burkhardt, Nancy Walton, Alvita Nathani

Test Bank for Ethics and Issues in Contemporary Nursing 3rd Canadian Edition by Margaret A.
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QUESTION: what are values - ✔✔correct Ans: attitude, ideals, beliefs, that an individual or a
group holds and uses to guide behavior - indicate what individuals consider are important



QUESTION: what are morals - ✔✔correct Ans: establish rules of conduct to be used in
situations when a decision about right and wrong must be made-provide standards of behavior



QUESTION: what are ethics - ✔✔correct Ans: term used to reflect what actions an individual
should take in particular circumstances



QUESTION: what are bioethics - ✔✔correct Ans: the application of ethical theories and
principles to moral problems in health care



QUESTION: approaches to moral reasoning - ✔✔correct Ans: moral reasoning matures over the
course of a person's life



QUESTION: who are two important theorists of moral development - ✔✔correct Ans: Kohlberg
and Gilligan



QUESTION: theories of ethics - ✔✔correct Ans: these are conceptual descriptions of our
understandings of behavior in terms of their moral implication-



QUESTION: deontology theory - ✔✔correct Ans: the moral worth of an action defends entirely
on the agents motive or intention in performing the action, the consequences of the acton do
not figure into whether the action is morally good or not- this theory judges the morality of an
action based on the actions adherence to rules