ETHICS AND ISSUES IN CONTEMPORARY NURSING
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3RD EDITION
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BY MARGARET A. BURKHARDT, NANCY WALTON, ALL CHAPTE
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RS 1 - 20
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,BLE OF CONTENTS
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PartjI:jGuidesjforjPrincipledjBehavior
j 1.jSocial,jPhilosophical,jandjOtherjHistoricaljForcesjInfluencingjthejDevelopmentjofjNursingj
2.jEthicaljTheoryj
3.jEthicaljPrinciples
PartjII:jDevelopingjPrincipledjBehaviorj
4.jValuesjClarificationj
5.jValuesjDevelopmentj
6.jEthicsjandjProfessionaljNursingj
7.jEthicaljDecisionjMaking
PartjIII:jPrincipledjBehaviorjinjthejProfessionaljDomainj
8.jLegaljIssuesj
9.jProfessionaljRelationshipjIssuesj
10.jPracticejIssuesjRelatedjtojTechnologyj
11.jPracticejIssuesjRelatedjtojPatientjSelf-Determinationj
12.jScholarshipjIssues
PartjIV:jGlobaljIssuesjthatjInterfacejwithjNursingjPracticej
13.jGlobaljConsciousnessjinjthejTwenty-FirstjCenturyj
14.jHealthjPolicyjIssuesj
15.jEconomicjIssuesj
16.jSocialjIssuesj
17.jGenderjIssuesj
18.jTransculturaljandjSpiritualjIssues
PartjV:jThejPowerjtojMakejajDifferencej
19.jEmpowermentjforjNursesj
20.jFacilitatingjPatientjEmpowerment
,j 1.jSOCIAL,jPHILOSOPHICAL,jANDjOTHERjHISTORICALjFORCESjINFLUENCINGjTHEj
DEVELOPMENTjOFjNURSINGj
MultiplejChoice
1. Forjwhichjofjthejfollowingjisjempathyjajmotive?
a. meetingjthejneedsjofjothers
b. moraljreasoningjandjaction
c. becomingjajnurse
d. determiningjrightjfromjwrong
ANSWER:j b
2. Whichjofjthejfollowingjisjanjexamplejofjsocialjneedjasjanjethicaljfoundationjforjnursing?
a. Nursesjmustjdeterminejthejhealthjandjsocialjneedsjofjsociety.
b. Nursingjfindsjitsjorigin,jpurpose,jandjmeaningjwithinjthejcontextjofjperceivedjsocialjneed.
c. Theoriesjofjsocialjneedjinjsociologyjarejutilizedjbyjnursingjscholars,jmanyjofjwhomjviewjthemjasjconcept
ualjframeworksjforjnursingjpractice.
d. Socialjneedjdeterminesjthejboundariesjofjthejethicaljprinciplesjofjdistributivejjustice,jbeneficence,jandjno
n-maleficence.
ANSWER:j b
3. Whatjisjthejmostjcriticaljfactorjthatjinfluencesjnursingjpractice?
a. thejtraditionaljrolejofjhealers
b. thejrolejofjwomenjinjsociety
c. thejreligiousjandjspiritualjaspectsjofjhealthjcare
d. thejintroductionjofjmalejnursesjintojthejprofession
ANSWER:j b
4. Whyjdoesjthejsocialjstatusjofjwomenjaffectjthejstatusjofjthejnursingjprofession?
a. Nursingjhasjtraditionallyjbeenjajprofessionjofjwomen.
b. Throughoutjhistory,jnursesjhavejbeenjaffordedjhigherjsocialjstatus.
c. Womenjofjhigherjsocialjstatusjrarelyjbecomejnurses.
d. Womenjarejmorejskilledjthanjmenjatjnurturingjothers.
ANSWER:j a
5. Whatjhistoricaljinfluencesjaffectedjnursingjasjajmoraljdiscipline?
a. technology
b. society
c. spirituality
d. oppression
ANSWER:j c
6. Whatjisjthejtermjthatjrelatesjtojknowledgejgainedjthroughjobservationjandjexperience?
a. empirical
b. Cartesianjphilosophy
, c. values
d. moraljthought
ANSWER:j a
7. WhichjofjthejfollowingjisjanjexamplejofjthejsignificancejofjNursingjduringjthejMiddlejAgesj?
a. Religiousjnursingjordersjandjchurch-
sanctionedjsecularjnursingjordersjofferedjthejonlyjlegitimatejavenuesjforjwomenjwishingjtojbecomejnurs
es.
b. Increasingjrespectjwasjgivenjtojnursingjandjmidwifery,jasjnursesjbeganjtojpractisejautonomously.
c. HealingjartsjinjDenmarkjandjGreecejwerejperformedjinjsacredjceremoniesjbyjpriests,jpriestesses,jorjshaman
s.
d. Mostjnursesjwerejwomenjofjhighjsocialjstatusjseekingjwaysjtojlegitimizejtheirjpositionjandjstatus.
ANSWER:j a
8. Whatjdoesjthejtermjempiricaljrelatejto?
a. servingjGodjandjthyjneighbourjthejbestjwayjonejcan
b. knowledgejgainedjthroughjobservationjandjexperience
c. healingjthroughjreligiousjintervention,jchanting,jandjpraying
d. thejenforcementjofjreligiousjdoctrinejrelatedjtojthejstatusjofjwomenjinjsociety
ANSWER:j b
9. Whenjwasjthej“DarkjPeriodjofjNursing,”jwhenjconvalescentjpatients,jprostitutes,jprisoners,jandjdrunkardsjprovid
edjhospitaljnursingjcare?
a. duringjthejReformation
b. duringjthejCrusades
c. duringjthejMiddlejAges
d. duringjthejearlyjChristianjera
ANSWER:j a
10. WhichjofjthejfollowingjhadjthejgreatestjinfluencejonjnursingjtraditionsjinjCanada?
a. Britain
b. indigenousjpersons
c. France
d. Germany
ANSWER:j c
11. WhichjofjthejfollowingjhadjthejgreatestjinfluencejonjestablishingjthejfirstjhospitaljinjthejNewjWorld?
a. MariejRolletjHebert
b. Margueritejd’Youville
c. JeannejMance
d. ReneejDescartes
ANSWER:j c