NURS 242 EXAM 1- ETHICS, LEADERSHIP, &
MANAGEMENT 160 QUESTIONS VERIFIED QUESTION
AND ANSWERS (100% GUARANTEE PASS)!!!!GRADED A+
Nursing ethics providers the standards for professional behavior and
is the study of principles of right and wrong for nurses. The standards
states the duties and obligations of the nurse should include which of
the following?
a) individual
b) client
c) community
d) all of the above
- CORRECT ANSWER -d) all of the above
When does a moral issue become an ethical dilemma?
a) Health care does not have ethical dilemmas
b) When the values of a person change over time
c) There is no acceptable reason for the wrong choice
d) When forced to choose between two or more undesirable
alternatives
- CORRECT ANSWER -d) When forced to choose between two or
more undesirable alternatives
The nurse manager didn't hire Sally, RN for the assistant manager job.
The nurse maager informed Sally that she was a "great fit" but an
internal candidate was selected instead. The real reason Sally, RN
wasn't hired was because her drug test was positive. Which of the
principles of ethical reasoning didn't the nurse manager follow?
a) utility
b) paternalism
c) autonomy
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,d) veracity
- CORRECT ANSWER -d) veracity
*it is the obligation to tell the truth; "truth telling"
What term describes the obligation to the truth?
*"truth telling"
- CORRECT ANSWER -Veracity
A client is advised by the doctor to undergo chemotherapy. An
informed consent is not yet signed. This client requests information
related to chemotherapy and the drugs that will be given to him. The
nurse explained the side effects of the medications. The nurse
answered all the questions of the client honestly even though the
client choose not to undergo chemotherapy. Then nurse used which
principle of ethical reasoning?
a) confidentiality
b) veracity
c) justice
d) fidelity
- CORRECT ANSWER -b) veracity
*it is the obligation to tell the truth; "truth telling"
*the nurse is displaying truth telling by explaining the effects of
chemo
Nurse Bobby avoids deliberate harm and risk of harm during his
performance of nursing actions. The nurse is promoting which ethical
principle?
a) autonomy
b) nonmaleficence
c) justice
pg. 2
,d) beneficence
- CORRECT ANSWER -b) nonmaleficence
*it directs us to act in ways that avoid harm to others, including even
the risk of harm
What ethical principle directs us to act in ways that avoid harm to
others, including even the risk of harm?
a) respect for persons
b) nonmaleficence
c) beneficence
d) justice
- CORRECT ANSWER -b) nonmaleficence
*ex: Nurse Bobby avoids deliberate harm and risk of harm during his
performance of nursing actions
Which statement by the charge nurse indicates that they are an
autocratic leadership style?
a) "you must complete all the a.m. care before you take your morning
break"
b) "I don't care how the work is done as long as it is completed on
time"
c) "I would like to talk to you about your ideas on a new staffing mix"
d) "I think we should have a port luck lunch tomorrow because it is
Saturday"
- CORRECT ANSWER -a) "you must complete all the a.m. care
before you take your morning break"
*it is when they make all decisions and are generally most concerned
with the tasks to be accomplished. Maintain distance from their
followers, motivating them through the threat of punishment and offer
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, of rewards and incentives. Often use when a decision needs to be
made quickly.
What leadership style makes all decisions and are generally most
concerned with the tasks to be accomplished. Maintain distance from
their followers, motivating them through the threat of punishment and
offer of rewards and incentives. Often use when a decision needs to
be made quickly.
- CORRECT ANSWER -Autocratic leadership style
-Advantages: decisive; effective for emergencies, new employees, and
large group; may decrease perceptions of favoritism;
-Disadvantages: takes away choice and group involvement (doesn't
promote teamwork) ; followers may perceive that opinion doesn't
matter
What leadership style is effective for emergencies, new employees, &
large groups BUT takes away choice and group involvement?
a) democratic
b) autocratic
c) laissez-faire
d) transactional
- CORRECT ANSWER -b) autocratic
*this leader makes all decisions and are generally most concerned
with the tasks to be accomplished. Maintain distance from their
followers, motivating them through the threat of punishment and offer
of rewards and incentives. Often use when a decision needs to be
made quickly.
The critical care unit is having problems with staff members clocking
in late and clocking out early from the shift. Which statement by the
charge nurse indicates they have a democratic leadership style?
a) "you cannot clock out 1 minute before your shift is complete"
pg. 4
MANAGEMENT 160 QUESTIONS VERIFIED QUESTION
AND ANSWERS (100% GUARANTEE PASS)!!!!GRADED A+
Nursing ethics providers the standards for professional behavior and
is the study of principles of right and wrong for nurses. The standards
states the duties and obligations of the nurse should include which of
the following?
a) individual
b) client
c) community
d) all of the above
- CORRECT ANSWER -d) all of the above
When does a moral issue become an ethical dilemma?
a) Health care does not have ethical dilemmas
b) When the values of a person change over time
c) There is no acceptable reason for the wrong choice
d) When forced to choose between two or more undesirable
alternatives
- CORRECT ANSWER -d) When forced to choose between two or
more undesirable alternatives
The nurse manager didn't hire Sally, RN for the assistant manager job.
The nurse maager informed Sally that she was a "great fit" but an
internal candidate was selected instead. The real reason Sally, RN
wasn't hired was because her drug test was positive. Which of the
principles of ethical reasoning didn't the nurse manager follow?
a) utility
b) paternalism
c) autonomy
pg. 1
,d) veracity
- CORRECT ANSWER -d) veracity
*it is the obligation to tell the truth; "truth telling"
What term describes the obligation to the truth?
*"truth telling"
- CORRECT ANSWER -Veracity
A client is advised by the doctor to undergo chemotherapy. An
informed consent is not yet signed. This client requests information
related to chemotherapy and the drugs that will be given to him. The
nurse explained the side effects of the medications. The nurse
answered all the questions of the client honestly even though the
client choose not to undergo chemotherapy. Then nurse used which
principle of ethical reasoning?
a) confidentiality
b) veracity
c) justice
d) fidelity
- CORRECT ANSWER -b) veracity
*it is the obligation to tell the truth; "truth telling"
*the nurse is displaying truth telling by explaining the effects of
chemo
Nurse Bobby avoids deliberate harm and risk of harm during his
performance of nursing actions. The nurse is promoting which ethical
principle?
a) autonomy
b) nonmaleficence
c) justice
pg. 2
,d) beneficence
- CORRECT ANSWER -b) nonmaleficence
*it directs us to act in ways that avoid harm to others, including even
the risk of harm
What ethical principle directs us to act in ways that avoid harm to
others, including even the risk of harm?
a) respect for persons
b) nonmaleficence
c) beneficence
d) justice
- CORRECT ANSWER -b) nonmaleficence
*ex: Nurse Bobby avoids deliberate harm and risk of harm during his
performance of nursing actions
Which statement by the charge nurse indicates that they are an
autocratic leadership style?
a) "you must complete all the a.m. care before you take your morning
break"
b) "I don't care how the work is done as long as it is completed on
time"
c) "I would like to talk to you about your ideas on a new staffing mix"
d) "I think we should have a port luck lunch tomorrow because it is
Saturday"
- CORRECT ANSWER -a) "you must complete all the a.m. care
before you take your morning break"
*it is when they make all decisions and are generally most concerned
with the tasks to be accomplished. Maintain distance from their
followers, motivating them through the threat of punishment and offer
pg. 3
, of rewards and incentives. Often use when a decision needs to be
made quickly.
What leadership style makes all decisions and are generally most
concerned with the tasks to be accomplished. Maintain distance from
their followers, motivating them through the threat of punishment and
offer of rewards and incentives. Often use when a decision needs to
be made quickly.
- CORRECT ANSWER -Autocratic leadership style
-Advantages: decisive; effective for emergencies, new employees, and
large group; may decrease perceptions of favoritism;
-Disadvantages: takes away choice and group involvement (doesn't
promote teamwork) ; followers may perceive that opinion doesn't
matter
What leadership style is effective for emergencies, new employees, &
large groups BUT takes away choice and group involvement?
a) democratic
b) autocratic
c) laissez-faire
d) transactional
- CORRECT ANSWER -b) autocratic
*this leader makes all decisions and are generally most concerned
with the tasks to be accomplished. Maintain distance from their
followers, motivating them through the threat of punishment and offer
of rewards and incentives. Often use when a decision needs to be
made quickly.
The critical care unit is having problems with staff members clocking
in late and clocking out early from the shift. Which statement by the
charge nurse indicates they have a democratic leadership style?
a) "you cannot clock out 1 minute before your shift is complete"
pg. 4
