PNC Final UPDATED ACTUAL Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Altruism - CORRECT ANSWER - Unselfish concern for the welfare and wellbeing of
others
Autonomy - CORRECT ANSWER - Right to self determination
Patients are able to make independent decisions
Human Dignity - CORRECT ANSWER - Having respect for human individuality and
treating each individual as a unique human
Worthy of respect because they are human
Integrity - CORRECT ANSWER - Honest and provides care based on an ethical
framework
What we do when no one is watching
Own up to mistakes
Social Justice - CORRECT ANSWER - Upholding moral, legal, and humanistic principles
Advocating for patients
Providing equal healthcare
Utilitarianism - CORRECT ANSWER - The rightness or wrongness of an action depends
on the consequences of the action
Deontology - CORRECT ANSWER - An action is right or wrong based on a rule
independent of its consequence
Moral Distress - CORRECT ANSWER - You know the right thing to do but either
personal or institutional factors prevent it
, Veracity - CORRECT ANSWER - truth-telling; honesty
Fidelity - CORRECT ANSWER - Promise keeping
Ethics - CORRECT ANSWER - The systematic way we study morals and values
Values - CORRECT ANSWER - Beliefs about the worth of something that act as a
standard to guide ones behavior
Values are formed during a lifetime
Values clarification by the Nurse - CORRECT ANSWER - the process by which nurses
come to understand their own values and value system, then apply that to all patients
Clinical application of the values clarification process - CORRECT ANSWER - when you
help patients and family with their own values clarification process
Bioethics - CORRECT ANSWER - duties and obligations to others whose life and
wellbeing could be effected by my actions
Nursing ethics - CORRECT ANSWER - a subject of bioethics
beginning and end of life decisions
breach of confidentiality
incompetent, unethical, or illegal practices of a colleague
Theories of Ethics - CORRECT ANSWER - Utilitarian and Deontologic
Attempting to explain how we ought to live and why
The principles of ethical decision making - CORRECT ANSWER - Autonomy
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Altruism - CORRECT ANSWER - Unselfish concern for the welfare and wellbeing of
others
Autonomy - CORRECT ANSWER - Right to self determination
Patients are able to make independent decisions
Human Dignity - CORRECT ANSWER - Having respect for human individuality and
treating each individual as a unique human
Worthy of respect because they are human
Integrity - CORRECT ANSWER - Honest and provides care based on an ethical
framework
What we do when no one is watching
Own up to mistakes
Social Justice - CORRECT ANSWER - Upholding moral, legal, and humanistic principles
Advocating for patients
Providing equal healthcare
Utilitarianism - CORRECT ANSWER - The rightness or wrongness of an action depends
on the consequences of the action
Deontology - CORRECT ANSWER - An action is right or wrong based on a rule
independent of its consequence
Moral Distress - CORRECT ANSWER - You know the right thing to do but either
personal or institutional factors prevent it
, Veracity - CORRECT ANSWER - truth-telling; honesty
Fidelity - CORRECT ANSWER - Promise keeping
Ethics - CORRECT ANSWER - The systematic way we study morals and values
Values - CORRECT ANSWER - Beliefs about the worth of something that act as a
standard to guide ones behavior
Values are formed during a lifetime
Values clarification by the Nurse - CORRECT ANSWER - the process by which nurses
come to understand their own values and value system, then apply that to all patients
Clinical application of the values clarification process - CORRECT ANSWER - when you
help patients and family with their own values clarification process
Bioethics - CORRECT ANSWER - duties and obligations to others whose life and
wellbeing could be effected by my actions
Nursing ethics - CORRECT ANSWER - a subject of bioethics
beginning and end of life decisions
breach of confidentiality
incompetent, unethical, or illegal practices of a colleague
Theories of Ethics - CORRECT ANSWER - Utilitarian and Deontologic
Attempting to explain how we ought to live and why
The principles of ethical decision making - CORRECT ANSWER - Autonomy
