NU 180 TEST 2 QUESTIONS &
ANSWERS(RATED A+)
Ethics - ANSWER a system of standards or moral principles that direct actions as being
right or wrong
Morals - ANSWER concerned with dealing with right or wrong character or behavior,
used as another word for ethics
Values - ANSWER involve the worth you assign to an idea or an action. These are
learned at a young age and change over lifetime through life experience.
Nursing Ethics - ANSWER set of rules and conduct.
When personal ethics conflict with nursing ethics - ANSWER notify your employer in
writing prior to employment if this could happen in your work. Nursing ethics and
personal ethics need to separated.
Individual Autonomy - ANSWER the freedom to choose.
Individual rights - ANSWER the ability to assert ones rights. like there right to consent
care and refuse treatment
Patient Advocacy - ANSWER you need to communicate with your patient to build trust
and gain sufficient information to give appropriate care
Accountability - ANSWER you are answerable to yourself, your assigned patient, the
physician, and health care team
Peer Reporting - ANSWER you have a duty to report a peer that is behaving in unsafe
ways.
Nonmaleficence - ANSWER Do no harm. Using basic safety principles to prevent harm.
Beneficence - ANSWER do good. putting your patients interests first. place the good of
the patients before your needs
Autonomy - ANSWER free to choose. thinking through the facts.
Fidelity - ANSWER be true. remember hippa. have a duty to do as the pt wishes.
Basic Nursing Care - ANSWER nursing care that can be performed safely by the lvn,
based on knowledge and skills gained during the educational program
ANSWERS(RATED A+)
Ethics - ANSWER a system of standards or moral principles that direct actions as being
right or wrong
Morals - ANSWER concerned with dealing with right or wrong character or behavior,
used as another word for ethics
Values - ANSWER involve the worth you assign to an idea or an action. These are
learned at a young age and change over lifetime through life experience.
Nursing Ethics - ANSWER set of rules and conduct.
When personal ethics conflict with nursing ethics - ANSWER notify your employer in
writing prior to employment if this could happen in your work. Nursing ethics and
personal ethics need to separated.
Individual Autonomy - ANSWER the freedom to choose.
Individual rights - ANSWER the ability to assert ones rights. like there right to consent
care and refuse treatment
Patient Advocacy - ANSWER you need to communicate with your patient to build trust
and gain sufficient information to give appropriate care
Accountability - ANSWER you are answerable to yourself, your assigned patient, the
physician, and health care team
Peer Reporting - ANSWER you have a duty to report a peer that is behaving in unsafe
ways.
Nonmaleficence - ANSWER Do no harm. Using basic safety principles to prevent harm.
Beneficence - ANSWER do good. putting your patients interests first. place the good of
the patients before your needs
Autonomy - ANSWER free to choose. thinking through the facts.
Fidelity - ANSWER be true. remember hippa. have a duty to do as the pt wishes.
Basic Nursing Care - ANSWER nursing care that can be performed safely by the lvn,
based on knowledge and skills gained during the educational program
