TEST BANK
Ethics and Issues in Contemporary Nursing 3rd Edition
by Margaret A. Burkhardt, Nancy Walton, All Chapters 1 - 20
,TABLE OF CONTENTS
Part I: Guides for Principled Behavior
1. Social, Philosophical, and Other Historical Forces Influencing the Development of
Nursing
2. Ethical Theory
3. Ethical Principles
Part II: Developing Principled Behavior
4. Values Clarification
5. Values Development
6. Ethics and Professional Nursing
7. Ethical Decision Making
Part III: Principled Behavior in the Professional Domain
8. Legal Issues
9. Professional Relationship Issues
10. Practice Issues Related to Technology
11. Practice Issues Related to Patient Self-Determination
12. Scholarship Issues
Part IV: Global Issues that Interface with Nursing Practice
13. Global Consciousness in the Twenty-First Century
14. Health Policy Issues
15. Economic Issues
16. Social Issues
17. Gender Issues
18. Transcultural and Spiritual Issues
Part V: The Power to Make a Difference
19. Empowerment for Nurses
20. Facilitating Patient Empowerment
,1. Social, Philosophical, and Other Historical Forces Influencing the Development of
Nursing
Multiple Choice
1. For which of the following is empathy a motive?
a. meeting the needs of others
b. moral reasoning and action
c. becoming a nurse
d. determining right from wrong
ANSWER: b
2. Which of the following is an example of social need as an ethical foundation for nursing?
a. Nurses must determine the health and social needs of society.
b. Nursing finds its origin, purpose, and meaning within the context of perceived social need.
c. Theories of social need in sociology are utilized by nursing scholars, many of whom view them as
conceptual frameworks for nursing practice.
d. Social need determines the boundaries of the ethical principles of distributive justice, beneficence, and
non-maleficence.
ANSWER: b
3. What is the most critical factor that influences nursing practice?
a. the traditional role of healers
b. the role of women in society
c. the religious and spiritual aspects of health care
d. the introduction of male nurses into the profession
ANSWER: b
4. Why does the social status of women affect the status of the nursing profession?
a. Nursing has traditionally been a profession of women.
b. Throughout history, nurses have been afforded higher social status.
c. Women of higher social status rarely become nurses.
d. Women are more skilled than men at nurturing others.
ANSWER: a
5. What historical influences affected nursing as a moral discipline?
a. technology
b. society
c. spirituality
d. oppression
ANSWER: c
6. What is the term that relates to knowledge gained through observation and experience?
a. empirical
b. Cartesian philosophy
, c. values
d. moral thought
ANSWER: a
7. Which aaof aathe aafollowing aais aaan aaexample aaof aathe aasignificance aaof aaNursing aaduring aathe aaMiddle aaAges aa?
a. Religious aanursing aaorders aaand aachurch-sanctioned aasecular aanursing aaorders aaoffered aathe aaonly
aalegitimate aaavenues aafor aawomen aawishing aato aabecome aanurses.
b. Increasing aarespect aawas aagiven aato aanursing aaand aamidwifery, aaas aanurses aabegan aato aapractise
aaautonomously.
c. Healing aaarts aain aaDenmark aaand aaGreece aawere aaperformed aain aasacred aaceremonies aaby aapriests,
aapriestesses, aaor aashamans.
d. Most aanurses aawere aawomen aaof aahigh aasocial aastatus aaseeking aaways aato aalegitimize aatheir aaposition aaand
aastatus.
ANSWER: aa a
8. What aadoes aathe aaterm aaempirical aarelate aato?
a. serving aaGod aaand aathy aaneighbour aathe aabest aaway aaone aacan
b. knowledge aagained aathrough aaobservation aaand aaexperience
c. healing aathrough aareligious aaintervention, aachanting, aaand aapraying
d. the aaenforcement aaof aareligious aadoctrine aarelated aato aathe aastatus aaof aawomen aain aasociety
ANSWER: aa b
9. When aawas aathe aa“Dark aaPeriod aaof aaNursing,” aawhen aaconvalescent aapatients, aaprostitutes, aaprisoners, aaand
aadrunkards aaprovided aahospital aanursing aacare?
a. during aathe aaReformation
b. during aathe aaCrusades
c. during aathe aaMiddle aaAges
d. during aathe aaearly aaChristian aaera
ANSWER: a a a
10. Which aaof aathe aafollowing aahad aathe aagreatest aainfluence aaon aanursing aatraditions aain aaCanada?
a. Britain
b. indigenous aapersons
c. France
d. Germany
ANSWER: aa c
11. Which aaof aathe aafollowing aahad aathe aagreatest aainfluence aaon aaestablishing aathe aafirst aahospital aain aathe aaNew
aaWorld?
a. Marie aaRollet aaHebert
b. Marguerite aad’Youville
c. Jeanne aaMance
d. Renee aaDescartes
ANSWER: aa c
Ethics and Issues in Contemporary Nursing 3rd Edition
by Margaret A. Burkhardt, Nancy Walton, All Chapters 1 - 20
,TABLE OF CONTENTS
Part I: Guides for Principled Behavior
1. Social, Philosophical, and Other Historical Forces Influencing the Development of
Nursing
2. Ethical Theory
3. Ethical Principles
Part II: Developing Principled Behavior
4. Values Clarification
5. Values Development
6. Ethics and Professional Nursing
7. Ethical Decision Making
Part III: Principled Behavior in the Professional Domain
8. Legal Issues
9. Professional Relationship Issues
10. Practice Issues Related to Technology
11. Practice Issues Related to Patient Self-Determination
12. Scholarship Issues
Part IV: Global Issues that Interface with Nursing Practice
13. Global Consciousness in the Twenty-First Century
14. Health Policy Issues
15. Economic Issues
16. Social Issues
17. Gender Issues
18. Transcultural and Spiritual Issues
Part V: The Power to Make a Difference
19. Empowerment for Nurses
20. Facilitating Patient Empowerment
,1. Social, Philosophical, and Other Historical Forces Influencing the Development of
Nursing
Multiple Choice
1. For which of the following is empathy a motive?
a. meeting the needs of others
b. moral reasoning and action
c. becoming a nurse
d. determining right from wrong
ANSWER: b
2. Which of the following is an example of social need as an ethical foundation for nursing?
a. Nurses must determine the health and social needs of society.
b. Nursing finds its origin, purpose, and meaning within the context of perceived social need.
c. Theories of social need in sociology are utilized by nursing scholars, many of whom view them as
conceptual frameworks for nursing practice.
d. Social need determines the boundaries of the ethical principles of distributive justice, beneficence, and
non-maleficence.
ANSWER: b
3. What is the most critical factor that influences nursing practice?
a. the traditional role of healers
b. the role of women in society
c. the religious and spiritual aspects of health care
d. the introduction of male nurses into the profession
ANSWER: b
4. Why does the social status of women affect the status of the nursing profession?
a. Nursing has traditionally been a profession of women.
b. Throughout history, nurses have been afforded higher social status.
c. Women of higher social status rarely become nurses.
d. Women are more skilled than men at nurturing others.
ANSWER: a
5. What historical influences affected nursing as a moral discipline?
a. technology
b. society
c. spirituality
d. oppression
ANSWER: c
6. What is the term that relates to knowledge gained through observation and experience?
a. empirical
b. Cartesian philosophy
, c. values
d. moral thought
ANSWER: a
7. Which aaof aathe aafollowing aais aaan aaexample aaof aathe aasignificance aaof aaNursing aaduring aathe aaMiddle aaAges aa?
a. Religious aanursing aaorders aaand aachurch-sanctioned aasecular aanursing aaorders aaoffered aathe aaonly
aalegitimate aaavenues aafor aawomen aawishing aato aabecome aanurses.
b. Increasing aarespect aawas aagiven aato aanursing aaand aamidwifery, aaas aanurses aabegan aato aapractise
aaautonomously.
c. Healing aaarts aain aaDenmark aaand aaGreece aawere aaperformed aain aasacred aaceremonies aaby aapriests,
aapriestesses, aaor aashamans.
d. Most aanurses aawere aawomen aaof aahigh aasocial aastatus aaseeking aaways aato aalegitimize aatheir aaposition aaand
aastatus.
ANSWER: aa a
8. What aadoes aathe aaterm aaempirical aarelate aato?
a. serving aaGod aaand aathy aaneighbour aathe aabest aaway aaone aacan
b. knowledge aagained aathrough aaobservation aaand aaexperience
c. healing aathrough aareligious aaintervention, aachanting, aaand aapraying
d. the aaenforcement aaof aareligious aadoctrine aarelated aato aathe aastatus aaof aawomen aain aasociety
ANSWER: aa b
9. When aawas aathe aa“Dark aaPeriod aaof aaNursing,” aawhen aaconvalescent aapatients, aaprostitutes, aaprisoners, aaand
aadrunkards aaprovided aahospital aanursing aacare?
a. during aathe aaReformation
b. during aathe aaCrusades
c. during aathe aaMiddle aaAges
d. during aathe aaearly aaChristian aaera
ANSWER: a a a
10. Which aaof aathe aafollowing aahad aathe aagreatest aainfluence aaon aanursing aatraditions aain aaCanada?
a. Britain
b. indigenous aapersons
c. France
d. Germany
ANSWER: aa c
11. Which aaof aathe aafollowing aahad aathe aagreatest aainfluence aaon aaestablishing aathe aafirst aahospital aain aathe aaNew
aaWorld?
a. Marie aaRollet aaHebert
b. Marguerite aad’Youville
c. Jeanne aaMance
d. Renee aaDescartes
ANSWER: aa c
