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 fof fthe ffollowing fis fan fexample fof fthe fsignificance fof fNursing fduring fthe fMiddle fAges f?
a. Religious fnursing forders fand fchurch-sanctioned fsecular fnursing forders foffered fthe fonly flegitimate
favenues ffor fwomen fwishing fto fbecome fnurses.
b. Increasing frespect fwas fgiven fto fnursing fand fmidwifery, fas fnurses fbegan fto fpractise fautonomously.
c. Healing farts fin fDenmark fand fGreece fwere fperformed fin fsacred fceremonies fby fpriests, fpriestesses,
for fshamans.
d. Most fnurses fwere fwomen fof fhigh fsocial fstatus fseeking fways fto flegitimize ftheir fposition fand fstatus.
ANSWER: f a
8. What fdoes fthe fterm fempirical frelate fto?
a. serving fGod fand fthy fneighbour fthe fbest fway fone fcan
b. knowledge fgained fthrough fobservation fand fexperience
c. healing fthrough freligious fintervention, fchanting, fand fpraying
d. the fenforcement fof freligious fdoctrine frelated fto fthe fstatus fof fwomen fin fsociety
ANSWER: f b
9. When fwas fthe f“Dark fPeriod fof fNursing,” fwhen fconvalescent fpatients, fprostitutes, fprisoners, fand
fdrunkards fprovided fhospital fnursing fcare?
a. during fthe fReformation
b. during fthe fCrusades
c. during fthe fMiddle fAges
d. during fthe fearly fChristian fera
ANSWER: f a
10. Which fof fthe ffollowing fhad fthe fgreatest finfluence fon fnursing ftraditions fin fCanada?
a. Britain
b. indigenous fpersons
c. France
d. Germany
ANSWER: f c
11. Which fof fthe ffollowing fhad fthe fgreatest finfluence fon festablishing fthe ffirst fhospital fin fthe fNew fWorld?
a. Marie fRollet fHebert
b. Marguerite fd’Youville
c. Jeanne fMance
d. Renee fDescartes
ANSWER: f 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 fof fthe ffollowing fis fan fexample fof fthe fsignificance fof fNursing fduring fthe fMiddle fAges f?
a. Religious fnursing forders fand fchurch-sanctioned fsecular fnursing forders foffered fthe fonly flegitimate
favenues ffor fwomen fwishing fto fbecome fnurses.
b. Increasing frespect fwas fgiven fto fnursing fand fmidwifery, fas fnurses fbegan fto fpractise fautonomously.
c. Healing farts fin fDenmark fand fGreece fwere fperformed fin fsacred fceremonies fby fpriests, fpriestesses,
for fshamans.
d. Most fnurses fwere fwomen fof fhigh fsocial fstatus fseeking fways fto flegitimize ftheir fposition fand fstatus.
ANSWER: f a
8. What fdoes fthe fterm fempirical frelate fto?
a. serving fGod fand fthy fneighbour fthe fbest fway fone fcan
b. knowledge fgained fthrough fobservation fand fexperience
c. healing fthrough freligious fintervention, fchanting, fand fpraying
d. the fenforcement fof freligious fdoctrine frelated fto fthe fstatus fof fwomen fin fsociety
ANSWER: f b
9. When fwas fthe f“Dark fPeriod fof fNursing,” fwhen fconvalescent fpatients, fprostitutes, fprisoners, fand
fdrunkards fprovided fhospital fnursing fcare?
a. during fthe fReformation
b. during fthe fCrusades
c. during fthe fMiddle fAges
d. during fthe fearly fChristian fera
ANSWER: f a
10. Which fof fthe ffollowing fhad fthe fgreatest finfluence fon fnursing ftraditions fin fCanada?
a. Britain
b. indigenous fpersons
c. France
d. Germany
ANSWER: f c
11. Which fof fthe ffollowing fhad fthe fgreatest finfluence fon festablishing fthe ffirst fhospital fin fthe fNew fWorld?
a. Marie fRollet fHebert
b. Marguerite fd’Youville
c. Jeanne fMance
d. Renee fDescartes
ANSWER: f c
