TEST BANK
Ethics and Issues in Contemporary Nursing 3rd Edition
by Margaret A. Burkhardt, Nancy Walton, All Chapters 1 - 20
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A
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,LE 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
A A A A A A A A A A A A A
Multiple Choice A
1. For which of the following is empathy a motive?
A A A A A A A A
a. meeting the needs of others A A A A
b. moral reasoning and action A A A
c. becoming a nurse A A
d. determining right from wrong A A A
ANSWER: b A
2. Which of the following is an example of social need as an ethical foundation for nursing?
A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A
a. Nurses must determine the health and social needs of society.
A A A A A A A A A
b. Nursing finds its origin, purpose, and meaning within the context of perceived social need.
A A A A A A A A A A A A A
c. Theories of social need in sociology are utilized by nursing scholars, many of whom view them
A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A
as conceptual frameworks for nursing practice.
A A A A A A
d. Social need determines the boundaries of the ethical principles of distributive justice,
A A A A A A A A A A A
beneficence, and non-maleficence.
A A A
ANSWER: b A
3. What is the most critical factor that influences nursing practice?
A A A A A A A A A
a. the traditional role of healers
A A A A
b. the role of women in society
A A A A A
c. the religious and spiritual aspects of health care
A A A A A A A
d. the introduction of male nurses into the profession
A A A A A A A
ANSWER: b A
4. Why does the social status of women affect the status of the nursing profession?
A A A A A A A A A A A A A
a. Nursing has traditionally been a profession of women.
A A A A A A A
b. Throughout history, nurses have been afforded higher social status.
A A A A A A A A
c. Women of higher social status rarely become nurses.
A A A A A A A
d. Women are more skilled than men at nurturing others.
A A A A A A A A
ANSWER: a A
5. What historical influences affected nursing as a moral discipline?
A A A A A A A A
a. technology
b. society
c. spirituality
d. oppression
ANSWER: c A
6. What is the term that relates to knowledge gained through observation and experience?
A A A A A A A A A A A A
a. empirical
b. Cartesian philosophy A
, c. values
d. moral thought A
ANSWER: a A
7. Which of the following is an example of the significance of Nursing during the Middle Ages ?
A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A
a. Religious nursing orders and church-sanctioned secular nursing orders offered the only
A A A A A A A A A A
A legitimate avenues for women wishing to become nurses.
A A A A A A A
b. Increasing respect was given to nursing and midwifery, as nurses began to practise autonomously.
A A A A A A A A A A A A A
c. Healing arts in Denmark and Greece were performed in sacred ceremonies by priests, priestesses,
A A A A A A A A A A A A A
A or shamans.
A
d. Most nurses were women of high social status seeking ways to legitimize their position and status.
A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A
ANSWER: a A
8. What does the term empirical relate to?
A A A A A A
a. serving God and thy neighbour the best way one can
A A A A A A A A A
b. knowledge gained through observation and experience A A A A A
c. healing through religious intervention, chanting, and praying
A A A A A A
d. the enforcement of religious doctrine related to the status of women in society
A A A A A A A A A A A A
ANSWER: b A
9. When was the “Dark Period of Nursing,” when convalescent patients, prostitutes, prisoners, and
A A A A A A A A A A A A
drunkards provided hospital nursing care?
A A A A A
a. during the Reformation A A
b. during the Crusades A A
c. during the Middle Ages A A A
d. during the early Christian era A A A A
ANSWER: a A
10. Which of the following had the greatest influence on nursing traditions in Canada?
A A A A A A A A A A A A
a. Britain
b. indigenous persons A
c. France
d. Germany
ANSWER: c A
11. Which of the following had the greatest influence on establishing the first hospital in the New World?
A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A
a. Marie Rollet Hebert A A
b. Marguerite d’Youville A
c. Jeanne Mance A
d. Renee Descartes A
ANSWER: c A
Ethics and Issues in Contemporary Nursing 3rd Edition
by Margaret A. Burkhardt, Nancy Walton, All Chapters 1 - 20
T
A
B
,LE 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
A A A A A A A A A A A A A
Multiple Choice A
1. For which of the following is empathy a motive?
A A A A A A A A
a. meeting the needs of others A A A A
b. moral reasoning and action A A A
c. becoming a nurse A A
d. determining right from wrong A A A
ANSWER: b A
2. Which of the following is an example of social need as an ethical foundation for nursing?
A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A
a. Nurses must determine the health and social needs of society.
A A A A A A A A A
b. Nursing finds its origin, purpose, and meaning within the context of perceived social need.
A A A A A A A A A A A A A
c. Theories of social need in sociology are utilized by nursing scholars, many of whom view them
A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A
as conceptual frameworks for nursing practice.
A A A A A A
d. Social need determines the boundaries of the ethical principles of distributive justice,
A A A A A A A A A A A
beneficence, and non-maleficence.
A A A
ANSWER: b A
3. What is the most critical factor that influences nursing practice?
A A A A A A A A A
a. the traditional role of healers
A A A A
b. the role of women in society
A A A A A
c. the religious and spiritual aspects of health care
A A A A A A A
d. the introduction of male nurses into the profession
A A A A A A A
ANSWER: b A
4. Why does the social status of women affect the status of the nursing profession?
A A A A A A A A A A A A A
a. Nursing has traditionally been a profession of women.
A A A A A A A
b. Throughout history, nurses have been afforded higher social status.
A A A A A A A A
c. Women of higher social status rarely become nurses.
A A A A A A A
d. Women are more skilled than men at nurturing others.
A A A A A A A A
ANSWER: a A
5. What historical influences affected nursing as a moral discipline?
A A A A A A A A
a. technology
b. society
c. spirituality
d. oppression
ANSWER: c A
6. What is the term that relates to knowledge gained through observation and experience?
A A A A A A A A A A A A
a. empirical
b. Cartesian philosophy A
, c. values
d. moral thought A
ANSWER: a A
7. Which of the following is an example of the significance of Nursing during the Middle Ages ?
A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A
a. Religious nursing orders and church-sanctioned secular nursing orders offered the only
A A A A A A A A A A
A legitimate avenues for women wishing to become nurses.
A A A A A A A
b. Increasing respect was given to nursing and midwifery, as nurses began to practise autonomously.
A A A A A A A A A A A A A
c. Healing arts in Denmark and Greece were performed in sacred ceremonies by priests, priestesses,
A A A A A A A A A A A A A
A or shamans.
A
d. Most nurses were women of high social status seeking ways to legitimize their position and status.
A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A
ANSWER: a A
8. What does the term empirical relate to?
A A A A A A
a. serving God and thy neighbour the best way one can
A A A A A A A A A
b. knowledge gained through observation and experience A A A A A
c. healing through religious intervention, chanting, and praying
A A A A A A
d. the enforcement of religious doctrine related to the status of women in society
A A A A A A A A A A A A
ANSWER: b A
9. When was the “Dark Period of Nursing,” when convalescent patients, prostitutes, prisoners, and
A A A A A A A A A A A A
drunkards provided hospital nursing care?
A A A A A
a. during the Reformation A A
b. during the Crusades A A
c. during the Middle Ages A A A
d. during the early Christian era A A A A
ANSWER: a A
10. Which of the following had the greatest influence on nursing traditions in Canada?
A A A A A A A A A A A A
a. Britain
b. indigenous persons A
c. France
d. Germany
ANSWER: c A
11. Which of the following had the greatest influence on establishing the first hospital in the New World?
A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A
a. Marie Rollet Hebert A A
b. Marguerite d’Youville A
c. Jeanne Mance A
d. Renee Descartes A
ANSWER: c A
