Test Bank for Ethics and Issues in Contemporary Nursing 3rd Canadian Edition by Margaret A. Burkhardt, Nancy Walton, Alvita Nathani

TEST BANK
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Ethics and Issues in Contemporary Nursing 3rd Edition
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by Margaret A. Burkhardt, Nancy Walton, All Chapters 1 - 20
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,LE OF CONTENTS n n n




Part I: Guides for Principled Behavior
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n 1. Social, Philosophical, and Other Historical Forces Influencing the Development of Nursing
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2. Ethical Theory
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3. Ethical Principles
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Part II: Developing Principled Behavior
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4. Values Clarification
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5. Values Development
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6. Ethics and Professional Nursing
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7. Ethical Decision Making
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Part III: Principled Behavior in the Professional Domain
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8. Legal Issues
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9. Professional Relationship Issues
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10. Practice Issues Related to Technology
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11. Practice Issues Related to Patient Self-Determination
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12. Scholarship Issues
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Part IV: Global Issues that Interface with Nursing Practice
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13. Global Consciousness in the Twenty-First Century
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14. Health Policy Issues
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15. Economic Issues
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16. Social Issues
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17. Gender Issues
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18. Transcultural and Spiritual Issues
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Part V: The Power to Make a Difference
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19. Empowerment for Nurses
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20. Facilitating Patient Empowerment
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,n 1. Social, Philosophical, and Other Historical Forces Influencing the Development of Nursing
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Multiple Choice n




1. For which of the following is empathy a motive?
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a. meeting the needs of others n n n n




b. moral reasoning and action n n n




c. becoming a nurse n n




d. determining right from wrong n n n




ANSWER: b n




2. Which of the following is an example of social need as an ethical foundation for nursing?
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a. Nurses must determine the health and social needs of society.
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b. Nursing finds its origin, purpose, and meaning within the context of perceived social need.
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c. Theories of social need in sociology are utilized by nursing scholars, many of whom view them as
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conceptual frameworks for nursing practice.
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d. Social need determines the boundaries of the ethical principles of distributive justice, beneficence,
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and non-maleficence.
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ANSWER: b n




3. What is the most critical factor that influences nursing practice?
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a. the traditional role of healers
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b. the role of women in society
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c. the religious and spiritual aspects of health care
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d. the introduction of male nurses into the profession
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ANSWER: b n




4. Why does the social status of women affect the status of the nursing profession?
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a. Nursing has traditionally been a profession of women. n n n n n n n




b. Throughout history, nurses have been afforded higher social status. n n n n n n n n




c. Women of higher social status rarely become nurses. n n n n n n n




d. Women are more skilled than men at nurturing others. n n n n n n n n




ANSWER: a n




5. What historical influences affected nursing as a moral discipline?
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a. technology
b. society
c. spirituality
d. oppression
ANSWER: c n




6. What is the term that relates to knowledge gained through observation and experience?
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a. empirical
b. Cartesian philosophy n

, c. values
d. moral thought n




ANSWER: a n




7. Which of the following is an example of the significance of Nursing during the Middle Ages ?
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a. Religious nursing orders and church-sanctioned secular nursing orders offered the only legitimate
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navenues for women wishing to become nurses. n n n n n n




b. Increasing respect was given to nursing and midwifery, as nurses began to practise autonomously.
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c. Healing arts in Denmark and Greece were performed in sacred ceremonies by priests, priestesses, or
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nshamans.
d. Most nurses were women of high social status seeking ways to legitimize their position and status.
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ANSWER: a n




8. What does the term empirical relate to?
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a. serving God and thy neighbour the best way one can n n n n n n n n n




b. knowledge gained through observation and experience n n n n n




c. healing through religious intervention, chanting, and praying
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d. the enforcement of religious doctrine related to the status of women in society
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ANSWER: b n




9. When was the “Dark Period of Nursing,” when convalescent patients, prostitutes, prisoners, and drunkards
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n provided hospital nursing care?
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a. during the Reformation n n




b. during the Crusades n n




c. during the Middle Ages n n n




d. during the early Christian era n n n n




ANSWER: a n




10. Which of the following had the greatest influence on nursing traditions in Canada?
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a. Britain
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c. France
d. Germany
ANSWER: c n




11. Which of the following had the greatest influence on establishing the first hospital in the New World?
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a. Marie Rollet Hebert n n




b. Marguerite d’Youville n




c. Jeanne Mance n




d. Renee Descartes n




ANSWER: c n