NURS 2513 Week 3
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1. What does non-maleficence mean?
a) Prioritizing financial considerations
b) Minimizing harm to patients
c) Maximizing the benefits for healthcare providers
d) Ignoring patient autonomy: b) Minimizing harm to patients
2. What does veracity mean?
a) Prioritizing financial considerations
b) Fostering strong doctor-patient relationships
c) Moral value of truth telling
d) Maximizing benefits for healthcare providers: c) Moral value of truth telling
3. What is at the top of the hierarchy of values in relation to veracity?
a) Respecting patient autonomy and truthfulness in communication
b) Maximizing financial gains for healthcare institutions
c) Prioritizing the reputation of the healthcare provider
d) Balancing truthfulness with the preservation of harmonious doctor-patient
relationships: a) Respecting patient autonomy and truthfulness in communication
Truth-telling is the accepted norm, in the past benefiting the patient and doing no harm was more important
4. How to answer the question "does the patient want to know" before making
a decision?
a) Assume the patient prefers not to know to avoid unnecessary stress
b) Respect the patient's autonomy by engaging in therapeutic communication
and assessing their preference
c) Make the decision independently based on the healthcare provider's judg-
ment
d) Consider only medical implications and inform the patient regardless of their
preference: b) Respect the patient's autonomy by engaging in therapeutic communication and assessing their
preference
Do not infer, clearly ask
5. Deception does not endanger the nurse-client therapeutic relationship?
a) True
b) False: b) False
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Study online at https://quizlet.com/_i38a0a
1. What does non-maleficence mean?
a) Prioritizing financial considerations
b) Minimizing harm to patients
c) Maximizing the benefits for healthcare providers
d) Ignoring patient autonomy: b) Minimizing harm to patients
2. What does veracity mean?
a) Prioritizing financial considerations
b) Fostering strong doctor-patient relationships
c) Moral value of truth telling
d) Maximizing benefits for healthcare providers: c) Moral value of truth telling
3. What is at the top of the hierarchy of values in relation to veracity?
a) Respecting patient autonomy and truthfulness in communication
b) Maximizing financial gains for healthcare institutions
c) Prioritizing the reputation of the healthcare provider
d) Balancing truthfulness with the preservation of harmonious doctor-patient
relationships: a) Respecting patient autonomy and truthfulness in communication
Truth-telling is the accepted norm, in the past benefiting the patient and doing no harm was more important
4. How to answer the question "does the patient want to know" before making
a decision?
a) Assume the patient prefers not to know to avoid unnecessary stress
b) Respect the patient's autonomy by engaging in therapeutic communication
and assessing their preference
c) Make the decision independently based on the healthcare provider's judg-
ment
d) Consider only medical implications and inform the patient regardless of their
preference: b) Respect the patient's autonomy by engaging in therapeutic communication and assessing their
preference
Do not infer, clearly ask
5. Deception does not endanger the nurse-client therapeutic relationship?
a) True
b) False: b) False
1/4
