D404 HVE Pre-Assessment questions
with correct answers
Why do different people have different perspectives on what might be considered the best
ethical choice when making decisions in healthcare?
Ethical principles are not emphasized in the United States healthcare professional curricula.
Ethical principles cannot be proven to be correct or incorrect.
Hospital and healthcare systems do not define what they hold as ethical standards.
Ethical understanding varies depending on personal beliefs, religious backgrounds, and life
experiences. - ANS ✔✔Ethical understanding varies depending on personal beliefs, religious
backgrounds, and life experiences.
Two patients with different backgrounds are in need of the same healthcare assistance. They
have similar preexisting health factors and should expect to receive the same level of assistance
from care coordinators. Which ethical principle is described in this scenario?
Autonomy
Beneficence
Nonmaleficence
Justice - ANS ✔✔Justice
An adult patient diagnosed with cancer has the right to decide for themselves whether they
wish to receive chemotherapy after receiving guidance about all of their options.Which ethical
principle is described in this scenario?
Autonomy
Beneficence
Nonmaleficence
Justice - ANS ✔✔Autonomy
, Which step of the contextual decision-making model involves deciding which values are most
important in a given scenario?
Framing
Naming and clarifying
Weighing
Deciding - ANS ✔✔Weighing
Which theory focuses on the characteristics and morals of the individual rather than their
actions?
Virtue ethics
Utilitarian ethics
Ethical relativism
Consequential ethics - ANS ✔✔Virtue ethics
Which statement is a potential benefit to the patient-centered approach of the SHARE model in
shared decision-making?
Patients are more likely and able to comply with a care plan.
Patients are charged less money per visit.
Patients are able to make every healthcare decision independently.
Patients can be more easily persuaded to choose noninvasive interventions. - ANS ✔✔Patients
are more likely and able to comply with a care plan.
A physician and patient cooperatively discuss the pros and cons of different treatments during a
clinical visit. Which component of shared decision-making should be prioritized during this
discussion?
Disclosing any biases regarding certain intervention options that the physician recommends
with correct answers
Why do different people have different perspectives on what might be considered the best
ethical choice when making decisions in healthcare?
Ethical principles are not emphasized in the United States healthcare professional curricula.
Ethical principles cannot be proven to be correct or incorrect.
Hospital and healthcare systems do not define what they hold as ethical standards.
Ethical understanding varies depending on personal beliefs, religious backgrounds, and life
experiences. - ANS ✔✔Ethical understanding varies depending on personal beliefs, religious
backgrounds, and life experiences.
Two patients with different backgrounds are in need of the same healthcare assistance. They
have similar preexisting health factors and should expect to receive the same level of assistance
from care coordinators. Which ethical principle is described in this scenario?
Autonomy
Beneficence
Nonmaleficence
Justice - ANS ✔✔Justice
An adult patient diagnosed with cancer has the right to decide for themselves whether they
wish to receive chemotherapy after receiving guidance about all of their options.Which ethical
principle is described in this scenario?
Autonomy
Beneficence
Nonmaleficence
Justice - ANS ✔✔Autonomy
, Which step of the contextual decision-making model involves deciding which values are most
important in a given scenario?
Framing
Naming and clarifying
Weighing
Deciding - ANS ✔✔Weighing
Which theory focuses on the characteristics and morals of the individual rather than their
actions?
Virtue ethics
Utilitarian ethics
Ethical relativism
Consequential ethics - ANS ✔✔Virtue ethics
Which statement is a potential benefit to the patient-centered approach of the SHARE model in
shared decision-making?
Patients are more likely and able to comply with a care plan.
Patients are charged less money per visit.
Patients are able to make every healthcare decision independently.
Patients can be more easily persuaded to choose noninvasive interventions. - ANS ✔✔Patients
are more likely and able to comply with a care plan.
A physician and patient cooperatively discuss the pros and cons of different treatments during a
clinical visit. Which component of shared decision-making should be prioritized during this
discussion?
Disclosing any biases regarding certain intervention options that the physician recommends
