NURS 4067: Week 10 Questions with Complete
Solutions
. The manager in the coronary care unit believes that the most important
ethical considerations in performance evaluations are that they include
the employee's good qualities and that they give positive direction for
professional growth. This belief is an example of: Correct Answer-non-
maleficence
Normative ethics is concerned with the: Correct Answer-Standards that
most people use to guide their behaviours.
A patient refuses a simple procedure that you believe is in the patient's
best interest. The two ethical principles that are directly in conflict in
such a situation are: Correct Answer-Autonomy and beneficence.
Three gravely ill patients are candidates for the only available bed in the
intensive care unit. As the supervisor, you assign the bed to the patient
with the best chance of recovery. This decision reflects which of the
following ethical principles? Correct Answer-Beneficence
Which ethical principle is primarily involved in informed consent?
Correct Answer-Autonomy
Which of the following is a key area of ethical nursing practice? Correct
Answer-Therapeutic Relationship
, Which question reflects the essence of relational ethics? a. "What can I
do to maintain my professional practice?" b. "What should I do for
others?" c. "What techniques can I use to empower my colleagues?" d.
"What ethical decision-making model will work best for me?" Correct
Answer-What should I do for others?
The nurse manager organizes interprofessional team meetings on a
weekly basis. This action is demonstrating which aspect of relational
ethics? Correct Answer-Mutual Respect
According to relational ethics, what is critical in the development and
maintenance of the roles and actions of the nurse manager? Correct
Answer-Professional Relationships
Which of the following is a criticism of the principle of autonomy?
Correct Answer-It can lead to focus on the needs of one person at the
expense of the needs of others.
Autonomy is best promoted through which of the following, in taking a
relational approach to autonomy? Correct Answer-Social Change
Sue, a staff nurse, consistently arrives 15 minute late for her shift, and
the nurse manager has talked to her about it several times. Sue does not
take the comments seriously because there are two other nurses who also
arrive late all the time, and the unit manager does not reprimand them. In
this situation, the nurse manager is violating the ethical principle of:
Correct Answer-Justice
Solutions
. The manager in the coronary care unit believes that the most important
ethical considerations in performance evaluations are that they include
the employee's good qualities and that they give positive direction for
professional growth. This belief is an example of: Correct Answer-non-
maleficence
Normative ethics is concerned with the: Correct Answer-Standards that
most people use to guide their behaviours.
A patient refuses a simple procedure that you believe is in the patient's
best interest. The two ethical principles that are directly in conflict in
such a situation are: Correct Answer-Autonomy and beneficence.
Three gravely ill patients are candidates for the only available bed in the
intensive care unit. As the supervisor, you assign the bed to the patient
with the best chance of recovery. This decision reflects which of the
following ethical principles? Correct Answer-Beneficence
Which ethical principle is primarily involved in informed consent?
Correct Answer-Autonomy
Which of the following is a key area of ethical nursing practice? Correct
Answer-Therapeutic Relationship
, Which question reflects the essence of relational ethics? a. "What can I
do to maintain my professional practice?" b. "What should I do for
others?" c. "What techniques can I use to empower my colleagues?" d.
"What ethical decision-making model will work best for me?" Correct
Answer-What should I do for others?
The nurse manager organizes interprofessional team meetings on a
weekly basis. This action is demonstrating which aspect of relational
ethics? Correct Answer-Mutual Respect
According to relational ethics, what is critical in the development and
maintenance of the roles and actions of the nurse manager? Correct
Answer-Professional Relationships
Which of the following is a criticism of the principle of autonomy?
Correct Answer-It can lead to focus on the needs of one person at the
expense of the needs of others.
Autonomy is best promoted through which of the following, in taking a
relational approach to autonomy? Correct Answer-Social Change
Sue, a staff nurse, consistently arrives 15 minute late for her shift, and
the nurse manager has talked to her about it several times. Sue does not
take the comments seriously because there are two other nurses who also
arrive late all the time, and the unit manager does not reprimand them. In
this situation, the nurse manager is violating the ethical principle of:
Correct Answer-Justice
