Chapter 03: Legal and Ethical Issues Yoder-Wise: Leading and Managing in Nursing, 7th Edition
Chapter 03: Legal and Ethical Issues Yoder-Wise: Leading and Managing in Nursing, 7th Edition MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. The manager in the coronary care unit believes an important ethical consideration in performance evaluations is to include the employee’s good qualities and give positive direction for professional growth. What ethical principle does this represent? a. Justice b. Fidelity c. Beneficence d. Nonmaleficence ANS: D Nonmaleficence refers to “doing no harm.” For a nurse manager following this principle, performance evaluation should emphasize an employee’s good qualities and give positive direction for growth. Destroying the employee’s self-esteem and self-worth would be considered doing harm under this principle. TOP: AONE competency: Professionalism 2. A staff nurse in the area that you manage has excelled in the delivery of patient education. You are considering implementing a new job description that would broaden her opportunity to teach patients and orient new staff members to the value of patient education. What ethical principle is being reinforced? a. Justice b. Fidelity c. Paternalism d. Respect for others
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the manager in the coronary care unit believes an important ethical consideration in performance evaluations is to include the employee’s good qualities and give positive direction for professional gr
