NURS 2513 Study Guide Questions with Correct Answers
The expressed moral norms of the nursing profession: the values, virtues, and
What are nursing ethics?
principles the profession believes should guide nursing practice.
Human needs are central to nursing practice, nurses should care for patients until
Based on the origin of nursing ethics, what
they can care for themselves. "Patient care should be individualized...the nurse will
did Virginia Henderson believe?
seek constantly to help the patient meet their needs and live as normally as possible"
Based on the origin of nursing ethics, what Oversaw the development of the first code of ethics for RN's in Canada
did Sister M. Simone Roach believe?
Patient’s Rights: Ethical and Legal Issues in Health Care and Nursing (1982)
Based on the origin of nursing ethics, what
Expectations for nurses based upon consumer rights; rights to be informed, to be
did Janet Storch believe?
respected, to participate in decision-making, and to have equal access to care
Differentiation of nursing ethics; the nursing profession ought to focus on caring as a
Based on the origin of nursing ethics, what core ethical value
did Sara Fry believe? Focus on people versus abstract and idealized notions
Care as a CORE Value
Historically, nursing has been predominantly dominated by those who identify as
How does gender play a role in nursing
women;
ethics?
caring > curing creating unquestioning obedience
A culture's belief system influences how its members accept healthcare practices; in
Spiritual and religious influences on nursing this regard, people were more likely to accept healing through religious intervention
ethics? Women's status declined during this period (peasent women who practiced by trial
and error were called witches)
Renaissance and the Reformation: Scientific Nurses are still held in lower regard, emphasis on caring
era; shift from the church Canada: earliest records of nursing in the 17th century
- Florence Nightingale
- Lavinia Lloyd Dock
Notable nurses from the modern era? - Ethel Fenwick
- May Agnes Snively
- World Wars
The expressed moral norms of the nursing profession: the values, virtues, and
What are nursing ethics?
principles the profession believes should guide nursing practice.
Human needs are central to nursing practice, nurses should care for patients until
Based on the origin of nursing ethics, what
they can care for themselves. "Patient care should be individualized...the nurse will
did Virginia Henderson believe?
seek constantly to help the patient meet their needs and live as normally as possible"
Based on the origin of nursing ethics, what Oversaw the development of the first code of ethics for RN's in Canada
did Sister M. Simone Roach believe?
Patient’s Rights: Ethical and Legal Issues in Health Care and Nursing (1982)
Based on the origin of nursing ethics, what
Expectations for nurses based upon consumer rights; rights to be informed, to be
did Janet Storch believe?
respected, to participate in decision-making, and to have equal access to care
Differentiation of nursing ethics; the nursing profession ought to focus on caring as a
Based on the origin of nursing ethics, what core ethical value
did Sara Fry believe? Focus on people versus abstract and idealized notions
Care as a CORE Value
Historically, nursing has been predominantly dominated by those who identify as
How does gender play a role in nursing
women;
ethics?
caring > curing creating unquestioning obedience
A culture's belief system influences how its members accept healthcare practices; in
Spiritual and religious influences on nursing this regard, people were more likely to accept healing through religious intervention
ethics? Women's status declined during this period (peasent women who practiced by trial
and error were called witches)
Renaissance and the Reformation: Scientific Nurses are still held in lower regard, emphasis on caring
era; shift from the church Canada: earliest records of nursing in the 17th century
- Florence Nightingale
- Lavinia Lloyd Dock
Notable nurses from the modern era? - Ethel Fenwick
- May Agnes Snively
- World Wars
