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Master your nursing ethics course with the original test bank for Burkhardt & Walton's "Ethics and Issues in Contemporary Nursing," 3rd Canadian Edition. Prepare for your exams with confidence using this comprehensive test bank, a must-have resource for nursing students. This document provides a complete set of exam-style questions and verified answers covering every chapter of your textbook. What's Inside: Complete Coverage: All 20 chapters included, from historical foundations and ethical theory to global issues and nurse empowerment. Diverse Question Formats: Practice with multiple-choice and multiple-response questions that mirror actual exam patterns. Verified Answers: Every question includes a correct answer, allowing for efficient self-assessment and study. Higher-Order Thinking: Questions are designed to test not just recall, but also application and critical thinking skills crucial for professional practice. Chapters Included: Part I: Foundations of Ethics Social, Philosophical, and Other Historical Forces Ethical Theory Ethical Principles Part II: Developing Principled Behavior Values Clarification Values Development Ethics and Professional Nursing Ethical Decision Making Part III: Principled Behavior in the Professional Domain Legal Issues Professional Relationship Issues Practice Issues Related to Technology Practice Issues Related to Patient Self-Determination Scholarship Issues Part IV: Global Issues Global Consciousness Health Policy Issues Economic Issues Social Issues Gender Issues Transcultural and Spiritual Issues Part V: The Power to Make a Difference Empowerment for Nurses Facilitating Patient Empowerment This invaluable study aid will help you understand complex ethical principles, legal issues, and professional standards, ensuring you are fully prepared for your nursing exams.

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TEST BANK
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Ethics and Issues in Contemporary Nursing 3rd Edition
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by Margaret A. Burkhardt, Nancy Walton, All Chapters 1 - 20
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,LE OF CONTENTS
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Part I: Guides for Principled Behavior
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1. Social, Philosophical, and Other Historical Forces Influencing the Development of Nursing
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2. Ethical Theory
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3. Ethical Principles
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Part II: Developing Principled Behavior
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4. Values Clarification
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5. Values Development
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6. Ethics and Professional Nursing
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7. Ethical Decision Making
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Part III: Principled Behavior in the Professional Domain
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8. Legal Issues
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9. Professional Relationship Issues
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10. Practice Issues Related to Technology
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11. Practice Issues Related to Patient Self-Determination
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12. Scholarship Issues
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Part IV: Global Issues that Interface with Nursing Practice
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13. Global Consciousness in the Twenty-First Century
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14. Health Policy Issues
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15. Economic Issues
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16. Social Issues
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17. Gender Issues
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18. Transcultural and Spiritual Issues
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Part V: The Power to Make a Difference
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19. Empowerment for Nurses
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20. Facilitating Patient Empowerment
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,1. Social, Philosophical, and Other Historical Forces Influencing the Development of Nursing
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MultiplekChoice

1. Forkwhichkofkthekfollowingkiskempathykakmotive?
a. meetingkthekneedskofkothers
b. moralkreasoningkandkaction
c. becomingkaknurse
d. determiningkrightkfromkwrong
ANSWER:k b

2. Whichkofkthekfollowingkiskankexamplekofksocialkneedkaskankethicalkfoundationkforknursing?
a. Nurseskmustkdeterminekthekhealthkandksocialkneedskofksociety.
b. Nursingkfindskitskorigin,kpurpose,kandkmeaningkwithinkthekcontextkofkperceivedksocialkneed.
c. Theorieskofksocialkneedkinksociologykarekutilizedkbyknursingkscholars,kmanykofkwhomkviewkthemkaskc
onceptualkframeworkskforknursingkpractice.
d. Socialkneedkdetermineskthekboundarieskofkthekethicalkprincipleskofkdistributivekjustice,kbeneficence
,kandknon-maleficence.
ANSWER:k b

3. Whatkiskthekmostkcriticalkfactorkthatkinfluencesknursingkpractice?
a. thektraditionalkrolekofkhealers
b. thekrolekofkwomenkinksociety
c. thekreligiouskandkspiritualkaspectskofkhealthkcare
d. thekintroductionkofkmaleknurseskintokthekprofession
ANSWER:k b

4. Whykdoesktheksocialkstatuskofkwomenkaffectkthekstatuskofktheknursingkprofession?
a. Nursingkhasktraditionallykbeenkakprofessionkofkwomen.
b. Throughoutkhistory,knurseskhavekbeenkaffordedkhigherksocialkstatus.
c. Womenkofkhigherksocialkstatuskrarelykbecomeknurses.
d. Womenkarekmorekskilledkthankmenkatknurturingkothers.
ANSWER:k a

5. Whatkhistoricalkinfluenceskaffectedknursingkaskakmoralkdiscipline?
a. technology
b. society
c. spirituality
d. oppression
ANSWER:k c




6. Whatkiskthektermkthatkrelatesktokknowledgekgainedkthroughkobservationkandkexperience?
a. empirical
b. Cartesiankphilosophy

, c. values
d. moralkthought
ANSWER:k a

7. WhichkofkthekfollowingkiskankexamplekofktheksignificancekofkNursingkduringkthekMiddlekAgesk?
a. Religiousknursingkorderskandkchurch-
sanctionedksecularknursingkorderskofferedkthekonlyklegitimatekavenueskforkwomenkwishingktokbec
omeknurses.
b. Increasingkrespectkwaskgivenktoknursingkandkmidwifery,kasknurseskbeganktokpractisekautonomously.
c. HealingkartskinkDenmarkkandkGreecekwerekperformedkinksacredkceremonieskbykpriests,kpriestesses,ko
rkshamans.
d. Mostknurseskwerekwomenkofkhighksocialkstatuskseekingkwaysktoklegitimizektheirkpositionkandkstatus.
ANSWER:k a

8. Whatkdoeskthektermkempiricalkrelatekto?
a. servingkGodkandkthykneighbourkthekbestkwaykonekcan
b. knowledgekgainedkthroughkobservationkandkexperience
c. healingkthroughkreligiouskintervention,kchanting,kandkpraying
d. thekenforcementkofkreligiouskdoctrinekrelatedktokthekstatuskofkwomenkinksociety
ANSWER:k b

9. Whenkwaskthek“DarkkPeriodkofkNursing,”kwhenkconvalescentkpatients,kprostitutes,kprisoners,kandkdrunkard
skprovidedkhospitalknursingkcare?
a. duringkthekReformation
b. duringkthekCrusades
c. duringkthekMiddlekAges
d. duringkthekearlykChristiankera
ANSWER:k a

10. WhichkofkthekfollowingkhadkthekgreatestkinfluencekonknursingktraditionskinkCanada?
a. Britain
b. indigenouskpersons
c. France
d. Germany
ANSWER:k c

11. WhichkofkthekfollowingkhadkthekgreatestkinfluencekonkestablishingkthekfirstkhospitalkinkthekNewkWorld?
a. MariekRolletkHebert
b. Margueritekd’Youville
c. JeannekMance
d. ReneekDescartes
ANSWER:k c

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