Nursing 104 exam 1 Questions And Answers
code of ethics ✔✔a set of statements encompassing rules that apply to people in professional
roles
ethics ✔✔science or study of moral values
nursing ethics ✔✔a system of principles concerning the actions of the nurse in his or her
relationships with patients, patient's family members, other health care providers, policymakers,
and society as a whole
by its relationship to society ✔✔a profession is characterized by
a nursing code of ethics ✔✔provide implicit standards and values for the professions.
- to promote health
- to prevent illness
- to restore health
- to alleviate suffering ✔✔the international council of nurses code of ethnics for nurses'
fundamental responsibility of the nurse is fourfold:
- primary responsibility is those needing nursing care
- promote an environment in which the human rights, values, customs, and spiritual beliefs of
the individual, family and community are respected
- holds in confidence personal information and uses judgement in sharing this information.
✔✔international council of nurses code of ethics
- people
,- nurse carry personal responsibility and accountability for nursing practice, and for maintaining
competence by continuing learning
- the nurse at all times maintains standards of personal conduct which reflect well on the
profession and enhance its image and public confidence
- uses judgement regarding individual competence when accepting and delegating
responsibility. ✔✔international council of nurses code of ethics
- practice
- determines/ implements desirable nursing practice standards and nursing education
- develops a core of professional knowledge
- active in professional organizations/ promotes working conditions of nursing ✔✔international
council of nurses code of ethics
- profession
- sustains cooperative relationships
- safeguards patient when safety is compromised by others
- takes appropriate action to support and guide co workers to advance ethical conducts
✔✔international council of nurses code of ethics
- co workers
bioethics ✔✔the study of ethical problems resulting from scientific advances
these and other contemporary advances and challenges in health care. ✔✔bioethics has
developed with the age of modern medicine. new questions surface as science and technology
produce new ways of knowing. bioethics is a response to
- life or death, the margin of viability, quality of life, design of life, one life offering cure for
another, right to decide, informed consent, medical confidentiality, and alternative treatment
issues prevail in every field of health care. ✔✔as nurses seek to deliver quality health care,
these professional debate situations that pose dilemmas. they are confronting situation for
,which there are no clear right or wrong answers. every specialization in health care has its own
set of questions:
- life and death
- quality of life
- right to decide
- informed consent
- alternative treatment issues
- stem cell research
- therapeutic and reproductive cloning
- surrogate motherhood
- organ transplantation ✔✔bioethics continue
- dilemmas(difficulty) for health professional
under investigation. health care professionals who adhere to an exclusively scientific or
technology approach to care will be seen as insentitive and will fail to meet the genuine needs
of the patient ✔✔dilemmas in health care
- advances in health care through technology have created new situations for health care
professionals and their patients. illness once leading to death have become manageable and
are classified as high risk or chronic illnesses. although they can be saved, they are not being
saved readily and inexpensively. care of the acutely or chronically ill person sometimes creates
hard questions for which there are no easy or apparent answers. even the nature of life itself
and the technology manipulation of DNA are
american nurse association (ANA) ✔✔The major national nursing organization concerned with a
broad scope of practice issues: standard of practice, scope of practice, ethics, legal, and
employment issues
Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) ✔✔A subsidiary of the AACN with
responsibility for establishing and implementing standards criteria and for accreditation of
baccalaureate and graduate degree programs in nursing
, code of ethics ✔✔A set of statements encompassing rules that apply to people in professional
roles
National league of nursing (NLN) ✔✔The national organization of nurse educators with long-
standing commitment to four types of basic programs; established the Centers of Excellence for
nursing programs that meet designated standards
bachelor of science in nursing (BSN) ✔✔This program requires 2 years of arts and sciences, 2
years of nursing courses.
autonomy ✔✔Right to self-determination; provides nursing care based on respect of patient's
rights to make decisions about their health care
cheating ✔✔The broad term used to describe all acts of dishonesty committed in the taking of
tests or exams and in the preparation of assignments; occurs when a student makes use of any
unauthorized aids or materials
cite ✔✔One way to avoid plagiarism is when in doubt, ?
american association of colleges of nursing (AACN) ✔✔The organization of deans and directors
of baccalaureate and higher-degree nursing programs; establishes standards for programs
concerned with legislative issues that pertain to professional nursing education
science ✔✔Nursing is both an art and a
intregrity ✔✔Acting in accordance with an appropriated code of ethics
zero ✔✔The minimum penalty for a student guilty of either dishonest act for the assignment in
question
code of ethics ✔✔a set of statements encompassing rules that apply to people in professional
roles
ethics ✔✔science or study of moral values
nursing ethics ✔✔a system of principles concerning the actions of the nurse in his or her
relationships with patients, patient's family members, other health care providers, policymakers,
and society as a whole
by its relationship to society ✔✔a profession is characterized by
a nursing code of ethics ✔✔provide implicit standards and values for the professions.
- to promote health
- to prevent illness
- to restore health
- to alleviate suffering ✔✔the international council of nurses code of ethnics for nurses'
fundamental responsibility of the nurse is fourfold:
- primary responsibility is those needing nursing care
- promote an environment in which the human rights, values, customs, and spiritual beliefs of
the individual, family and community are respected
- holds in confidence personal information and uses judgement in sharing this information.
✔✔international council of nurses code of ethics
- people
,- nurse carry personal responsibility and accountability for nursing practice, and for maintaining
competence by continuing learning
- the nurse at all times maintains standards of personal conduct which reflect well on the
profession and enhance its image and public confidence
- uses judgement regarding individual competence when accepting and delegating
responsibility. ✔✔international council of nurses code of ethics
- practice
- determines/ implements desirable nursing practice standards and nursing education
- develops a core of professional knowledge
- active in professional organizations/ promotes working conditions of nursing ✔✔international
council of nurses code of ethics
- profession
- sustains cooperative relationships
- safeguards patient when safety is compromised by others
- takes appropriate action to support and guide co workers to advance ethical conducts
✔✔international council of nurses code of ethics
- co workers
bioethics ✔✔the study of ethical problems resulting from scientific advances
these and other contemporary advances and challenges in health care. ✔✔bioethics has
developed with the age of modern medicine. new questions surface as science and technology
produce new ways of knowing. bioethics is a response to
- life or death, the margin of viability, quality of life, design of life, one life offering cure for
another, right to decide, informed consent, medical confidentiality, and alternative treatment
issues prevail in every field of health care. ✔✔as nurses seek to deliver quality health care,
these professional debate situations that pose dilemmas. they are confronting situation for
,which there are no clear right or wrong answers. every specialization in health care has its own
set of questions:
- life and death
- quality of life
- right to decide
- informed consent
- alternative treatment issues
- stem cell research
- therapeutic and reproductive cloning
- surrogate motherhood
- organ transplantation ✔✔bioethics continue
- dilemmas(difficulty) for health professional
under investigation. health care professionals who adhere to an exclusively scientific or
technology approach to care will be seen as insentitive and will fail to meet the genuine needs
of the patient ✔✔dilemmas in health care
- advances in health care through technology have created new situations for health care
professionals and their patients. illness once leading to death have become manageable and
are classified as high risk or chronic illnesses. although they can be saved, they are not being
saved readily and inexpensively. care of the acutely or chronically ill person sometimes creates
hard questions for which there are no easy or apparent answers. even the nature of life itself
and the technology manipulation of DNA are
american nurse association (ANA) ✔✔The major national nursing organization concerned with a
broad scope of practice issues: standard of practice, scope of practice, ethics, legal, and
employment issues
Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) ✔✔A subsidiary of the AACN with
responsibility for establishing and implementing standards criteria and for accreditation of
baccalaureate and graduate degree programs in nursing
, code of ethics ✔✔A set of statements encompassing rules that apply to people in professional
roles
National league of nursing (NLN) ✔✔The national organization of nurse educators with long-
standing commitment to four types of basic programs; established the Centers of Excellence for
nursing programs that meet designated standards
bachelor of science in nursing (BSN) ✔✔This program requires 2 years of arts and sciences, 2
years of nursing courses.
autonomy ✔✔Right to self-determination; provides nursing care based on respect of patient's
rights to make decisions about their health care
cheating ✔✔The broad term used to describe all acts of dishonesty committed in the taking of
tests or exams and in the preparation of assignments; occurs when a student makes use of any
unauthorized aids or materials
cite ✔✔One way to avoid plagiarism is when in doubt, ?
american association of colleges of nursing (AACN) ✔✔The organization of deans and directors
of baccalaureate and higher-degree nursing programs; establishes standards for programs
concerned with legislative issues that pertain to professional nursing education
science ✔✔Nursing is both an art and a
intregrity ✔✔Acting in accordance with an appropriated code of ethics
zero ✔✔The minimum penalty for a student guilty of either dishonest act for the assignment in
question
