Test Bank for Ethical & Legal Issues in
Canadian Nursing | Detailed Questions
and Answers | Complete A+ Guide
• What is the primary focus of Indigenous ethics? -✓✓Relationships and
community
• What does health represent in Indigenous perspectives? -✓✓Balance
(spiritual, emotional, mental, physical)
• What is relational accountability in Indigenous ethics? -✓✓Decisions
consider effects on family, community, and future generations
• What are the key ethical principles in Indigenous perspectives? -
✓✓Relational accountability, respect, holism, collective decision-
making
• What is narrative ethics? -✓✓Understanding ethical decisions through
the patient's story
• How does narrative ethics differ from rule-based ethics? -✓✓It focuses
on what matters to the person rather than just the rules
• What is the focus of traditional (justice-based) ethics? -✓✓Autonomy,
rights, independence, objectivity, and rules
• What does feminist ethics emphasize? -✓✓Relationships, compassion,
context, power imbalance, and vulnerability
, • What is the purpose of the CNA Code of Ethics? -✓✓To guide
decision-making, set professional expectations, define nursing values,
and protect the public
• How has modern nursing ethics shifted from early nursing ethics? -
✓✓From physician loyalty to patient advocacy
• What are the core values of the CNA Code of Ethics? -✓✓Safe care,
promoting health, informed decision-making, honoring dignity, privacy,
justice, and accountability
• What is a moral agent? -✓✓A person who has the ability and
responsibility to make ethical decisions and act on them
• What is moral distress? -✓✓The experience of knowing the right
action but being unable to take it due to constraints
• What is moral residue? -✓✓The unresolved distress from
compromising one's ethical obligations
• What is the significance of family involvement in Indigenous patient
care? -✓✓Ignoring it can be an ethical violation, not just a cultural
mistake
• What does the moral dimension of nursing practice include? -
✓✓Personal beliefs, professional code of ethics, moral principles, and
ethical theories
• What is the role of nurses as moral agents? -✓✓To recognize ethical
issues, advocate, and intervene
Canadian Nursing | Detailed Questions
and Answers | Complete A+ Guide
• What is the primary focus of Indigenous ethics? -✓✓Relationships and
community
• What does health represent in Indigenous perspectives? -✓✓Balance
(spiritual, emotional, mental, physical)
• What is relational accountability in Indigenous ethics? -✓✓Decisions
consider effects on family, community, and future generations
• What are the key ethical principles in Indigenous perspectives? -
✓✓Relational accountability, respect, holism, collective decision-
making
• What is narrative ethics? -✓✓Understanding ethical decisions through
the patient's story
• How does narrative ethics differ from rule-based ethics? -✓✓It focuses
on what matters to the person rather than just the rules
• What is the focus of traditional (justice-based) ethics? -✓✓Autonomy,
rights, independence, objectivity, and rules
• What does feminist ethics emphasize? -✓✓Relationships, compassion,
context, power imbalance, and vulnerability
, • What is the purpose of the CNA Code of Ethics? -✓✓To guide
decision-making, set professional expectations, define nursing values,
and protect the public
• How has modern nursing ethics shifted from early nursing ethics? -
✓✓From physician loyalty to patient advocacy
• What are the core values of the CNA Code of Ethics? -✓✓Safe care,
promoting health, informed decision-making, honoring dignity, privacy,
justice, and accountability
• What is a moral agent? -✓✓A person who has the ability and
responsibility to make ethical decisions and act on them
• What is moral distress? -✓✓The experience of knowing the right
action but being unable to take it due to constraints
• What is moral residue? -✓✓The unresolved distress from
compromising one's ethical obligations
• What is the significance of family involvement in Indigenous patient
care? -✓✓Ignoring it can be an ethical violation, not just a cultural
mistake
• What does the moral dimension of nursing practice include? -
✓✓Personal beliefs, professional code of ethics, moral principles, and
ethical theories
• What is the role of nurses as moral agents? -✓✓To recognize ethical
issues, advocate, and intervene
