Nursing 101 Exam 3 Ethics and Values UPDATED ACTUAL
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Morals your personal sense of right vs wrong; everyone has a different belief system
Ethics Systematic study of right and wrong conduct . We need to treat everyone the
same even if we don't believe in the same things.
Values Belief about the worth of something ( what do we value in our life) Can change
overtime
The House Bill 106 entitled the "Patient Safety Act" purposes specific patient - to -nurse staffing ratio
Why won't congress hire more nurses? because you need more nurses and the hospitals won't hire more nurses because
its a business and the more nurses the more money they have to pay them
negligence MISTAKE; failure to act in a reasonable and cautious manner
malpractice KNOWINGLY doing something thats going to hurt another person; Special type of
negligence
how many elements are essential to prove negligence or 4
malpractice ?
Number 1 Nurse owed patient a special DUTY of care based on the establishment of a nurse
- patient relationship (verbal report)
Number 2 Nurse BREACHED DUTY to the patient or client ( you didn't show responsibility to
care for that person)
Number 3 The patient suffered actual harm or damage (the harm)
Number 4 Proximate cause or a causal connection has been established between the
standard of care provided by the nurse and the patient's injury (what caused the
harm to the patient)
Can anyone file a lawsuit ? Yes
if found guilty would you get in trouble? No, because if there was no harm to to the patient the nurse is fine
If the patient ended up being harmed would the nurse be yes
found negligent?
What is the number 1 most frequent allegation of nursing Failure to ensure patient safety
negligence?
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Morals your personal sense of right vs wrong; everyone has a different belief system
Ethics Systematic study of right and wrong conduct . We need to treat everyone the
same even if we don't believe in the same things.
Values Belief about the worth of something ( what do we value in our life) Can change
overtime
The House Bill 106 entitled the "Patient Safety Act" purposes specific patient - to -nurse staffing ratio
Why won't congress hire more nurses? because you need more nurses and the hospitals won't hire more nurses because
its a business and the more nurses the more money they have to pay them
negligence MISTAKE; failure to act in a reasonable and cautious manner
malpractice KNOWINGLY doing something thats going to hurt another person; Special type of
negligence
how many elements are essential to prove negligence or 4
malpractice ?
Number 1 Nurse owed patient a special DUTY of care based on the establishment of a nurse
- patient relationship (verbal report)
Number 2 Nurse BREACHED DUTY to the patient or client ( you didn't show responsibility to
care for that person)
Number 3 The patient suffered actual harm or damage (the harm)
Number 4 Proximate cause or a causal connection has been established between the
standard of care provided by the nurse and the patient's injury (what caused the
harm to the patient)
Can anyone file a lawsuit ? Yes
if found guilty would you get in trouble? No, because if there was no harm to to the patient the nurse is fine
If the patient ended up being harmed would the nurse be yes
found negligent?
What is the number 1 most frequent allegation of nursing Failure to ensure patient safety
negligence?
