NURSING ETHICS AND LAW FINAL EXAM
SCRIPT COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS VERIFIED PASS
●● What are the nursing obligations?
Answer: To provide high-quality care for all and to do good while
avoiding harm.
●● What do codes of ethics provide?
Answer: Standards of behavior and ideals for the nursing profession.
●● Define Autonomy in nursing ethics.
Answer: Recognizing a patient's freedom of choice and advocating for
those who cannot speak for themselves.
●● What is Beneficence?
Answer: The duty to act in ways that help people reach their highest
level of wellbeing.
●● What does Nonmaleficence mean?
Answer: The obligation 'to do no harm', balancing intent to help with
necessary discomfort.
, ●● What is the principle of Justice?
Answer: Focusing on fairness and equity in the delivery of health care
services and resources.
●● What is the difference between Responsibility and Accountability?
Answer: Responsibility is being the cause of an action; Accountability is
accepting the consequences of that action.
●● What is an ethical dilemma?
Answer: A conflict between values, laws, or obligations where no clear
right or wrong answer exists.
●● What are common clinical dilemmas in nursing?
Answer: Staffing shortages, patient safety vs. freedom, and refusal of
care.
●● What are Bioethics Committees?
Answer: Groups that gather all viewpoints to make decisions on specific
bioethical actions.
●● What are the two types of euthanasia?
Answer: Active: taking action to end life.
Passive: withholding life-saving treatment.
SCRIPT COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS VERIFIED PASS
●● What are the nursing obligations?
Answer: To provide high-quality care for all and to do good while
avoiding harm.
●● What do codes of ethics provide?
Answer: Standards of behavior and ideals for the nursing profession.
●● Define Autonomy in nursing ethics.
Answer: Recognizing a patient's freedom of choice and advocating for
those who cannot speak for themselves.
●● What is Beneficence?
Answer: The duty to act in ways that help people reach their highest
level of wellbeing.
●● What does Nonmaleficence mean?
Answer: The obligation 'to do no harm', balancing intent to help with
necessary discomfort.
, ●● What is the principle of Justice?
Answer: Focusing on fairness and equity in the delivery of health care
services and resources.
●● What is the difference between Responsibility and Accountability?
Answer: Responsibility is being the cause of an action; Accountability is
accepting the consequences of that action.
●● What is an ethical dilemma?
Answer: A conflict between values, laws, or obligations where no clear
right or wrong answer exists.
●● What are common clinical dilemmas in nursing?
Answer: Staffing shortages, patient safety vs. freedom, and refusal of
care.
●● What are Bioethics Committees?
Answer: Groups that gather all viewpoints to make decisions on specific
bioethical actions.
●● What are the two types of euthanasia?
Answer: Active: taking action to end life.
Passive: withholding life-saving treatment.
