NUR 376 Exam 1 Questions With Complete Solutions

NUR 376 Exam 1 Questions With
Complete Solutions


Nursing Process - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The nursing process is an
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organized sequence of problem solving steps used to identify and
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manage health concerns of clients.
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What does the Code of Ethics refer to? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Refers
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to the ideals, duties, and obligations that nurses are expected to uphold
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as members of the nursing profession.
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What rules does the ANA's Code of Ethics outline? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Rules for nurses about client privacy, Nursing conduct, and | | | | | | | |



nursing behaviors to protect clients and the profession
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9 Provisions of the ANA Code of Ethics - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-1:
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Respect for others/human dignity
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2: Primary Commitment to Patient
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3: Advocacy for Patient
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4: Accountability and Responsibility for Practice
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5: Duty to self and duty to others
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,6: Contribution to Healthcare Environments
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7: Advancement of the Nursing Profession
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8: Promotion of community and World Health
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9: Promotion of the Nursing Profession
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Respect for Others - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The nurse practices with
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compassion and respect for the inherent dignity, worth, and unique
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attributes of every person | | |




Duty to self and duty to others - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The nurse owes
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the same duties to self as to others, including the responsibility to
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promote health and safety, preserve wholeness of character and
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integrity, maintain competence, and continue personal and professional
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growth. THE DUTY TO PROGRESS YOURSELF NOT JUST TO CARE FOR
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OTHERS


Contribution to Healthcare Environments - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The| | | | | | |



nurse through individual and collective effort, establishes, maintains,
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and improves the ethical environment of the work setting and
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conditions of employment that are conducive to safe, quality health
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care.


Advancement of the Nursing Profession - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The | | | | | | | |



nurse in all roles and settings, advances the profession through research
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,and scholarly inquiry, professional standards development, and the
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generation of both nursing and health policy. | | | | | |




Promotion of Community and World Health - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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Equality of health. The nurse collaborates with other health
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professionals and the public to protect human rights, promote health
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diplomacy, and reduce health disparities. | | | |




Promotion of the Nursing Profession - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The
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profession of nursing, collectively through its professional organizations,
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must articulate nursing values, maintain the integrity of the profession,
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and integrate principles of social justice into nursing and health policy.
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6 Ethical Principles - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-1.) Autonomy: Understand
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the idea that patients are their own people. They are individuals.
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Client's right to make their own decisions
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2.) Beneficence: Doing good and acting in the best interest of a client by
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providing care that benefits them. | | | |




3.) Nonmaleficence: Doing no harm
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4.) Veracity: Telling the truth
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5.) Fidelity: Honesty, keeping promises or commitments
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6.) Justice: Nurses obligation to provide treatment and allocation of
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resources in a manner that is impartial, fair, and equitable.
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, Values of the Nursing Profession (5) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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1.)Altruism: To do something, or take action, for the sake of benefiting
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someone else. | |




2.) Human Dignity: Implies that each individual, regardless of things
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such as race, religion, sex, gender, etc., has value and shall be respected
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simply because human beings are equal. Maintain client privacy,
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showing respect, providing culturally competent care, and ensuring
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confidentiality.
3.) Integrity: The quality of being honest and having strong moral
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principles. Be truthful and honest. | | | |




4.) Autonomy: Self-determination. Client has right to make own
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decision. |




5.) Social Justice: The awareness of the basic right to health and well-
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being of every individual. Nurses obligation to support and protect the
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rights of clients throughout the world and fight for social justice.
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Steps of Ethical Decision Making (8) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-1.) Is there
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an ethical dilemma?
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2.) Clearly identify the ethical dilemma (What is the problem and who is
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affected)
3.) Identify ALL possible solutions
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4.) Apply Ethical Principles to Solutions (to see pros and cons)
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5.) Include all relevant individuals and factors (Interprofessional team
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involved if not yet, This would be time to involve priest if requested by
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patient)