NUR 104 EXAM 1 COMPREHENSIVE
FUNDAMENTALS OF NURSING STUDY GUIDE
2026
◉ ethics.
Answer: science or study of moral values
◉ nursing ethics.
Answer: 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.
Answer: a profession is characterized by
◉ a nursing code of ethics.
Answer: provide implicit standards and values for the professions.
◉ - to promote health
- to prevent illness
- to restore health
- to alleviate suffering.
,Answer: 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..
Answer: 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..
Answer: 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.
Answer: 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.
Answer: international council of nurses code of ethics
- co workers
◉ bioethics.
Answer: the study of ethical problems resulting from scientific
advances
◉ these and other contemporary advances and challenges in health
care..
Answer: 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..
Answer: 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.
Answer: bioethics continue
- dilemmas(difficulty) for health professional
FUNDAMENTALS OF NURSING STUDY GUIDE
2026
◉ ethics.
Answer: science or study of moral values
◉ nursing ethics.
Answer: 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.
Answer: a profession is characterized by
◉ a nursing code of ethics.
Answer: provide implicit standards and values for the professions.
◉ - to promote health
- to prevent illness
- to restore health
- to alleviate suffering.
,Answer: 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..
Answer: 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..
Answer: 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.
Answer: 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.
Answer: international council of nurses code of ethics
- co workers
◉ bioethics.
Answer: the study of ethical problems resulting from scientific
advances
◉ these and other contemporary advances and challenges in health
care..
Answer: 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..
Answer: 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.
Answer: bioethics continue
- dilemmas(difficulty) for health professional
