Ethical Competence in Nursing Practice Competencies
Skills Decision -Making 1st Edition Robichaux Test Bank
CONTENTS
Chapter 1: Recognizing Ethical Terms, Theories, and Principles 1
Chapter 2: Developing Ethical Skills: A Framework 3
Chapter 3: Using Ethical Decision Making and Communication Skills to Minimize Conflict 5
Chapter 4: Recognizing and Addressing Moral Distress in Nursing Practice: Personal, Professional, and
Organizational Factors 7
Chapter 5: Understanding the Process of Clinical Ethics: Committees and Consults 10
Chapter 6: Exploring Ethical Issues Related t o Person - and Family -Centered Care 12
Chapter 7: Applying Ethics in Research and Evidence -Informed Practices 15
Chapter 8: Applying Ethics to the Leadership Role 17
Chapter 9: Public Health Ethics and Social Justice in the Community 19
Chapter 10: Exploring Ethical Issues Encountered With the Older Adult 21
Chapter 11: Exploring Ethical Issues Related to Emerging Technology in Health Care 23
Chapter 12: Applying IntegratedEthics® in Nursing Practice 25
Chapter 13: Understanding the Relationship Between Quality, Safety, and Ethics 27
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C H A P T E R 1
Recognizing Ethical Terms, Theories, and Principles
1. Why is it important to study nursing ethics?
a. Ensure that all people have positive outcomes.
b. Help patients figure out how to do the right thing.
c. Develop tools to ethically navigate the professional environment.
d. Learn how to produce the greatest good for the greatest number of people.
Answer: c. Develop tools to ethically navigate the professional environment.
2. Which term is described as learned and habituated attributes of moral character?
a. Virtues
b. Fidelity
c. Altruism
d. Obligations
Answer: a. Virtues
3. Which statement best defines ethics in nursing?
a. Moral principles that guide conduct
b. Following the legal code that dictates appropriate behaviour
c. Making decisions about right and wrong in specific situations
d. Examination of how people makTe EdeSciTsioBnAs rNegKarSdiEngLrLighEt Ran.d CwOroMng
Answer: c. Making decisions about right and wrong in specific situations
4. Which statement is true about morality?
a. It is a belief.
b. It needs to be defended.
c. It is shared with other people.
d. It is a truth based on evidence.
Answer: a. It is a belief.
5. Which societal force contributed to the development of bioethics?
a. Use of smartphones
b. Abuses in human research
c. Development of the Internet
d. Creation of clinical information systems
Answer: b. Abuses in human research
6. Which organization is responsible for creating the ethical Code for Nurses?
a. National League for Nurses
b. Sigma Theta Tau International
c. American Nurses Association
d. National Councils for State Boards of Nursing
Answer: c. American Nurses Association
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7. Which component of Rest’s theory of moral competency focuses on willingness to implement the action?
a. Moral character
b. Moral judgment
c. Moral sensitivity
d. Moral motivation
Answer: d. Moral motivation
8. Which ethical theory focuses on autonomy, beneficence, nonmaleficence, and justice?
a. Deontology
b. Principlism
c. Ethics of care
d. Utilitarianism
Answer: b. Principlism
9. What best describes the ethics of care theory?
a. Caring and nurturing
b. The greatest good for the greatest number
c. Moral laws
d. Autonomy, beneficence, nonmaleficence, and justice
Answer: a. Caring and nurturing
10. Which ethical theory hypothesizes that “what is right is always right and what is wrong is always wrong?”
a. Deontology
b. Principlism
c. Ethics of care
d. Utilitarianism
Answer: a. Deontology
11. Which ethical theory is the underlying principle of public health?
a. Deontology
b. Principlism
c. Ethics of care
d. Utilitarianism
Answer: d. Utilitarianism
12. Which tenet for decision making focuses on supporting other nurses in their work?
a. Virtue
b. Caring
c. Veracity
d. Beneficence
Answer: b. Caring
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Skills Decision -Making 1st Edition Robichaux Test Bank
CONTENTS
Chapter 1: Recognizing Ethical Terms, Theories, and Principles 1
Chapter 2: Developing Ethical Skills: A Framework 3
Chapter 3: Using Ethical Decision Making and Communication Skills to Minimize Conflict 5
Chapter 4: Recognizing and Addressing Moral Distress in Nursing Practice: Personal, Professional, and
Organizational Factors 7
Chapter 5: Understanding the Process of Clinical Ethics: Committees and Consults 10
Chapter 6: Exploring Ethical Issues Related t o Person - and Family -Centered Care 12
Chapter 7: Applying Ethics in Research and Evidence -Informed Practices 15
Chapter 8: Applying Ethics to the Leadership Role 17
Chapter 9: Public Health Ethics and Social Justice in the Community 19
Chapter 10: Exploring Ethical Issues Encountered With the Older Adult 21
Chapter 11: Exploring Ethical Issues Related to Emerging Technology in Health Care 23
Chapter 12: Applying IntegratedEthics® in Nursing Practice 25
Chapter 13: Understanding the Relationship Between Quality, Safety, and Ethics 27
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C H A P T E R 1
Recognizing Ethical Terms, Theories, and Principles
1. Why is it important to study nursing ethics?
a. Ensure that all people have positive outcomes.
b. Help patients figure out how to do the right thing.
c. Develop tools to ethically navigate the professional environment.
d. Learn how to produce the greatest good for the greatest number of people.
Answer: c. Develop tools to ethically navigate the professional environment.
2. Which term is described as learned and habituated attributes of moral character?
a. Virtues
b. Fidelity
c. Altruism
d. Obligations
Answer: a. Virtues
3. Which statement best defines ethics in nursing?
a. Moral principles that guide conduct
b. Following the legal code that dictates appropriate behaviour
c. Making decisions about right and wrong in specific situations
d. Examination of how people makTe EdeSciTsioBnAs rNegKarSdiEngLrLighEt Ran.d CwOroMng
Answer: c. Making decisions about right and wrong in specific situations
4. Which statement is true about morality?
a. It is a belief.
b. It needs to be defended.
c. It is shared with other people.
d. It is a truth based on evidence.
Answer: a. It is a belief.
5. Which societal force contributed to the development of bioethics?
a. Use of smartphones
b. Abuses in human research
c. Development of the Internet
d. Creation of clinical information systems
Answer: b. Abuses in human research
6. Which organization is responsible for creating the ethical Code for Nurses?
a. National League for Nurses
b. Sigma Theta Tau International
c. American Nurses Association
d. National Councils for State Boards of Nursing
Answer: c. American Nurses Association
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7. Which component of Rest’s theory of moral competency focuses on willingness to implement the action?
a. Moral character
b. Moral judgment
c. Moral sensitivity
d. Moral motivation
Answer: d. Moral motivation
8. Which ethical theory focuses on autonomy, beneficence, nonmaleficence, and justice?
a. Deontology
b. Principlism
c. Ethics of care
d. Utilitarianism
Answer: b. Principlism
9. What best describes the ethics of care theory?
a. Caring and nurturing
b. The greatest good for the greatest number
c. Moral laws
d. Autonomy, beneficence, nonmaleficence, and justice
Answer: a. Caring and nurturing
10. Which ethical theory hypothesizes that “what is right is always right and what is wrong is always wrong?”
a. Deontology
b. Principlism
c. Ethics of care
d. Utilitarianism
Answer: a. Deontology
11. Which ethical theory is the underlying principle of public health?
a. Deontology
b. Principlism
c. Ethics of care
d. Utilitarianism
Answer: d. Utilitarianism
12. Which tenet for decision making focuses on supporting other nurses in their work?
a. Virtue
b. Caring
c. Veracity
d. Beneficence
Answer: b. Caring
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