Chapter 09: Ethical and Bioethical Issues in Nursing and Health Care Cherry and Jacob: Contemporary Nursing: Issues, Trends, and Management, 8th Edition

1. How is the term Ethics as applied to nursing best defined? a. Doing what is best for the client b. Making good decisions about care c. Care based on keeping with the values of the client d. Rules for providing competent care that is based on scientific principles ANS: C Nursing ethics is a system of principles intended to guide the actions of the nurse in his or her relationships with clients, clients’ family members, other health care providers, policymakers, and society as a whole. A nurse must make an attempt to understand what values are inherent in the situation. DIF: Knowledge 2. A family requests that no additional heroic measures be instituted for their terminally ill mother who has advance directives in place. The nurse respects this decision in keeping with the principle of what client right? a. Accountability b. Autonomy c. Nonmaleficence d. Veracity ANS: B