NR 599 Final Exam Test Question and Answers
Ethical Decision Making
Answer: -Process that requires striking a balance between science and morality.
-Making informed choices about ethical dilemmas based on a set of standards differentiating right from
wrong.
American Nurses Association- Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements.
Answer: provides specific guidance for ethical decision making and provides a valuable framework that
can be used when working with HIT
Bioethical Standards
Answer: Autonomy, freedom, veracity, privacy, beneficence, and fidelity are maximally appropriate to
the health care setting.
Autonomy
Answer: The right to choose for himself or herself; respecting the clients opinions, perspectives, values
and beliefs.
Freedom
Answer: The ability of an individual to act independently, without coercion or constraint in ones choice
and action
veracity
Answer: Being completely truthful with patients; a patients right to truth.
privacy
Answer: The right to be left alone when you want to be, to have control over your own personal
possessions, and not to be observed without your consent
Beneficence
Answer: Actions performed that contribute to the welfare of others; Action of doing good or right by
and for the patient.
Fidelity
Answer: Right to what has been promised; keeping to one's promise.
Telehealth
Answer: Use of electronic information and telecommunications technologies to support long-distance
clinical health care, patient and professional health-related education, public health and health
administration. Technologies include videoconferencing, the internet, store-and-forward imaging,
streaming media, and terrestrial and wireless communications.
Telemedicine
Answer: Remote clinical health services
Ethical Decision Making
Answer: -Process that requires striking a balance between science and morality.
-Making informed choices about ethical dilemmas based on a set of standards differentiating right from
wrong.
American Nurses Association- Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements.
Answer: provides specific guidance for ethical decision making and provides a valuable framework that
can be used when working with HIT
Bioethical Standards
Answer: Autonomy, freedom, veracity, privacy, beneficence, and fidelity are maximally appropriate to
the health care setting.
Autonomy
Answer: The right to choose for himself or herself; respecting the clients opinions, perspectives, values
and beliefs.
Freedom
Answer: The ability of an individual to act independently, without coercion or constraint in ones choice
and action
veracity
Answer: Being completely truthful with patients; a patients right to truth.
privacy
Answer: The right to be left alone when you want to be, to have control over your own personal
possessions, and not to be observed without your consent
Beneficence
Answer: Actions performed that contribute to the welfare of others; Action of doing good or right by
and for the patient.
Fidelity
Answer: Right to what has been promised; keeping to one's promise.
Telehealth
Answer: Use of electronic information and telecommunications technologies to support long-distance
clinical health care, patient and professional health-related education, public health and health
administration. Technologies include videoconferencing, the internet, store-and-forward imaging,
streaming media, and terrestrial and wireless communications.
Telemedicine
Answer: Remote clinical health services
