Nursing Jurisprudence: Legal and Ethical
Considerations NCLEX Practice Quiz
(2024/2025) Q’s & A’s
In the United States, access to health care usually depends on a client's ability to
pay for health
care, either through insurance or by paying cash. The client the nurse is caring
for needs a liver
transplant to survive. This client has been out of work for several months and
does not have
insurance or enough cash. A discussion about the ethics of this situation would
involve
predominantly the principle of:
a. Accountability, because you as the nurse are accountable for the well being of
this client
b. Respect of autonomy, because this client's autonomy will be violated if he
does not receive the
liver transplant
c. Ethics of care, because the caring thing that a nurse could provide this patient
is resources for a
liver transplant
d. Justice, because the first and greatest question in this situation is how to
determine the just
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Considerations NCLEX Practice Quiz
(2024/2025) Q’s & A’s
distribution of resources
d. Justice, because the first and greatest question in this situation is how to
determine the
just distribution of resources
Justice refers to fairness. Health care providers agree to strive for justice in
health care. The term
often is used during discussions about resources. Decisions about who should
receive available
organs are always difficult.
When the nurse described the client as "that nasty old man in 354," the nurse is
exhibiting which
ethical dilemma?
a. Gender bias and ageism
b. HIPPA violation
c. Beneficence
d. Code of ethics violation
a. Gender bias and ageism
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Considerations NCLEX Practice Quiz
(2024/2025) Q’s & A’s
Stereotyping an “old man” as “nasty”is a gender bias and an ageism issue. The
nurse is
verbalizing a negative descriptor about the client.
The nurse is working with parents of a seriously ill newborn. Surgery has been
proposed for the
infant, but the chances of success are unclear. In helping the parents resolve this
ethical conflict,
the nurse knows that the first step is:
a. Exploring reasonable courses of action
b. Collecting all available information about the situation
c. Clarifying values related to the cause of the dilemma
d. Identifying people who can solve the difficulty
b. Collecting all available information about the situation
Which of the following is not included in evaluating the degree of heritage
consistency in a
client?
a. Gender
b. Culture
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Considerations NCLEX Practice Quiz
(2024/2025) Q’s & A’s
c. Ethnicity
d. Religion
a. Gender
The distribution of nurses to areas of "most need" in the time of a nursing
shortage is an example
of:
a. Utilitarianism theory
b. Deontological theory
c. Justice
d. Beneficence
c. Justice
Justice is defined as the fairness of distribution of resources. However,
guidelines for a hierarchy
of needs have been established, such as with organ transplantation. Nurses are
moved to areas of
greatest need when shortages occur on the floors. No floor is left without staff,
and another floor
that had five staff will give up two to go help the floor that had no staff.
Considerations NCLEX Practice Quiz
(2024/2025) Q’s & A’s
In the United States, access to health care usually depends on a client's ability to
pay for health
care, either through insurance or by paying cash. The client the nurse is caring
for needs a liver
transplant to survive. This client has been out of work for several months and
does not have
insurance or enough cash. A discussion about the ethics of this situation would
involve
predominantly the principle of:
a. Accountability, because you as the nurse are accountable for the well being of
this client
b. Respect of autonomy, because this client's autonomy will be violated if he
does not receive the
liver transplant
c. Ethics of care, because the caring thing that a nurse could provide this patient
is resources for a
liver transplant
d. Justice, because the first and greatest question in this situation is how to
determine the just
, Nursing Jurisprudence: Legal and Ethical
Considerations NCLEX Practice Quiz
(2024/2025) Q’s & A’s
distribution of resources
d. Justice, because the first and greatest question in this situation is how to
determine the
just distribution of resources
Justice refers to fairness. Health care providers agree to strive for justice in
health care. The term
often is used during discussions about resources. Decisions about who should
receive available
organs are always difficult.
When the nurse described the client as "that nasty old man in 354," the nurse is
exhibiting which
ethical dilemma?
a. Gender bias and ageism
b. HIPPA violation
c. Beneficence
d. Code of ethics violation
a. Gender bias and ageism
, Nursing Jurisprudence: Legal and Ethical
Considerations NCLEX Practice Quiz
(2024/2025) Q’s & A’s
Stereotyping an “old man” as “nasty”is a gender bias and an ageism issue. The
nurse is
verbalizing a negative descriptor about the client.
The nurse is working with parents of a seriously ill newborn. Surgery has been
proposed for the
infant, but the chances of success are unclear. In helping the parents resolve this
ethical conflict,
the nurse knows that the first step is:
a. Exploring reasonable courses of action
b. Collecting all available information about the situation
c. Clarifying values related to the cause of the dilemma
d. Identifying people who can solve the difficulty
b. Collecting all available information about the situation
Which of the following is not included in evaluating the degree of heritage
consistency in a
client?
a. Gender
b. Culture
, Nursing Jurisprudence: Legal and Ethical
Considerations NCLEX Practice Quiz
(2024/2025) Q’s & A’s
c. Ethnicity
d. Religion
a. Gender
The distribution of nurses to areas of "most need" in the time of a nursing
shortage is an example
of:
a. Utilitarianism theory
b. Deontological theory
c. Justice
d. Beneficence
c. Justice
Justice is defined as the fairness of distribution of resources. However,
guidelines for a hierarchy
of needs have been established, such as with organ transplantation. Nurses are
moved to areas of
greatest need when shortages occur on the floors. No floor is left without staff,
and another floor
that had five staff will give up two to go help the floor that had no staff.
