NURS 350 Exam Questions and Answers
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2016 Gallup Poll on Public's view of professions and honesty/ethics -
✔✔RNs ranked highest for 16th year in a row
85% of survey respondents rated nurses' honesty and ethical standards as
"very high" or "high"
RNs ranked highest among all medical professions
Public trusts nurses as advocates who look for their best interests
Should you offer a personal opinion or what you would do in a situation
when counseling a patient? - ✔✔No, provide unbiased advice and educate
the patient on their options so they can make an informed decision about
their care
Ethics - ✔✔Branch of philosophy concerned with evaluating human action
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,Definition: science or study of moral values
Encompasses a process of determining right conduct from wrong
Involves assumption of the way an individual or group ought to conduct
themselves, is individualistic and may change
Ethical decision-making - ✔✔Not clear-cut
Brings up moral uncertainty
Ethics committees - ✔✔Deal with:
-End of life issues
-DNR
-Informed consent
-Organ donation
Nurses serve on these committees
Ethical issues faced by nurses today - ✔✔Healthcare reform
Uninsured
Poor
Nursing shortage
End of life issues
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, Strikes
Rationing of care
Drug and alcohol impairment
Greatest challenge in ethics - ✔✔Your choice may not be popular
Listen to your "inner compass"
Decisions not always linear
Can a bad choice be repaired?
THINK before you respond
You ALWAYS have a choice!
Autonomy - ✔✔Right of self-determination
Choice, independence, and freedom from controlling influences
Respect for the individual, each person is unique and equal to others
Dignity, inherent worth, self-reliance, individualism and power, personal
liberty
Beneficence - ✔✔Obligation to do good, not harm
Prevent evil or harm
Act in best interest of the client
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100% Solved | Graded A+ | Latest Update
2016 Gallup Poll on Public's view of professions and honesty/ethics -
✔✔RNs ranked highest for 16th year in a row
85% of survey respondents rated nurses' honesty and ethical standards as
"very high" or "high"
RNs ranked highest among all medical professions
Public trusts nurses as advocates who look for their best interests
Should you offer a personal opinion or what you would do in a situation
when counseling a patient? - ✔✔No, provide unbiased advice and educate
the patient on their options so they can make an informed decision about
their care
Ethics - ✔✔Branch of philosophy concerned with evaluating human action
1
©JOSHCLAY 2024/2025. YEAR PUBLISHED 2024.
,Definition: science or study of moral values
Encompasses a process of determining right conduct from wrong
Involves assumption of the way an individual or group ought to conduct
themselves, is individualistic and may change
Ethical decision-making - ✔✔Not clear-cut
Brings up moral uncertainty
Ethics committees - ✔✔Deal with:
-End of life issues
-DNR
-Informed consent
-Organ donation
Nurses serve on these committees
Ethical issues faced by nurses today - ✔✔Healthcare reform
Uninsured
Poor
Nursing shortage
End of life issues
2
©JOSHCLAY 2024/2025. YEAR PUBLISHED 2024.
, Strikes
Rationing of care
Drug and alcohol impairment
Greatest challenge in ethics - ✔✔Your choice may not be popular
Listen to your "inner compass"
Decisions not always linear
Can a bad choice be repaired?
THINK before you respond
You ALWAYS have a choice!
Autonomy - ✔✔Right of self-determination
Choice, independence, and freedom from controlling influences
Respect for the individual, each person is unique and equal to others
Dignity, inherent worth, self-reliance, individualism and power, personal
liberty
Beneficence - ✔✔Obligation to do good, not harm
Prevent evil or harm
Act in best interest of the client
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