ETHICAL AND LEGAL ISSUES IN CANADIAN
NURSING TEST BANK QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS; UPDATED VERSION 2025
3 components of quality assurance: CNO - ANS-Self-Assessment
QA Assessment
Coaching support
Purpose of Competencies for entry-level RN Practice: CNO - ANS-Outlines competencies such as
knowledge, skill, ability, and judgment required for safe and ethical nursing practice
How do the Professional Standards from the CNO guide professional behaviour? - ANS-Outlines
expectations and provides examples
What are values? - ANS-Someones own personal believes
Examples: honesty, accountability
Morals - ANS-Morals are what a society expects
Morals guide right from wrong
What is the code of ethics? - ANS-Formal statement of profession's ideals and values
7 Primary Values of the CNO Code of Ethics - ANS-Providing safe, compassionate, competent, and ethical
care
Promoting health and well-being
Promoting and respecting informed decision making
Preserving dignity
Maintaining privacy and confidentiality
Promoting justice
Being accountable
Utilitarianism - ANS-"greatest good for the greatest number"
Deontology - ANS-defines actions as right or wrong
feminist argument - ANS-traditional theories, based on the male perspective, are problematic for
women.
women undergo moral development differently than men.
women's views are marginalized or unrecognized.
NURSING TEST BANK QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS; UPDATED VERSION 2025
3 components of quality assurance: CNO - ANS-Self-Assessment
QA Assessment
Coaching support
Purpose of Competencies for entry-level RN Practice: CNO - ANS-Outlines competencies such as
knowledge, skill, ability, and judgment required for safe and ethical nursing practice
How do the Professional Standards from the CNO guide professional behaviour? - ANS-Outlines
expectations and provides examples
What are values? - ANS-Someones own personal believes
Examples: honesty, accountability
Morals - ANS-Morals are what a society expects
Morals guide right from wrong
What is the code of ethics? - ANS-Formal statement of profession's ideals and values
7 Primary Values of the CNO Code of Ethics - ANS-Providing safe, compassionate, competent, and ethical
care
Promoting health and well-being
Promoting and respecting informed decision making
Preserving dignity
Maintaining privacy and confidentiality
Promoting justice
Being accountable
Utilitarianism - ANS-"greatest good for the greatest number"
Deontology - ANS-defines actions as right or wrong
feminist argument - ANS-traditional theories, based on the male perspective, are problematic for
women.
women undergo moral development differently than men.
women's views are marginalized or unrecognized.
