Ethics and Issues in Contemporary Nursing
3rd Edition by Burkhardt, Walton, All Chapters 1 - 20
,TABLE OF CONTENTS
r r r
PartrI:rGuidesrforrPrincipledrBehavior
1.rSocial,rPhilosophical,randrOtherrHistoricalrForcesrInfluencingrtherDevelopmentrofrNursingr
r
2.rEthicalrTheoryr
3.rEthicalrPrinciples
PartrII:rDevelopingrPrincipledrBehaviorr
4.rValuesrClarificationr
5.rValuesrDevelopmentr
6.rEthicsrandrProfessionalrNursingr
7.rEthicalrDecisionrMaking
PartrIII:rPrincipledrBehaviorrinrtherProfessionalrDomainr
8.rLegalrIssuesr
9.rProfessionalrRelationshiprIssuesr
10.rPracticerIssuesrRelatedrtorTechnologyr
11.rPracticerIssuesrRelatedrtorPatientrSelf-Determinationr
12.rScholarshiprIssues
PartrIV:rGlobalrIssuesrthatrInterfacerwithrNursingrPracticer
13.rGlobalrConsciousnessrinrtherTwenty-FirstrCenturyr
14.rHealthrPolicyrIssuesr
15.rEconomicrIssuesr
16.rSocialrIssuesr
17.rGenderrIssuesr
18.rTransculturalrandrSpiritualrIssues
PartrV:rTherPowerrtorMakerarDifferencer
19.rEmpowermentrforrNursesr
20.rFacilitatingrPatientrEmpowerment
,1.rSocial,rPhilosophical,randrOtherrHistoricalrForcesrInfluencingrtherDevelopmentrofrNursingr
r
MultiplerChoice
1. Forrwhichrofrtherfollowingrisrempathyrarmotive?
a. meetingrtherneedsrofrothers
b. moralrreasoningrandraction
c. becomingrarnurse
d. determiningrrightrfromrwrong
ANS:r b
2. Whichrofrtherfollowingrisranrexamplerofrsocialrneedrasranrethicalrfoundationrforrnursing?
a. Nursesrmustrdeterminertherhealthrandrsocialrneedsrofrsociety.
b. Nursingrfindsritsrorigin,rpurpose,randrmeaningrwithinrthercontextrofrperceivedrsocialrneed.
c. Theoriesrofrsocialrneedrinrsociologyrarerutilizedrbyrnursingrscholars,rmanyrofrwhomrviewrth
emrasrconceptualrframeworksrforrnursingrpractice.
d. Socialrneedrdeterminesrtherboundariesrofrtherethicalrprinciplesrofrdistributiverjustice,rbe
neficence,randrnon-maleficence.
ANS:r b
3. Whatrisrthermostrcriticalrfactorrthatrinfluencesrnursingrpractice?
a. thertraditionalrrolerofrhealers
b. therrolerofrwomenrinrsociety
c. therreligiousrandrspiritualraspectsrofrhealthrcare
d. therintroductionrofrmalernursesrintortherprofession
ANS:r b
4. Whyrdoesrthersocialrstatusrofrwomenraffectrtherstatusrofrthernursingrprofession?
a. Nursingrhasrtraditionallyrbeenrarprofessionrofrwomen.
b. Throughoutrhistory,rnursesrhaverbeenraffordedrhigherrsocialrstatus.
c. Womenrofrhigherrsocialrstatusrrarelyrbecomernurses.
d. Womenrarermorerskilledrthanrmenratrnurturingrothers.
ANS:r a
5. Whatrhistoricalrinfluencesraffectedrnursingrasrarmoralrdiscipline?
a. technology
b. society
c. spirituality
d. oppression
ANS:r c
6. Whatrisrthertermrthatrrelatesrtorknowledgergainedrthroughrobservationrandrexperience?
a. empirical
b. Cartesianrphilosophy
, c. values
d. moralrthought
ANS:r a
7. WhichrofrtherfollowingrisranrexamplerofrthersignificancerofrNursingrduringrtherMiddlerAgesr?
a. Religiousrnursingrordersrandrchurch-
sanctionedrsecularrnursingrordersrofferedrtheronlyrlegitimateravenuesrforrwomenrwishingr
torbecomernurses.
b. Increasingrrespectrwasrgivenrtornursingrandrmidwifery,rasrnursesrbeganrtorpractiserautonomousl
y.
c. HealingrartsrinrDenmarkrandrGreecerwererperformedrinrsacredrceremoniesrbyrpriests,rpriest
esses,rorrshamans.
d. Mostrnursesrwererwomenrofrhighrsocialrstatusrseekingrwaysrtorlegitimizertheirrpositionrandrstatu
s.
ANS:r a
8. Whatrdoesrthertermrempiricalrrelaterto?
a. servingrGodrandrthyrneighbourrtherbestrwayronercan
b. knowledgergainedrthroughrobservationrandrexperience
c. healingrthroughrreligiousrintervention,rchanting,randrpraying
d. therenforcementrofrreligiousrdoctrinerrelatedrtortherstatusrofrwomenrinrsociety
ANS:r b
9. Whenrwasrther“DarkrPeriodrofrNursing,”rwhenrconvalescentrpatients,rprostitutes,rprisoners,randrd
runkardsrprovidedrhospitalrnursingrcare?
a. duringrtherReformation
b. duringrtherCrusades
c. duringrtherMiddlerAges
d. duringrtherearlyrChristianrera
ANS:r a
10. WhichrofrtherfollowingrhadrthergreatestrinfluenceronrnursingrtraditionsrinrCanada?
a. Britain
b. indigenousrpersons
c. France
d. Germany
ANS:r c
11. WhichrofrtherfollowingrhadrthergreatestrinfluenceronrestablishingrtherfirstrhospitalrinrtherNewrWorl
d?
a. MarierRolletrHebert
b. Margueriterd’Youville
c. JeannerMance
d. ReneerDescartes
ANS:r c