NURN 129 Nursing Ethics Questions and
Complete Solutions Graded A+
What are the five most frequently-occurring ethical issues? - Answer: 1. protecting patients rights
2. autonomy and informed consent to treatment
3. staffing patterns
4. advanced care planning
5. surrogate decision-making
Most common unethical practices of health care professionals? - Answer: 1. breaches of patients
confidentiality or privacy
2. end of life decision making
True or false: Younger nurses and those fewer years of experience encountered ethical issues more
frequently and reported higher levels of stress - Answer: duh...true
True or false: Nurses are the most trusted profession - Answer: True
Who wrote the nursing code of ethics? - Answer: American Nursing Association (ANA)
International Council of Nurses (ICN)
Nursing care should be based on what..? list them. - Answer: 1. EBP
2. strong sense of what is right and wrong
3. strong sense of what we should be doing, and what we shouldn't be doing
4. strong sense of our priorities
Explain Nursing Decisions - Answer: Nurses should be able to explain/account for the decisions that they
make
, True or false: Ethical Dilemmas require debates and time - Answer: true
What is an ethical issue? - Answer: 1. when you judge what is right and wrong
2. having to choose between two options (both may be wrong)
3. deciding whether to do something or nothing
4. weighing up your potential impact of your decisions/action
Define dilemma - Answer: making a difficult choice without a clear cut option
True or False: Ethical issues in Health care are not always about the "big" issues - Answer: true
Example of day to day ethical issues: - Answer: 1. respecting people
2. treating people with dignity
3.treating people fairly
4. supporting patient choices
What are the ethical principles? (8) - Answer: 1. autonomy
2. beneficence
3. non-maleficence
4. justice
5. Veracity
6. Confidentiality
7. Privacy
8. Fidelity
Define Autonomy: - Answer: respecting a persons right to make their own decisions
teaching a person how to make their own decisions
supporting people in their own decisions
Complete Solutions Graded A+
What are the five most frequently-occurring ethical issues? - Answer: 1. protecting patients rights
2. autonomy and informed consent to treatment
3. staffing patterns
4. advanced care planning
5. surrogate decision-making
Most common unethical practices of health care professionals? - Answer: 1. breaches of patients
confidentiality or privacy
2. end of life decision making
True or false: Younger nurses and those fewer years of experience encountered ethical issues more
frequently and reported higher levels of stress - Answer: duh...true
True or false: Nurses are the most trusted profession - Answer: True
Who wrote the nursing code of ethics? - Answer: American Nursing Association (ANA)
International Council of Nurses (ICN)
Nursing care should be based on what..? list them. - Answer: 1. EBP
2. strong sense of what is right and wrong
3. strong sense of what we should be doing, and what we shouldn't be doing
4. strong sense of our priorities
Explain Nursing Decisions - Answer: Nurses should be able to explain/account for the decisions that they
make
, True or false: Ethical Dilemmas require debates and time - Answer: true
What is an ethical issue? - Answer: 1. when you judge what is right and wrong
2. having to choose between two options (both may be wrong)
3. deciding whether to do something or nothing
4. weighing up your potential impact of your decisions/action
Define dilemma - Answer: making a difficult choice without a clear cut option
True or False: Ethical issues in Health care are not always about the "big" issues - Answer: true
Example of day to day ethical issues: - Answer: 1. respecting people
2. treating people with dignity
3.treating people fairly
4. supporting patient choices
What are the ethical principles? (8) - Answer: 1. autonomy
2. beneficence
3. non-maleficence
4. justice
5. Veracity
6. Confidentiality
7. Privacy
8. Fidelity
Define Autonomy: - Answer: respecting a persons right to make their own decisions
teaching a person how to make their own decisions
supporting people in their own decisions
