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NUR 104
NUR 104/ NUR104 E XAM 2 (NEW 2025/
2026 UPDATE) | QUESTIONS & ANSWERS|
GRADE A| (VERIFIED SOLUTIONS)
1. What is value formation: learning right and wrong
2. What is beneficence: to promote goodness, kindness, and charity
(love), best interest of our patients at all times (advocating)
3. What is non-maleficence: implies a duty to not inflict harm, to
abstain from injuring others, to help others further their own well-
being by doing no harm
4. What is veracity: principle of truth-telling, the belief that truth could
at times be harmful, consumers expect accurate precise info
revealed in an honest respectful manner, to develop trust between
providers and Pt, truth interaction and meaningful communication
must occur, challenge is to mesh need for truthful communication
14. What is paternalism: withholding info from the Pt (diagnosis,
treatment, prognosis)
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,15. What is accountability: uphold the highest standards of practice,
to assume full and professional responsibility for every action,
commit to maintaining quality in the skills and knowledge base of
the profession, to remain silent is to consent to the action of the
threatening situation
16. Altruism definition: concern for the welfare of others
17. Autonomy definition: right to self-determination (refuse)
18. Human dignity definition: respect for inherent worth and
uniqueness of individuals and populations
19 social justice definition: acting in accordance with fair treatment
regardless of economic status, race, ethnicity, age, citizenship,
disability, or sexual orientation 20. What is the purpose of ethical
principles: permit people to take a consistent position on specific or
related issues, provide an analytic framework by which moral problems
can be evaluated
21. Fidelity definition: trust, keeping promises and commitments,
loyalty
,22. What is the nurse practice act: define the scope of limitations of
nurse practice, vary from state to state but have common elements
23. Common elements of the nurse practice act: definition of the
term RN, description of professional nursing functions, standards of
competent performance, behaviors that rep misconduct or
prohibited practices, grounds for disciplinary action, fines and
penalties for violations
24. What is negligence: failure to act in a reasonable and prudent
manner
25. What is malpractice: special type of negligence, the failure of a
professional, a person with a specialized education and training, to
act in a reasonable and prudent manner
26. What is gross negligence: reckless act that reflects a conscious
disregard for the patient's welfare
27. What is criminal negligence: the act is deemed so reckless that it
results in serious injury or death to the patient
, 28. What is a sentinel event: unintentional adverse outcome which
results in death, paralysis, coma, or other major permanent loss of
functio
29. What is an example of a sentinel event: wrong surgery site,
suicide by patient in facility, fall resulting in death
30. What is assault: causing a person to fear that he or she will be
touched without consent
31. What is battery: unauthorized touching or the actual harmful or
offensive touching of a person
32. What are patient rights: DNR orders, durable power of attorney
(MPOA) medical power of attorney, informed consent, leaving
AMA,
33. What is the main function of the respiratory system: to bring
oxygen to the blood and take the carbon dioxide out of it
34. Pneum/o, pneumat/o, pneumon/o: lung, air
35. Pulmon/o: lung
36. Pneumomelanosis: black lung (smokers)
NUR 104
NUR 104/ NUR104 E XAM 2 (NEW 2025/
2026 UPDATE) | QUESTIONS & ANSWERS|
GRADE A| (VERIFIED SOLUTIONS)
1. What is value formation: learning right and wrong
2. What is beneficence: to promote goodness, kindness, and charity
(love), best interest of our patients at all times (advocating)
3. What is non-maleficence: implies a duty to not inflict harm, to
abstain from injuring others, to help others further their own well-
being by doing no harm
4. What is veracity: principle of truth-telling, the belief that truth could
at times be harmful, consumers expect accurate precise info
revealed in an honest respectful manner, to develop trust between
providers and Pt, truth interaction and meaningful communication
must occur, challenge is to mesh need for truthful communication
14. What is paternalism: withholding info from the Pt (diagnosis,
treatment, prognosis)
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,15. What is accountability: uphold the highest standards of practice,
to assume full and professional responsibility for every action,
commit to maintaining quality in the skills and knowledge base of
the profession, to remain silent is to consent to the action of the
threatening situation
16. Altruism definition: concern for the welfare of others
17. Autonomy definition: right to self-determination (refuse)
18. Human dignity definition: respect for inherent worth and
uniqueness of individuals and populations
19 social justice definition: acting in accordance with fair treatment
regardless of economic status, race, ethnicity, age, citizenship,
disability, or sexual orientation 20. What is the purpose of ethical
principles: permit people to take a consistent position on specific or
related issues, provide an analytic framework by which moral problems
can be evaluated
21. Fidelity definition: trust, keeping promises and commitments,
loyalty
,22. What is the nurse practice act: define the scope of limitations of
nurse practice, vary from state to state but have common elements
23. Common elements of the nurse practice act: definition of the
term RN, description of professional nursing functions, standards of
competent performance, behaviors that rep misconduct or
prohibited practices, grounds for disciplinary action, fines and
penalties for violations
24. What is negligence: failure to act in a reasonable and prudent
manner
25. What is malpractice: special type of negligence, the failure of a
professional, a person with a specialized education and training, to
act in a reasonable and prudent manner
26. What is gross negligence: reckless act that reflects a conscious
disregard for the patient's welfare
27. What is criminal negligence: the act is deemed so reckless that it
results in serious injury or death to the patient
, 28. What is a sentinel event: unintentional adverse outcome which
results in death, paralysis, coma, or other major permanent loss of
functio
29. What is an example of a sentinel event: wrong surgery site,
suicide by patient in facility, fall resulting in death
30. What is assault: causing a person to fear that he or she will be
touched without consent
31. What is battery: unauthorized touching or the actual harmful or
offensive touching of a person
32. What are patient rights: DNR orders, durable power of attorney
(MPOA) medical power of attorney, informed consent, leaving
AMA,
33. What is the main function of the respiratory system: to bring
oxygen to the blood and take the carbon dioxide out of it
34. Pneum/o, pneumat/o, pneumon/o: lung, air
35. Pulmon/o: lung
36. Pneumomelanosis: black lung (smokers)
