Ethical and Legal Issues in Canadian Nursing
EXAM QUESTIONS WITHCORRECT ANSWERS.
Accountability - CORRECT ANSWERS✔✔Responsibility for actions in nursing practice.
Accountability in nursing - CORRECT ANSWERS✔✔Nurses answer for their actions and practice.
Act-based theory - CORRECT ANSWERS✔✔Focuses on individual actions in ethical decisions.
Applied ethics - CORRECT ANSWERS✔✔Applies ethical theories to real moral problems.
Belief - CORRECT ANSWERS✔✔Individual conviction regarded as true.
Beneficence - CORRECT ANSWERS✔✔Obligation to produce good for others.
Biomedical ethics - CORRECT ANSWERS✔✔Examines moral issues in healthcare contexts.
Canadian legal system - CORRECT ANSWERS✔✔Framework governing nursing practice in Canada.
Canadian Nurses Association's Code of Ethics - CORRECT ANSWERS✔✔Guidelines for ethical nursing
practice.
Caring ethics - CORRECT ANSWERS✔✔Inherent in many ethical approaches, not distinct.
Chaplains in Ethics Committees - CORRECT ANSWERS✔✔Often included for their ethical knowledge.
Charter of Rights and Freedoms - CORRECT ANSWERS✔✔Legal rights framework for all Canadians.
, Client autonomy - CORRECT ANSWERS✔✔Respecting a client's right to make decisions.
CNA Code of Ethics - CORRECT ANSWERS✔✔Framework for ethical practice in nursing.
Cognitive level - CORRECT ANSWERS✔✔Refers to the depth of understanding required.
Cognitive Level: Comprehension - CORRECT ANSWERS✔✔Understanding and interpreting ethical
concepts.
Collective bargaining - CORRECT ANSWERS✔✔Negotiation process for nurses' rights and privileges.
Comfort in Care - CORRECT ANSWERS✔✔May be a goal but not always prioritized.
Community Activist - CORRECT ANSWERS✔✔Rarely part of ethics committees due to bias.
Competence standards - CORRECT ANSWERS✔✔Requirements ensuring nurses meet professional
expectations.
Consultation Role - CORRECT ANSWERS✔✔Ethics committees provide expert advice on issues.
Deductive reasoning - CORRECT ANSWERS✔✔Applies abstract rules to ethical situations.
Deontological theory - CORRECT ANSWERS✔✔Ethics based on duties and principles, not outcomes.
Descriptive ethics - CORRECT ANSWERS✔✔Study of moral behavior and beliefs.
Disciplinary Actions - CORRECT ANSWERS✔✔Implemented by professional bodies, not codes of ethics.
EXAM QUESTIONS WITHCORRECT ANSWERS.
Accountability - CORRECT ANSWERS✔✔Responsibility for actions in nursing practice.
Accountability in nursing - CORRECT ANSWERS✔✔Nurses answer for their actions and practice.
Act-based theory - CORRECT ANSWERS✔✔Focuses on individual actions in ethical decisions.
Applied ethics - CORRECT ANSWERS✔✔Applies ethical theories to real moral problems.
Belief - CORRECT ANSWERS✔✔Individual conviction regarded as true.
Beneficence - CORRECT ANSWERS✔✔Obligation to produce good for others.
Biomedical ethics - CORRECT ANSWERS✔✔Examines moral issues in healthcare contexts.
Canadian legal system - CORRECT ANSWERS✔✔Framework governing nursing practice in Canada.
Canadian Nurses Association's Code of Ethics - CORRECT ANSWERS✔✔Guidelines for ethical nursing
practice.
Caring ethics - CORRECT ANSWERS✔✔Inherent in many ethical approaches, not distinct.
Chaplains in Ethics Committees - CORRECT ANSWERS✔✔Often included for their ethical knowledge.
Charter of Rights and Freedoms - CORRECT ANSWERS✔✔Legal rights framework for all Canadians.
, Client autonomy - CORRECT ANSWERS✔✔Respecting a client's right to make decisions.
CNA Code of Ethics - CORRECT ANSWERS✔✔Framework for ethical practice in nursing.
Cognitive level - CORRECT ANSWERS✔✔Refers to the depth of understanding required.
Cognitive Level: Comprehension - CORRECT ANSWERS✔✔Understanding and interpreting ethical
concepts.
Collective bargaining - CORRECT ANSWERS✔✔Negotiation process for nurses' rights and privileges.
Comfort in Care - CORRECT ANSWERS✔✔May be a goal but not always prioritized.
Community Activist - CORRECT ANSWERS✔✔Rarely part of ethics committees due to bias.
Competence standards - CORRECT ANSWERS✔✔Requirements ensuring nurses meet professional
expectations.
Consultation Role - CORRECT ANSWERS✔✔Ethics committees provide expert advice on issues.
Deductive reasoning - CORRECT ANSWERS✔✔Applies abstract rules to ethical situations.
Deontological theory - CORRECT ANSWERS✔✔Ethics based on duties and principles, not outcomes.
Descriptive ethics - CORRECT ANSWERS✔✔Study of moral behavior and beliefs.
Disciplinary Actions - CORRECT ANSWERS✔✔Implemented by professional bodies, not codes of ethics.
